WASHINGTON DC 20005 Hats Notes Dick Nutting Nats Publicity Promotion time hope significant part AMA membership packing up head Ohio 1980 Nats Nats Executive Committee remains virtually unchanged past years have learned space past months local committee somewhat promi nent usual Nats Committee chairman Bill Elliott asked take last pre-Nats chance introduce Throw magazine front seat car can identify us means bring us problems comments Bill Elliott Bill Elliott above overall Nats staff chairman WORKS Club operation past president club laborer vineyards 1976 Nats Bill got talking over few cans brew Chuck Shade back late 78 himself nearly full-time job seems thrive flying has suffered pos sible running Nats Bill makcs feeble stab Pattern flying doing either above plant layout engi neer Standard Register Company Dayton Nats staff vice-chairman Chuck Shade personable Shade Masters class Pattern flier long-time newsletter editor past officer WORKS Club designer RC systems Model viation reporter Pattern flying air craft designer w ved Chuck electrical techSteve Webendorfer facilities manager Nats Steve fairly recent recruit modeling After joining WORKS Club few years ago Steve found fault its Stu dent Pilot Training Program Like good club member didnt stop US Sweeps Indoor World Championships contest close until end US individual team winner Indoor World Championships West Baden IN June 22-24 Erv Rodemsky won Individual World Championship twoflight total 71 minutes 59 seconds US team won Team World Cham pionship total 206 minutes 39 seconds Jim Richmond 1978 World Champion competing individual second 7129 Third through fifth Butty Switzerland 7040 Ciapala Poland 6945 Hunt United Kingdom 6917 US team members Harland 6802 Andrews 6638 placed seventh eighth Second third place teams Switzerland 20443 United Kingdom 20342 86 Model Aviation NE WSLE ACADEMY OF MODEL AERONAUTICS815 FIFTEENTH STREET NW Chuck ShadeSteve Webendt nician Mound Laboratories division fault finding Steve suggested ways improve Monsanto Corporation involved nuclear program volunteered chairman research some hush-hush production took over rewrote revamped work Chuck has doing much leg continues run day Steve field work Wilmington site coordinating engineer Standard Register Company various RC events will held Dayton Nats staff boss myriad details surrounding Nats sites duck soup Steve years WORKS Club have shown top notch organizer John John Markunes Dude friends manpower manager modelings biggest show An imposing figure drooping moustache six-foot-plus height type would say no asked run Transmitter Impound hit oneself head hammer Lots people around country have heard Johns tough no-nonsense tones phone since took manpower job about year ago non-modeling life John plant manager Kemp Presision Circuits Dayton com pany makes circuit boards related items electronics industry Finance chairman Ohio Nats staff Bob Christopher Bob currently president Western Ohio Radio Kontrol Society twice past-treasurer under aus pices job club built up its invest ment portfolio continued its long tradi tion financial solidity Bob coordinating money matters concerning Nats tween Washington AMA Headquarters thriving Nats operation Ohio daytime hours Bob senior designer Concrete Technology Corporation Day ton Nats toughest lobs since year close-in housing has hard find difficult distribute equitable Walt has abundance quiet charm plenty savvy area human relations has put good use up now un doubtedly will smooth calm self Nats sites weeks come Like Steve Bill Walt works Daytons Stand ard Register Company manager customer engineering Bill Keller Concessions manager Nats Bill Keller Bill needs little introduction per haps best known figure modeling world associated years Nats long time Control Line Rat Race hot-shot Bill has flown Pattern raced RC boats cars now RC Combat Bills jovial face hearty greetings welcome sight model ing events over Midwest Bill said man alive can square loop half-rolls using spatula ham burger coming off hot grill Bill owner W-K Hobbies Centerville OH manu facturer several well known model kits surprisingly have heard him action crack salesman Sequoia Building Supply Company 37 ci RC Giant Scale Limit Ratified Effective immediately RC Giant Scale displacement limit raised 366 37 cu Scale Contest Boards ratification vote displacement increase 10 1 Dist VIII opposed change AMA competition rules made according provisions Contest Board Procedures emergency pro posals proposal reasons published June 1980 issue page 89 Publicity promotion Nats least local level being handled yours truly Dick Nutting dabble Pattern flying Stand-Off Scale am former Free Flight competitor sport Control Line flier presently am member Hawks Hurricanes Show Team Greater Cincinnati area taking care modeling business am producer news documentaries WLWT Television Cincinnati Thats local gang welcome Ohio advance firmly believe have great Nats store will find some things different time around hope like us adventurous enough give new things whirl Have fun say hello meet column will have another go-round two after Nats late fall will report end meet bare souls what worked what didnt Till Ohio .its new decade new Nats FF Contest Board Con sidering Emergency Height Redefinition Background Due question whether Northwood Institute Atrium West Baden IN AMA Category II site Free Flight Contest Board Chairman Chris Matsuno two others measured interior last year found Category Ill over 100 ft AMA ceiling height definition Category III 49 ft 2 98 ft 5 FAI ceiling height definition announced April issue page 85 reported AMA record flights West Baden site rescinded sufficient duration have established Category Ill mark AMA rule method measurement includes ceiling height through openings having horizontal oblique dimensions greater six feet FAI rule method September 1980 87 Dick Nutting UOb thrstopfler Walt Akridge Walt Akridge undertaking thankless job camping housing coordinator FF Contest Board Continued highest point circle 15 meters can inscribed After CB chairmans report West Baden height measurement some fliers charged chairmans reclassification site improper because intent 100-ft category AMA purposes met West Baden site letter rule no record flight site fact exceeded 100-ft height also felt appropriate height measured certain height AMA rules different height FAI rules question intent AMA rules chairman has polled entire Con test Board results shown separate ly chart form board voted 6-to-4 West Baden does conform intent AMA rules Category II sites Emergency Rules Change Progress Stat ing intent rule should measure areas accessible models AMA rule does necessarily accomplish maintaining site should measured uniformly both AMA FAI rules Dr John B Martin Miami FL has sub mitted proposal emergency action accord ing Contest Board Procedures proposal revise rule book para 19161 fol lowing 161 height ceiling defined vertical distance floor highest point circle 15 meters can inscribed below primary structure building no case will low medi um ceiling record granted flier indoor model has taken advantage ceiling cavity size order attain greater altitude legal ceiling height limit No artificial ceilings can created establish category As accompanying voting chart also indicates Free Flight Contest Board process considering emergency rules-change proposal course action decided upon publish proposal article board vote later wheth er accept immediate implementation issue expected readers hands approximately August 1 ex pected boards vote will take place between September 1 September 15 Any AMA member has interest proposal pro con urged state views districts Free Flight Contest Board member prior September 1 sanction fee related three-day sanc tioning period particularly would want 1 run record trials con test atmosphere multiple contestants 2 make multiple tries over days and/or months either case noted such trials could very expensive especially several record categories model classes involved Attention called contrasting conditions FAI World Rec ord Trialswherein sanction period remainder calendar year other national AMA recordswherein sanction allows number people try rec ords Emergency Rules Change Progress order resolve problems RC Contest Board Chairman Joe Friend has consulted RC Contest Board boards voting shown accompanying chart tentative new procedural rules have developed 1 sanction fee will $200 originally sanction will good classes models categories records number fliers 2 standard meet sanction application must used must submitted contest coordinator same other sanction application coordination purposes will considered same Class meet additional $500 fee must accompany application event spon sored AMA chartered club 3 sanc tion must applied coordinated granted sufficiently early announcement event printed before takes place RC Contest Board has tentatively accepted revised sanctioning conditions RC Sailplane National Records accord ance Contest Board Procedures interpretations safety emergency rules procedures call publication pro posal article allow AMA member comment Contest Board make final ratification vote four six weeks following publication proposal approved final ratification vote comes effective immediately upon publication Until previous rules conditions apply interest proposal pro con should state views RC Contest Board members districts should done no later September 1 1980 Background July 1979 Duane Gall Ann Arbor Ml requested rules clarification regarding Quarter Midget Pylon Racing engine modifications As reported January 1980 issue page 84 RC Contest Board ruled allow 1 excessive use metal shims produced manufac turer between upper lower parts crankcase change engine timing 2 use RC engine parts cataloged use Free Flight /Speed version include sert-type head available NC Contest Board Possible Sanction Pro- Reconsidering QM cedure Changes tor Engine Modification RC Sailplane Records Background September 1979 issue page 89 announced RC Contest Boards emergency action creating RC Sailplane national AMA records Related procedures re quired sanction fee $200 per class category sanction period three continuous days anticipated record trials would involve single dividual single record category Contest Board Chairman Joe Friend re ports have complaints about stock RC engines produced manufac turer Since publication ruling has considerable confusion among QM community regarding interpretations ruling also has lot corre spondence among QM people manufac turers CB Chairman Joe Friend review correspondence includes limited following points Insert heads listed manufacturer usable RC version amount shims used manufacturer varies mak ing impossible check what number excessive Substitution metal shims paper shims should allowed im proves engine durability performance Gaskets shims excluded rules requirements engines used event Current Status accordance Contest Board Proced ures interpretations safety emergency rules CB Chairman Joe Friend has polled board determine what action should taken results poll shown chart form separately indicating board wishes have pub lished modeler comment proposal tended solve problemswith board vote afterwards final acceptance implementation denial pro posal particular instance however board has considered tentatively ac cepted specific proposal published Contest Board Chairman Friend indicates will seek specific proposal solving problems QM section NMPRA has tentatively approved Contest Board will published AMA member comment subsequent final Contest Board voting RC Soaring Team Selection Finals presi dential decision event will California SULA Soaring Union Los Angeles flying field California State College Dominguez Dates August 30 through Sep tember 1 CD Dave Thornberg See Presl dents Outlook page 72 details Hats Unofficial Events Free Flight Changes Additions Ac cording information just received Battle Britain Old-Timer Rubber Scale events have rescheduled Tuesday August 12 originally scheduled Thursday Rise-Off-Water ROW flying including rubber power gas power scheduled Friday August 15 events sponsored George Perryman run Columbus OH group Indoor Manhattan Cabin has sched uled Monday August 11 Cargo flown Tuesday August 12 run Minnesota Aero Modelers Free Flight unofficial events listed July issue sponsored and/or coordinated National Free Flight Society outdoor FF unofficial events will flown Wright Field Dayton OH indoor unofficial events will flown University Cincinnati Fieldhouse Cincinnati OH Control Line Addition Y2A Combat will flown Thursday August 14 con clusion Jr-Sr Fast Combat event will use 35-ft lines 012 dia ages com bined Double elimination Run Steve Hills Rich Von Lopez 88 Model Aviation FREE FLIGHT CONTEST BOARD VOTE FOR INTERPRETATION OF WEST BADEN CEILING HEIGHT CLASS AND ON RELATED EMERGENCY PROPOSAL ptable N Acceptable F al substitute FAI method measur ing ceiiing heights AMA category classifications under FM method West Baden would AMA Cat II re instate AMA Cat II records set West Baden J RADIO CONTROL CONTEST BOARD VOTING REGARDINGSANCTIONINGPROCEDURES NATIONAL RC SAILPLANE RECORDS g - esult te c NLJC1 &2 eptable and bo N Acceptableui L u TA oJ Z ally II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X1XI 1 or BClass vs Category Distinction Assuming numbers 2 3 above good number participants{I..1J.2i1.JL.L1.J...I .ki-k 4fII,,-,IA - 1I2I31II2I1I1I 2Require $5 additional sanction fee non-chartered club u-ANANA AAAAA7A 2N sorship same other AMA-sanctioned events 3Require contest coordination though records event aANANAAAAAA7A 2N Class meet 4Require prepublication AMA RC Soaring recordsAAANAAANNA6A 3N events Notes A blank voting block means no vote cast vote surrounded parentheses means tne vote received after deadline counted results *Means tie question answered subsequent re-vote RADIO CONTROL CONTEST BOARD VOTE oZe REGARDING EMERGENCY RULES FORE0- ENGINEMODSINQUARTERMIDGETPYLONjOE O Result C0 - 2CoICE~J ofVote N L1C CC - C z eptableand N AcceptableUJt 2AZ LJ-A oJ 0Z - U Tally II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI Lfor ruling/enforcement21 12j12221A*J IA171/ otes blank box means no vote cast *Means assigned value since second third choices indicated September 198089 z o -o - 0 o -o e III TO C z C 0 C CE V 0 U C -0 2 0 VIIIi IX 0 CO C4 VI 0 IV C C 0 VII 00 U -o X C J C 0 0. C 4 uJ Xl Result Vote Tally Notes diate ruling/enforcement requiri5 ication proposal later Jon test Board vote ruling/enforcement C al immediate action Means assigned value since second third choices indicated blank box means no vote cast LINE * The CL biggie yearatWinston Salem NC June 21-22 new top man running Golden Triad Model Mas ters did fantastic job new FAI * Team Race mark set plus some new Speed records BB Brown Jr os author LC Hepler IOIUHIPS Harold Lambert pits Snake Rat Racer June 1977 Model Aviation plan No 190 AH WINSTON-SALEM first day summer aroma tobacco wafted over coliseum parking lot prevailing winds went backwards few hours checking motel Norfolk VA Mouse Racing contingent wandered offered show machines let delve secrets 1/A reed-valve engines Also Shadow Racing ensconced determinedly filing Team Race propellers showing wares wandering tribes North After much discussion virtues stock engines Swindell Tate Daniels et al said hello Shadow Racing ie Walt Perkins J E Aibritton soon joined Canadian Team Racing %A Goodyear winners Kneeling Willis Swin dell 1st Standing L-R George CaIdwell 4th Greg Crotts 2nd Gene Daniels 3rd Speed Contingent three groups produce coincidentally five first places two second places four third places rec ord FAI Team Race time next two days 1980 United States Control Line Cham pionships Dawn sound high-speed racing engines come up together Slow Combat 90 Model Aviation Aibritton puosi ana vvais rerKins piI retract-gear low-time Team Racer hI Quickee coming pit Lee land readies catch Byron Reynolds Karyn Foster 1st end 2nd Mouse Race Class Junior-Senior Pareii aruu arian r-alrey warm up FAI Team Racers Scale Racing agenda 830 am Junior-Senior Slow Combat saw Ricky Hum mer defeat Sexton Hartlaub Reedy garner first place laurels Reedy second Hartlaub third Open Slow large entry 20 ably bossed pit Howard Shenton Dave Owen Senior de feated Gary Fentress finals got defeating Paul Curtis later won Fast Combat Fentress defeated Cartier place second Curtis Cartier flew third fourth respectively Owen used old K&B 35 ran exceptionally well Junior-Senior Goodyear invaded Canadians Sheldon Ybanez Roanoke VA fended off first place time 7598 Stuart Henderson Toronto took second John Denny third new 60-ft lines 014-in diameter did slow speeds much Last year Ballard took first 551 year first place went John Wolf 549 fol lowed Harold Lambert 554 Steve Rece 559 Steve fastest heat time 253 Nineteen entries bad event dominated engine cant get Several fliers suggest new 21 would good replacement because OPS HB Supertigre OS K&B make car boat racing new AD 15 showed up Winston-Salem blew bearing did last spring Southwest Regionals AD extremely hard get well ex pensive--no help suggest trying stay 15 simply because World Championships displacement Combat Speed Team Racing Free Flight Power use alcohol-and-lubricant-only fuels Navy Carrier excellent turnout year 18 contestants Peter Mazur won Profile Carrier ll George Cox second Profile Steve Dinermah third Bob Whitfield Joe Cservenko second third Carrier Brian Silversmith Derek Siegel second third Carrier II Navy Carrier holds spectator interest second Combat FAI Combat fartherest-away con testant Paul Gibenault Edmonton Can ada FAI flown double elimination loses first match second flight made against different combatant Phil Cartier flew against Paul Segouin Cana da really terrific match third round Cartier emerged overall victor Reedy second Segouin third Slow Rat gets faster faster Nash ville Rats still own event though profess serious about fast Rat Larry Hill son Cardiff Giant Jolly G flew fastest Slow Rat final history event 5 mm 1606 sec Pitmen Paul Tune Dreskell took third second respec tively 533 530 Jr-Sr Slow Rat Ken Hicks placed first John Denny second John Edersbach third Class reed valve Mouse started 2 pm Jr-Srs showing good times good form Bryan Reynolds Advance NC age 11 took first place Karyn Foster 12 took second Chris Scott third Sheldon Ybanez fourth Open Mouse CIl 15 entries Nor folk VA group took three trophies First Willis Swindell second John Tate third Meade Jenkins fourth George CaIdwell Rockville MD Beginner-Intermediate Precision Aero batics event excellent turnout 11 Roger Armstrong placed first Pat Robinson ran Aerobatics events year much precision winners flew pat tern Advanced flown Sunday Scott Bair third place moved up 2nd Beginner Class last year Rolland McDonald placed first Mike Mustain second Precision Expert 11 entries Dave Hemstrought garnering first place year September 198091 Douglas Skyraider Ed Rhodes won first place Sport Scale P-47 by Dale Campbell tirst built-up modeldid immaculate job third place Richard Schneiders P51 2nd place went Clement Caddells Zero Nice array ot Sport Scale entries @3 0 U @3 @3 Frank Garzon holds 2iZ mpfl 1st piace L Speed jobjust missed record Canadian Sam burke still flas flair realism assymetry FAI first 148 mph Les Baers 18579 en t couldnt back up within 5 mph record purposes Cu mm U second 79 Dennis Adamisin took second Stan Powell won last year third AMA Fast Combat favorite spectator event rained airplane parts about five one-half hours Sunday 23 contestants really put show Paul Curtis emerged victor super match David Owen Forrest Atkins third ole racing-pit man-turned-gladiator Fary Fentress fourth 830 Sunday morning FAI Team Rac ing started first heat two DNFs Baker/Kerr team Canada refly Fellow Canadians Kelly/Parent won sec ond heat handily 407 Brian Fairey I- Cu U Lu Cu cm Em I. Lu U son Richard Toronto edged Van sants 413 415 bomb came Perkins/Aibritton blasted 100 laps 3 mm 3306 sec second round heats Kelly/ Parent improved somewhat 40512 Vansant team cut second off previous time still could best Fairey team So finals showed Perkins/Aibritton Kelly/ Parent Fairey/Fairey Perkins/Albritton Shadow Racing Team shown consist ency second round time 3 3409 final 200-lap race began Shadow team getting off first showing su perior speed clocking 1945 seconds 10 laps through race 1156 mph cleanly flown race teams excellent pit stops flying retract able landing gear Shadow model alu minum/magnesium/titanium Nelson 15 Die sel made five pit stops fuel covered 20 kilometers 7 mm 1900 secthe fastest time have heard competition puts American World Champs Team real contention first time since Stockton/Jehlik won world title bunch years back Congratulations Walter iE best luck Poland July 1AA Scale Racing saw Chris Scott win nice 64542 Jr-Sr Bryan Reynolds second 700 Karen Foster third 725 Open saw Swindell complete first 50-lap heat segment fastest-ever 2258 kept up finals win ning event 4 mm 5378 sec Greg Crotts second 5129 Gene Daniels third 52709 Fine show Norfolk club Fast Rat didnt slow down either after another mandatory pit stop added finals last year Top qualifier Larry Hill did two back-to-back 70-lap heats 21235 21376 Dick Lamberts 21548 21839 Harold Lamberts 22545 22224 show best one-man pitting technique pit crew Tune Driskell pitting Nashville Rats Slow AMA Rat Hill flying consistently two-sec faster Driskells times 22112 92 Model Aviation Sr David Owen 1st Slow 2nd Fast 4th FAI Combat Slow model shown left David Owen battle Nea . 2 spots Fast Combat Curtis winner transferred Two planes FAI Combat Canadian FAt Combat planes Seqouin front Gibenault Most Combat matches leave some damage foam-wing casualty FAI class Combat line-up pull-tests ana matcnes res Iv]azur mast won aim inree ~arrir eventa helping Joe Cservenko MO-i rete Mazur slow-f lignis winning MO-i guardian Skyraider patiently awaiting turns deck Successful Carrier landing helped assist ants signals body English Carrier pit area Nice turnout year Roger Armstrong first Beginner-Intermedi ate Precision Aerobatics 22338 Tunes entry blew plug first round 324 turned 21402 second Lamberts just slightly faster airfor example 1512 mph against 15082 mph Tune Bobby Oge turned 22098 21957 Ballard flying Ballards entry clocked 22925 22504 So finalists emerging seventeen entries finals produced battle circle between Lam bert Hill Hill adopted new flying style raceboth elbows horizon tal Dick Lambert about62couldnt see horizon much less airplane caused some erratic movements 150 mph Rat Hill flew normally Lamberts plane pit appears observer blocking intentional though officials didnt call him final 10-mile times Larry Hill 45519 first place Harold Lambert 45958 second John Ballard 50814 third Class II Mouse entries dropped 22 nine year Probably because way Combat Rat scheduled Karyn Foster took first Jr-Sr followed Chris Scott Sheldon Ybanez Open TD Mouse saw William Reynolds set heat pace Precision Aerobatics Dave Hemstroughts Expert Class winner Precision Aerobatics PAMPA classes used 3355 finals 95116 Jerry Kas mer second 10346 Scott Jenkins third Sport Scale entrant previous very large P47 entered built plastic scale model Dale Campbell really did nice job Ed Rhodes placed first Douglas AD-6 Skyraider flaps dive brakes retractable gear arresting gear operated three lines Clement Caddell second Zero built early Royal kit Japanese structions Clem didnt say literate Japanese Richard Schneider third ever-popular P-Si Mustang Speed will covered separately year Speed column Gene Hempel next month Four fliers should noted report Sam Burke Canada took FAI Speed 148 mph Bill Hughes flew Gene MartineS torth-place Mariner Rat Goodyear Team Race set two new Senior records Formula 40 14846 Class B 16054 Frank Garzon missed Class D record 02 mph 20126 mph took first place fastest time meet Les Baer new Class B 65 325 lines 18575 mph Open couldnt back up record good meet Run champions cham pions national championship should managed smallest clubs aroundthe Golden Triad Model Mas ters Kudos Dick Hunt Contest Director event directors Hayes Combat pit crews Martin Cleveland Racing Pardue Carrier Robinson Aero batics Payne Scale Ms Lois Martin Debbie Cleveland kept racing events going usual Cant wait til next year Directory CONTEST COORDINATORS Pad L Fenney8 Charlotte Dr Andover MA Oi8iO II N Sobrino87-2688th St Woodhaven Queens NY 11421 RC Richard Smith 300 Steko Ave. Rochester NY 14615 RC Lawrence Lundy 246 Ontario Lockport NY 14094 Ill Ken Reber RD 1 Nazareth PA 18084 lEasti M Weisenbach 4568 hV 146th Cleveland 01-I 44135 West IV Warren Sanoers Jr. 9735 52nd Avenue College Park-MD 20741 RC Ed Fiszwacer 1920 Ardenwood Terrace Crofton MD 21114 V RC Charlene Fields 818 Main St SW New Elliognon SC 29809 RC Soarng HR Norckauer 12016 Queens P1. Huntsville AL 35803 FP Wallets Johnson 4112 White Acres Rd Montgomery AL36106 CL Marilyn Duane 862 Colonial Ct. Meat Jacksonville FL 32211 VI RC Ralph WhiteJr.RR 1Boa324 Neoga 1L62447 CLW R EodziochJr22SwGlede Palatine 1L60067 FP Pat English 823 Broadway Vincannes IN 47591 VII John 421 Walnut Lane Apple Valley MN 55124 West RC Len Roe 6539 Orchid Dr Jenison Ml 49428 lEast CL & PF Deb lnhoff 6879 Weller Dr. NE Rocklord Ml 49341 Best VIIIJohn Deenor6205 Melinda Dr Wautauga TX 76145 RC Robertj Talley 3112 Lawrenza Ave Nederland TX 77627 IX Sill Bieda UNIVAC Bldg 7100W Cotter Rd No 420 Omaha NE 68108 RC George Hunter 6962 5 Lamar St. Littleton CO 80123 X Myrtle Coed 6073 Sunrise Dr Lower Lake CA 95457 North Lea Polanaky 258 Iris Ave Goleta CA 93017 ISouthl Prank Gomes 2241 Noah Street Honolulu HI 96816 HI meets Xl Don Dodd 3406 Belnidere Ave SW Seattle WA 98126 RC Don Miller 24715 Summir-Landsburg Ravensdale WA 98051 RC Pylon & Soaring RC Pattern other RC RC lescept Soaring Bold Faise Below Indiestes Chmrman Contest Board FREE FLIGHT CONTEST BOARD Henry Struck RFD 2 Hamburg Old Lsrma CT 06371 II Bradley Bane 60 Lake Ave Lyndonville NY 14098 Ill Rudy Klulber 2021 Lakaiand Ave Lakewood OH 44107 IV Joe Boyle Jr 219 Snenandosh Rd Hampton VA 23361 V Bonny Jenkins3112 ERaines Rd MemphisTN38118 VI Chria Metauno 2576 Ginger St John MO 63114 VII Phil KlittwOrsh Jr. 715 Rutgers Rochester Ml 48063 VIII Mark Valerius 2302 Pomeren Dr Houston TX 77055 IX Jerald Murphy 2432 Astrot Colorado Springs CO 80906 X Joe Noreross 413 Cameron Hanford CA 93230 Xl Ernie Lint l6558121st Ave SE RentonWA 98055 CONTROL LINE CONTEST BOARD George Higgins P0 Sos 482 North Pembroke MA 02359 II Bill Boss 77-06 269th St New Hyde Park NY 11040 III Laird Jackson 1025 Walnut St Philadelphia PA 19107 IV Ron McNally 6118 Barde Ave. Springfield VA 22152 V Dave Hemstrasght P0 Eon 171 Moncks Corner SC 29461 VI Bob Butch 1758 N Natchez Chicago 1L60646 VII James SintOn 4941 Wisconsin N New Hope MN 55428 VIII Mm Lee 3522 Tameriek Lane Missouri CitvTX 77459 IX Mitneel Tallman 3014 Eachange Wichita KS 67217 X Vic Garner P0 Box 573 Livermore CA 945S0 XI Dan Rutherford 4705 237th Fl SE BotheliWA 98011 RADIO CONTROL CONTEST BOARD I Ed Izzo 483 Poke St Holliston MA 01746 II Joe Friend 62 Jon Tart Freehold NJ 07728 Ill Ron Hesselbrock 6320 Blueberry Hill Cs. Cincinnati OH 45211 IV Wayne Abemethy 5221 Marlboro Pike Hillside MD 20027 V J Davis Jr. 1813 S Lakeshore D, Birmingham AL35216 VI Paul Pine rock 3989 Weber Way Lecingron KY 40514 VII Peter Waters 7420 7-Mile Rd Nortnville Ml 48167 VIII Mm Thomas 331 SE Rockwood Bertleeville OK 74003 IX Loran Tregallas 3003 S Everett Wichita KS 67217 X Bill Northrop Jr. 621 W 19th St Costa Mesa CA 92627 Xl Ralph Brooks 3431 5 194th Seattle WA 98186 SCALE CONTEST BOARD I Richard Sherman 28 High St Plymouth NH 03264 II Robert Clemens 95 Shoreway Dr Rochester NY 14612 III Edward Wiavar 1521 Summit St McKeesporl PA 15130 IV Bob Karlsson 2643 Marsh Rd. Wilmington 05 19810 V David PIett 6940 NW 15th Ft Lauderdale FL 33313 VI Bob Utderwood4 109 Concord Oaks St LouisM063128 VII Claude McCullough Boa 40 Montezuma IA 50171 VIII William H Irwin 922 Sundown Ln. Desoto TX 75115 IX Dean Copeland 7817 Seward St Omaha NE 68114 X Bill Stronun 12218 Dune St Norwalk CA 90650 Xl Earle Moorhead 275S View Place 5 Salem OR 97302 CONTEST BOARD COORDINATOR Don Lindlev420 Tupelo Naperellia IL 60540 September 1980 93 Walt Perkins LI receives congratulations trophy Contest Director Dick Hunt setting new low-time mark FAI Team Race Canadian trophy winners Standing L-R Ken Parent Brian Fairey Sam Burke Paul Se qouin Kneeling Rich Fairey Stu Henderson
Edition: Model Aviation - 1980/09
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WASHINGTON DC 20005 Hats Notes Dick Nutting Nats Publicity Promotion time hope significant part AMA membership packing up head Ohio 1980 Nats Nats Executive Committee remains virtually unchanged past years have learned space past months local committee somewhat promi nent usual Nats Committee chairman Bill Elliott asked take last pre-Nats chance introduce Throw magazine front seat car can identify us means bring us problems comments Bill Elliott Bill Elliott above overall Nats staff chairman WORKS Club operation past president club laborer vineyards 1976 Nats Bill got talking over few cans brew Chuck Shade back late 78 himself nearly full-time job seems thrive flying has suffered pos sible running Nats Bill makcs feeble stab Pattern flying doing either above plant layout engi neer Standard Register Company Dayton Nats staff vice-chairman Chuck Shade personable Shade Masters class Pattern flier long-time newsletter editor past officer WORKS Club designer RC systems Model viation reporter Pattern flying air craft designer w ved Chuck electrical techSteve Webendorfer facilities manager Nats Steve fairly recent recruit modeling After joining WORKS Club few years ago Steve found fault its Stu dent Pilot Training Program Like good club member didnt stop US Sweeps Indoor World Championships contest close until end US individual team winner Indoor World Championships West Baden IN June 22-24 Erv Rodemsky won Individual World Championship twoflight total 71 minutes 59 seconds US team won Team World Cham pionship total 206 minutes 39 seconds Jim Richmond 1978 World Champion competing individual second 7129 Third through fifth Butty Switzerland 7040 Ciapala Poland 6945 Hunt United Kingdom 6917 US team members Harland 6802 Andrews 6638 placed seventh eighth Second third place teams Switzerland 20443 United Kingdom 20342 86 Model Aviation NE WSLE ACADEMY OF MODEL AERONAUTICS815 FIFTEENTH STREET NW Chuck ShadeSteve Webendt nician Mound Laboratories division fault finding Steve suggested ways improve Monsanto Corporation involved nuclear program volunteered chairman research some hush-hush production took over rewrote revamped work Chuck has doing much leg continues run day Steve field work Wilmington site coordinating engineer Standard Register Company various RC events will held Dayton Nats staff boss myriad details surrounding Nats sites duck soup Steve years WORKS Club have shown top notch organizer John John Markunes Dude friends manpower manager modelings biggest show An imposing figure drooping moustache six-foot-plus height type would say no asked run Transmitter Impound hit oneself head hammer Lots people around country have heard Johns tough no-nonsense tones phone since took manpower job about year ago non-modeling life John plant manager Kemp Presision Circuits Dayton com pany makes circuit boards related items electronics industry Finance chairman Ohio Nats staff Bob Christopher Bob currently president Western Ohio Radio Kontrol Society twice past-treasurer under aus pices job club built up its invest ment portfolio continued its long tradi tion financial solidity Bob coordinating money matters concerning Nats tween Washington AMA Headquarters thriving Nats operation Ohio daytime hours Bob senior designer Concrete Technology Corporation Day ton Nats toughest lobs since year close-in housing has hard find difficult distribute equitable Walt has abundance quiet charm plenty savvy area human relations has put good use up now un doubtedly will smooth calm self Nats sites weeks come Like Steve Bill Walt works Daytons Stand ard Register Company manager customer engineering Bill Keller Concessions manager Nats Bill Keller Bill needs little introduction per haps best known figure modeling world associated years Nats long time Control Line Rat Race hot-shot Bill has flown Pattern raced RC boats cars now RC Combat Bills jovial face hearty greetings welcome sight model ing events over Midwest Bill said man alive can square loop half-rolls using spatula ham burger coming off hot grill Bill owner W-K Hobbies Centerville OH manu facturer several well known model kits surprisingly have heard him action crack salesman Sequoia Building Supply Company 37 ci RC Giant Scale Limit Ratified Effective immediately RC Giant Scale displacement limit raised 366 37 cu Scale Contest Boards ratification vote displacement increase 10 1 Dist VIII opposed change AMA competition rules made according provisions Contest Board Procedures emergency pro posals proposal reasons published June 1980 issue page 89 Publicity promotion Nats least local level being handled yours truly Dick Nutting dabble Pattern flying Stand-Off Scale am former Free Flight competitor sport Control Line flier presently am member Hawks Hurricanes Show Team Greater Cincinnati area taking care modeling business am producer news documentaries WLWT Television Cincinnati Thats local gang welcome Ohio advance firmly believe have great Nats store will find some things different time around hope like us adventurous enough give new things whirl Have fun say hello meet column will have another go-round two after Nats late fall will report end meet bare souls what worked what didnt Till Ohio .its new decade new Nats FF Contest Board Con sidering Emergency Height Redefinition Background Due question whether Northwood Institute Atrium West Baden IN AMA Category II site Free Flight Contest Board Chairman Chris Matsuno two others measured interior last year found Category Ill over 100 ft AMA ceiling height definition Category III 49 ft 2 98 ft 5 FAI ceiling height definition announced April issue page 85 reported AMA record flights West Baden site rescinded sufficient duration have established Category Ill mark AMA rule method measurement includes ceiling height through openings having horizontal oblique dimensions greater six feet FAI rule method September 1980 87 Dick Nutting UOb thrstopfler Walt Akridge Walt Akridge undertaking thankless job camping housing coordinator FF Contest Board Continued highest point circle 15 meters can inscribed After CB chairmans report West Baden height measurement some fliers charged chairmans reclassification site improper because intent 100-ft category AMA purposes met West Baden site letter rule no record flight site fact exceeded 100-ft height also felt appropriate height measured certain height AMA rules different height FAI rules question intent AMA rules chairman has polled entire Con test Board results shown separate ly chart form board voted 6-to-4 West Baden does conform intent AMA rules Category II sites Emergency Rules Change Progress Stat ing intent rule should measure areas accessible models AMA rule does necessarily accomplish maintaining site should measured uniformly both AMA FAI rules Dr John B Martin Miami FL has sub mitted proposal emergency action accord ing Contest Board Procedures proposal revise rule book para 19161 fol lowing 161 height ceiling defined vertical distance floor highest point circle 15 meters can inscribed below primary structure building no case will low medi um ceiling record granted flier indoor model has taken advantage ceiling cavity size order attain greater altitude legal ceiling height limit No artificial ceilings can created establish category As accompanying voting chart also indicates Free Flight Contest Board process considering emergency rules-change proposal course action decided upon publish proposal article board vote later wheth er accept immediate implementation issue expected readers hands approximately August 1 ex pected boards vote will take place between September 1 September 15 Any AMA member has interest proposal pro con urged state views districts Free Flight Contest Board member prior September 1 sanction fee related three-day sanc tioning period particularly would want 1 run record trials con test atmosphere multiple contestants 2 make multiple tries over days and/or months either case noted such trials could very expensive especially several record categories model classes involved Attention called contrasting conditions FAI World Rec ord Trialswherein sanction period remainder calendar year other national AMA recordswherein sanction allows number people try rec ords Emergency Rules Change Progress order resolve problems RC Contest Board Chairman Joe Friend has consulted RC Contest Board boards voting shown accompanying chart tentative new procedural rules have developed 1 sanction fee will $200 originally sanction will good classes models categories records number fliers 2 standard meet sanction application must used must submitted contest coordinator same other sanction application coordination purposes will considered same Class meet additional $500 fee must accompany application event spon sored AMA chartered club 3 sanc tion must applied coordinated granted sufficiently early announcement event printed before takes place RC Contest Board has tentatively accepted revised sanctioning conditions RC Sailplane National Records accord ance Contest Board Procedures interpretations safety emergency rules procedures call publication pro posal article allow AMA member comment Contest Board make final ratification vote four six weeks following publication proposal approved final ratification vote comes effective immediately upon publication Until previous rules conditions apply interest proposal pro con should state views RC Contest Board members districts should done no later September 1 1980 Background July 1979 Duane Gall Ann Arbor Ml requested rules clarification regarding Quarter Midget Pylon Racing engine modifications As reported January 1980 issue page 84 RC Contest Board ruled allow 1 excessive use metal shims produced manufac turer between upper lower parts crankcase change engine timing 2 use RC engine parts cataloged use Free Flight /Speed version include sert-type head available NC Contest Board Possible Sanction Pro- Reconsidering QM cedure Changes tor Engine Modification RC Sailplane Records Background September 1979 issue page 89 announced RC Contest Boards emergency action creating RC Sailplane national AMA records Related procedures re quired sanction fee $200 per class category sanction period three continuous days anticipated record trials would involve single dividual single record category Contest Board Chairman Joe Friend re ports have complaints about stock RC engines produced manufac turer Since publication ruling has considerable confusion among QM community regarding interpretations ruling also has lot corre spondence among QM people manufac turers CB Chairman Joe Friend review correspondence includes limited following points Insert heads listed manufacturer usable RC version amount shims used manufacturer varies mak ing impossible check what number excessive Substitution metal shims paper shims should allowed im proves engine durability performance Gaskets shims excluded rules requirements engines used event Current Status accordance Contest Board Proced ures interpretations safety emergency rules CB Chairman Joe Friend has polled board determine what action should taken results poll shown chart form separately indicating board wishes have pub lished modeler comment proposal tended solve problemswith board vote afterwards final acceptance implementation denial pro posal particular instance however board has considered tentatively ac cepted specific proposal published Contest Board Chairman Friend indicates will seek specific proposal solving problems QM section NMPRA has tentatively approved Contest Board will published AMA member comment subsequent final Contest Board voting RC Soaring Team Selection Finals presi dential decision event will California SULA Soaring Union Los Angeles flying field California State College Dominguez Dates August 30 through Sep tember 1 CD Dave Thornberg See Presl dents Outlook page 72 details Hats Unofficial Events Free Flight Changes Additions Ac cording information just received Battle Britain Old-Timer Rubber Scale events have rescheduled Tuesday August 12 originally scheduled Thursday Rise-Off-Water ROW flying including rubber power gas power scheduled Friday August 15 events sponsored George Perryman run Columbus OH group Indoor Manhattan Cabin has sched uled Monday August 11 Cargo flown Tuesday August 12 run Minnesota Aero Modelers Free Flight unofficial events listed July issue sponsored and/or coordinated National Free Flight Society outdoor FF unofficial events will flown Wright Field Dayton OH indoor unofficial events will flown University Cincinnati Fieldhouse Cincinnati OH Control Line Addition Y2A Combat will flown Thursday August 14 con clusion Jr-Sr Fast Combat event will use 35-ft lines 012 dia ages com bined Double elimination Run Steve Hills Rich Von Lopez 88 Model Aviation FREE FLIGHT CONTEST BOARD VOTE FOR INTERPRETATION OF WEST BADEN CEILING HEIGHT CLASS AND ON RELATED EMERGENCY PROPOSAL ptable N Acceptable F al substitute FAI method measur ing ceiiing heights AMA category classifications under FM method West Baden would AMA Cat II re instate AMA Cat II records set West Baden J RADIO CONTROL CONTEST BOARD VOTING REGARDINGSANCTIONINGPROCEDURES NATIONAL RC SAILPLANE RECORDS g - esult te c NLJC1 &2 eptable and bo N Acceptableui L u TA oJ Z ally II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X1XI 1 or BClass vs Category Distinction Assuming numbers 2 3 above good number participants{I..1J.2i1.JL.L1.J...I .ki-k 4fII,,-,IA - 1I2I31II2I1I1I 2Require $5 additional sanction fee non-chartered club u-ANANA AAAAA7A 2N sorship same other AMA-sanctioned events 3Require contest coordination though records event aANANAAAAAA7A 2N Class meet 4Require prepublication AMA RC Soaring recordsAAANAAANNA6A 3N events Notes A blank voting block means no vote cast vote surrounded parentheses means tne vote received after deadline counted results *Means tie question answered subsequent re-vote RADIO CONTROL CONTEST BOARD VOTE oZe REGARDING EMERGENCY RULES FORE0- ENGINEMODSINQUARTERMIDGETPYLONjOE O Result C0 - 2CoICE~J ofVote N L1C CC - C z eptableand N AcceptableUJt 2AZ LJ-A oJ 0Z - U Tally II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI Lfor ruling/enforcement21 12j12221A*J IA171/ otes blank box means no vote cast *Means assigned value since second third choices indicated September 198089 z o -o - 0 o -o e III TO C z C 0 C CE V 0 U C -0 2 0 VIIIi IX 0 CO C4 VI 0 IV C C 0 VII 00 U -o X C J C 0 0. C 4 uJ Xl Result Vote Tally Notes diate ruling/enforcement requiri5 ication proposal later Jon test Board vote ruling/enforcement C al immediate action Means assigned value since second third choices indicated blank box means no vote cast LINE * The CL biggie yearatWinston Salem NC June 21-22 new top man running Golden Triad Model Mas ters did fantastic job new FAI * Team Race mark set plus some new Speed records BB Brown Jr os author LC Hepler IOIUHIPS Harold Lambert pits Snake Rat Racer June 1977 Model Aviation plan No 190 AH WINSTON-SALEM first day summer aroma tobacco wafted over coliseum parking lot prevailing winds went backwards few hours checking motel Norfolk VA Mouse Racing contingent wandered offered show machines let delve secrets 1/A reed-valve engines Also Shadow Racing ensconced determinedly filing Team Race propellers showing wares wandering tribes North After much discussion virtues stock engines Swindell Tate Daniels et al said hello Shadow Racing ie Walt Perkins J E Aibritton soon joined Canadian Team Racing %A Goodyear winners Kneeling Willis Swin dell 1st Standing L-R George CaIdwell 4th Greg Crotts 2nd Gene Daniels 3rd Speed Contingent three groups produce coincidentally five first places two second places four third places rec ord FAI Team Race time next two days 1980 United States Control Line Cham pionships Dawn sound high-speed racing engines come up together Slow Combat 90 Model Aviation Aibritton puosi ana vvais rerKins piI retract-gear low-time Team Racer hI Quickee coming pit Lee land readies catch Byron Reynolds Karyn Foster 1st end 2nd Mouse Race Class Junior-Senior Pareii aruu arian r-alrey warm up FAI Team Racers Scale Racing agenda 830 am Junior-Senior Slow Combat saw Ricky Hum mer defeat Sexton Hartlaub Reedy garner first place laurels Reedy second Hartlaub third Open Slow large entry 20 ably bossed pit Howard Shenton Dave Owen Senior de feated Gary Fentress finals got defeating Paul Curtis later won Fast Combat Fentress defeated Cartier place second Curtis Cartier flew third fourth respectively Owen used old K&B 35 ran exceptionally well Junior-Senior Goodyear invaded Canadians Sheldon Ybanez Roanoke VA fended off first place time 7598 Stuart Henderson Toronto took second John Denny third new 60-ft lines 014-in diameter did slow speeds much Last year Ballard took first 551 year first place went John Wolf 549 fol lowed Harold Lambert 554 Steve Rece 559 Steve fastest heat time 253 Nineteen entries bad event dominated engine cant get Several fliers suggest new 21 would good replacement because OPS HB Supertigre OS K&B make car boat racing new AD 15 showed up Winston-Salem blew bearing did last spring Southwest Regionals AD extremely hard get well ex pensive--no help suggest trying stay 15 simply because World Championships displacement Combat Speed Team Racing Free Flight Power use alcohol-and-lubricant-only fuels Navy Carrier excellent turnout year 18 contestants Peter Mazur won Profile Carrier ll George Cox second Profile Steve Dinermah third Bob Whitfield Joe Cservenko second third Carrier Brian Silversmith Derek Siegel second third Carrier II Navy Carrier holds spectator interest second Combat FAI Combat fartherest-away con testant Paul Gibenault Edmonton Can ada FAI flown double elimination loses first match second flight made against different combatant Phil Cartier flew against Paul Segouin Cana da really terrific match third round Cartier emerged overall victor Reedy second Segouin third Slow Rat gets faster faster Nash ville Rats still own event though profess serious about fast Rat Larry Hill son Cardiff Giant Jolly G flew fastest Slow Rat final history event 5 mm 1606 sec Pitmen Paul Tune Dreskell took third second respec tively 533 530 Jr-Sr Slow Rat Ken Hicks placed first John Denny second John Edersbach third Class reed valve Mouse started 2 pm Jr-Srs showing good times good form Bryan Reynolds Advance NC age 11 took first place Karyn Foster 12 took second Chris Scott third Sheldon Ybanez fourth Open Mouse CIl 15 entries Nor folk VA group took three trophies First Willis Swindell second John Tate third Meade Jenkins fourth George CaIdwell Rockville MD Beginner-Intermediate Precision Aero batics event excellent turnout 11 Roger Armstrong placed first Pat Robinson ran Aerobatics events year much precision winners flew pat tern Advanced flown Sunday Scott Bair third place moved up 2nd Beginner Class last year Rolland McDonald placed first Mike Mustain second Precision Expert 11 entries Dave Hemstrought garnering first place year September 198091 Douglas Skyraider Ed Rhodes won first place Sport Scale P-47 by Dale Campbell tirst built-up modeldid immaculate job third place Richard Schneiders P51 2nd place went Clement Caddells Zero Nice array ot Sport Scale entries @3 0 U @3 @3 Frank Garzon holds 2iZ mpfl 1st piace L Speed jobjust missed record Canadian Sam burke still flas flair realism assymetry FAI first 148 mph Les Baers 18579 en t couldnt back up within 5 mph record purposes Cu mm U second 79 Dennis Adamisin took second Stan Powell won last year third AMA Fast Combat favorite spectator event rained airplane parts about five one-half hours Sunday 23 contestants really put show Paul Curtis emerged victor super match David Owen Forrest Atkins third ole racing-pit man-turned-gladiator Fary Fentress fourth 830 Sunday morning FAI Team Rac ing started first heat two DNFs Baker/Kerr team Canada refly Fellow Canadians Kelly/Parent won sec ond heat handily 407 Brian Fairey I- Cu U Lu Cu cm Em I. Lu U son Richard Toronto edged Van sants 413 415 bomb came Perkins/Aibritton blasted 100 laps 3 mm 3306 sec second round heats Kelly/ Parent improved somewhat 40512 Vansant team cut second off previous time still could best Fairey team So finals showed Perkins/Aibritton Kelly/ Parent Fairey/Fairey Perkins/Albritton Shadow Racing Team shown consist ency second round time 3 3409 final 200-lap race began Shadow team getting off first showing su perior speed clocking 1945 seconds 10 laps through race 1156 mph cleanly flown race teams excellent pit stops flying retract able landing gear Shadow model alu minum/magnesium/titanium Nelson 15 Die sel made five pit stops fuel covered 20 kilometers 7 mm 1900 secthe fastest time have heard competition puts American World Champs Team real contention first time since Stockton/Jehlik won world title bunch years back Congratulations Walter iE best luck Poland July 1AA Scale Racing saw Chris Scott win nice 64542 Jr-Sr Bryan Reynolds second 700 Karen Foster third 725 Open saw Swindell complete first 50-lap heat segment fastest-ever 2258 kept up finals win ning event 4 mm 5378 sec Greg Crotts second 5129 Gene Daniels third 52709 Fine show Norfolk club Fast Rat didnt slow down either after another mandatory pit stop added finals last year Top qualifier Larry Hill did two back-to-back 70-lap heats 21235 21376 Dick Lamberts 21548 21839 Harold Lamberts 22545 22224 show best one-man pitting technique pit crew Tune Driskell pitting Nashville Rats Slow AMA Rat Hill flying consistently two-sec faster Driskells times 22112 92 Model Aviation Sr David Owen 1st Slow 2nd Fast 4th FAI Combat Slow model shown left David Owen battle Nea . 2 spots Fast Combat Curtis winner transferred Two planes FAI Combat Canadian FAt Combat planes Seqouin front Gibenault Most Combat matches leave some damage foam-wing casualty FAI class Combat line-up pull-tests ana matcnes res Iv]azur mast won aim inree ~arrir eventa helping Joe Cservenko MO-i rete Mazur slow-f lignis winning MO-i guardian Skyraider patiently awaiting turns deck Successful Carrier landing helped assist ants signals body English Carrier pit area Nice turnout year Roger Armstrong first Beginner-Intermedi ate Precision Aerobatics 22338 Tunes entry blew plug first round 324 turned 21402 second Lamberts just slightly faster airfor example 1512 mph against 15082 mph Tune Bobby Oge turned 22098 21957 Ballard flying Ballards entry clocked 22925 22504 So finalists emerging seventeen entries finals produced battle circle between Lam bert Hill Hill adopted new flying style raceboth elbows horizon tal Dick Lambert about62couldnt see horizon much less airplane caused some erratic movements 150 mph Rat Hill flew normally Lamberts plane pit appears observer blocking intentional though officials didnt call him final 10-mile times Larry Hill 45519 first place Harold Lambert 45958 second John Ballard 50814 third Class II Mouse entries dropped 22 nine year Probably because way Combat Rat scheduled Karyn Foster took first Jr-Sr followed Chris Scott Sheldon Ybanez Open TD Mouse saw William Reynolds set heat pace Precision Aerobatics Dave Hemstroughts Expert Class winner Precision Aerobatics PAMPA classes used 3355 finals 95116 Jerry Kas mer second 10346 Scott Jenkins third Sport Scale entrant previous very large P47 entered built plastic scale model Dale Campbell really did nice job Ed Rhodes placed first Douglas AD-6 Skyraider flaps dive brakes retractable gear arresting gear operated three lines Clement Caddell second Zero built early Royal kit Japanese structions Clem didnt say literate Japanese Richard Schneider third ever-popular P-Si Mustang Speed will covered separately year Speed column Gene Hempel next month Four fliers should noted report Sam Burke Canada took FAI Speed 148 mph Bill Hughes flew Gene MartineS torth-place Mariner Rat Goodyear Team Race set two new Senior records Formula 40 14846 Class B 16054 Frank Garzon missed Class D record 02 mph 20126 mph took first place fastest time meet Les Baer new Class B 65 325 lines 18575 mph Open couldnt back up record good meet Run champions cham pions national championship should managed smallest clubs aroundthe Golden Triad Model Mas ters Kudos Dick Hunt Contest Director event directors Hayes Combat pit crews Martin Cleveland Racing Pardue Carrier Robinson Aero batics Payne Scale Ms Lois Martin Debbie Cleveland kept racing events going usual Cant wait til next year Directory CONTEST COORDINATORS Pad L Fenney8 Charlotte Dr Andover MA Oi8iO II N Sobrino87-2688th St Woodhaven Queens NY 11421 RC Richard Smith 300 Steko Ave. Rochester NY 14615 RC Lawrence Lundy 246 Ontario Lockport NY 14094 Ill Ken Reber RD 1 Nazareth PA 18084 lEasti M Weisenbach 4568 hV 146th Cleveland 01-I 44135 West IV Warren Sanoers Jr. 9735 52nd Avenue College Park-MD 20741 RC Ed Fiszwacer 1920 Ardenwood Terrace Crofton MD 21114 V RC Charlene Fields 818 Main St SW New Elliognon SC 29809 RC Soarng HR Norckauer 12016 Queens P1. Huntsville AL 35803 FP Wallets Johnson 4112 White Acres Rd Montgomery AL36106 CL Marilyn Duane 862 Colonial Ct. Meat Jacksonville FL 32211 VI RC Ralph WhiteJr.RR 1Boa324 Neoga 1L62447 CLW R EodziochJr22SwGlede Palatine 1L60067 FP Pat English 823 Broadway Vincannes IN 47591 VII John 421 Walnut Lane Apple Valley MN 55124 West RC Len Roe 6539 Orchid Dr Jenison Ml 49428 lEast CL & PF Deb lnhoff 6879 Weller Dr. NE Rocklord Ml 49341 Best VIIIJohn Deenor6205 Melinda Dr Wautauga TX 76145 RC Robertj Talley 3112 Lawrenza Ave Nederland TX 77627 IX Sill Bieda UNIVAC Bldg 7100W Cotter Rd No 420 Omaha NE 68108 RC George Hunter 6962 5 Lamar St. Littleton CO 80123 X Myrtle Coed 6073 Sunrise Dr Lower Lake CA 95457 North Lea Polanaky 258 Iris Ave Goleta CA 93017 ISouthl Prank Gomes 2241 Noah Street Honolulu HI 96816 HI meets Xl Don Dodd 3406 Belnidere Ave SW Seattle WA 98126 RC Don Miller 24715 Summir-Landsburg Ravensdale WA 98051 RC Pylon & Soaring RC Pattern other RC RC lescept Soaring Bold Faise Below Indiestes Chmrman Contest Board FREE FLIGHT CONTEST BOARD Henry Struck RFD 2 Hamburg Old Lsrma CT 06371 II Bradley Bane 60 Lake Ave Lyndonville NY 14098 Ill Rudy Klulber 2021 Lakaiand Ave Lakewood OH 44107 IV Joe Boyle Jr 219 Snenandosh Rd Hampton VA 23361 V Bonny Jenkins3112 ERaines Rd MemphisTN38118 VI Chria Metauno 2576 Ginger St John MO 63114 VII Phil KlittwOrsh Jr. 715 Rutgers Rochester Ml 48063 VIII Mark Valerius 2302 Pomeren Dr Houston TX 77055 IX Jerald Murphy 2432 Astrot Colorado Springs CO 80906 X Joe Noreross 413 Cameron Hanford CA 93230 Xl Ernie Lint l6558121st Ave SE RentonWA 98055 CONTROL LINE CONTEST BOARD George Higgins P0 Sos 482 North Pembroke MA 02359 II Bill Boss 77-06 269th St New Hyde Park NY 11040 III Laird Jackson 1025 Walnut St Philadelphia PA 19107 IV Ron McNally 6118 Barde Ave. Springfield VA 22152 V Dave Hemstrasght P0 Eon 171 Moncks Corner SC 29461 VI Bob Butch 1758 N Natchez Chicago 1L60646 VII James SintOn 4941 Wisconsin N New Hope MN 55428 VIII Mm Lee 3522 Tameriek Lane Missouri CitvTX 77459 IX Mitneel Tallman 3014 Eachange Wichita KS 67217 X Vic Garner P0 Box 573 Livermore CA 945S0 XI Dan Rutherford 4705 237th Fl SE BotheliWA 98011 RADIO CONTROL CONTEST BOARD I Ed Izzo 483 Poke St Holliston MA 01746 II Joe Friend 62 Jon Tart Freehold NJ 07728 Ill Ron Hesselbrock 6320 Blueberry Hill Cs. Cincinnati OH 45211 IV Wayne Abemethy 5221 Marlboro Pike Hillside MD 20027 V J Davis Jr. 1813 S Lakeshore D, Birmingham AL35216 VI Paul Pine rock 3989 Weber Way Lecingron KY 40514 VII Peter Waters 7420 7-Mile Rd Nortnville Ml 48167 VIII Mm Thomas 331 SE Rockwood Bertleeville OK 74003 IX Loran Tregallas 3003 S Everett Wichita KS 67217 X Bill Northrop Jr. 621 W 19th St Costa Mesa CA 92627 Xl Ralph Brooks 3431 5 194th Seattle WA 98186 SCALE CONTEST BOARD I Richard Sherman 28 High St Plymouth NH 03264 II Robert Clemens 95 Shoreway Dr Rochester NY 14612 III Edward Wiavar 1521 Summit St McKeesporl PA 15130 IV Bob Karlsson 2643 Marsh Rd. Wilmington 05 19810 V David PIett 6940 NW 15th Ft Lauderdale FL 33313 VI Bob Utderwood4 109 Concord Oaks St LouisM063128 VII Claude McCullough Boa 40 Montezuma IA 50171 VIII William H Irwin 922 Sundown Ln. Desoto TX 75115 IX Dean Copeland 7817 Seward St Omaha NE 68114 X Bill Stronun 12218 Dune St Norwalk CA 90650 Xl Earle Moorhead 275S View Place 5 Salem OR 97302 CONTEST BOARD COORDINATOR Don Lindlev420 Tupelo Naperellia IL 60540 September 1980 93 Walt Perkins LI receives congratulations trophy Contest Director Dick Hunt setting new low-time mark FAI Team Race Canadian trophy winners Standing L-R Ken Parent Brian Fairey Sam Burke Paul Se qouin Kneeling Rich Fairey Stu Henderson
Edition: Model Aviation - 1980/09
Page Numbers: 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93
WASHINGTON DC 20005 Hats Notes Dick Nutting Nats Publicity Promotion time hope significant part AMA membership packing up head Ohio 1980 Nats Nats Executive Committee remains virtually unchanged past years have learned space past months local committee somewhat promi nent usual Nats Committee chairman Bill Elliott asked take last pre-Nats chance introduce Throw magazine front seat car can identify us means bring us problems comments Bill Elliott Bill Elliott above overall Nats staff chairman WORKS Club operation past president club laborer vineyards 1976 Nats Bill got talking over few cans brew Chuck Shade back late 78 himself nearly full-time job seems thrive flying has suffered pos sible running Nats Bill makcs feeble stab Pattern flying doing either above plant layout engi neer Standard Register Company Dayton Nats staff vice-chairman Chuck Shade personable Shade Masters class Pattern flier long-time newsletter editor past officer WORKS Club designer RC systems Model viation reporter Pattern flying air craft designer w ved Chuck electrical techSteve Webendorfer facilities manager Nats Steve fairly recent recruit modeling After joining WORKS Club few years ago Steve found fault its Stu dent Pilot Training Program Like good club member didnt stop US Sweeps Indoor World Championships contest close until end US individual team winner Indoor World Championships West Baden IN June 22-24 Erv Rodemsky won Individual World Championship twoflight total 71 minutes 59 seconds US team won Team World Cham pionship total 206 minutes 39 seconds Jim Richmond 1978 World Champion competing individual second 7129 Third through fifth Butty Switzerland 7040 Ciapala Poland 6945 Hunt United Kingdom 6917 US team members Harland 6802 Andrews 6638 placed seventh eighth Second third place teams Switzerland 20443 United Kingdom 20342 86 Model Aviation NE WSLE ACADEMY OF MODEL AERONAUTICS815 FIFTEENTH STREET NW Chuck ShadeSteve Webendt nician Mound Laboratories division fault finding Steve suggested ways improve Monsanto Corporation involved nuclear program volunteered chairman research some hush-hush production took over rewrote revamped work Chuck has doing much leg continues run day Steve field work Wilmington site coordinating engineer Standard Register Company various RC events will held Dayton Nats staff boss myriad details surrounding Nats sites duck soup Steve years WORKS Club have shown top notch organizer John John Markunes Dude friends manpower manager modelings biggest show An imposing figure drooping moustache six-foot-plus height type would say no asked run Transmitter Impound hit oneself head hammer Lots people around country have heard Johns tough no-nonsense tones phone since took manpower job about year ago non-modeling life John plant manager Kemp Presision Circuits Dayton com pany makes circuit boards related items electronics industry Finance chairman Ohio Nats staff Bob Christopher Bob currently president Western Ohio Radio Kontrol Society twice past-treasurer under aus pices job club built up its invest ment portfolio continued its long tradi tion financial solidity Bob coordinating money matters concerning Nats tween Washington AMA Headquarters thriving Nats operation Ohio daytime hours Bob senior designer Concrete Technology Corporation Day ton Nats toughest lobs since year close-in housing has hard find difficult distribute equitable Walt has abundance quiet charm plenty savvy area human relations has put good use up now un doubtedly will smooth calm self Nats sites weeks come Like Steve Bill Walt works Daytons Stand ard Register Company manager customer engineering Bill Keller Concessions manager Nats Bill Keller Bill needs little introduction per haps best known figure modeling world associated years Nats long time Control Line Rat Race hot-shot Bill has flown Pattern raced RC boats cars now RC Combat Bills jovial face hearty greetings welcome sight model ing events over Midwest Bill said man alive can square loop half-rolls using spatula ham burger coming off hot grill Bill owner W-K Hobbies Centerville OH manu facturer several well known model kits surprisingly have heard him action crack salesman Sequoia Building Supply Company 37 ci RC Giant Scale Limit Ratified Effective immediately RC Giant Scale displacement limit raised 366 37 cu Scale Contest Boards ratification vote displacement increase 10 1 Dist VIII opposed change AMA competition rules made according provisions Contest Board Procedures emergency pro posals proposal reasons published June 1980 issue page 89 Publicity promotion Nats least local level being handled yours truly Dick Nutting dabble Pattern flying Stand-Off Scale am former Free Flight competitor sport Control Line flier presently am member Hawks Hurricanes Show Team Greater Cincinnati area taking care modeling business am producer news documentaries WLWT Television Cincinnati Thats local gang welcome Ohio advance firmly believe have great Nats store will find some things different time around hope like us adventurous enough give new things whirl Have fun say hello meet column will have another go-round two after Nats late fall will report end meet bare souls what worked what didnt Till Ohio .its new decade new Nats FF Contest Board Con sidering Emergency Height Redefinition Background Due question whether Northwood Institute Atrium West Baden IN AMA Category II site Free Flight Contest Board Chairman Chris Matsuno two others measured interior last year found Category Ill over 100 ft AMA ceiling height definition Category III 49 ft 2 98 ft 5 FAI ceiling height definition announced April issue page 85 reported AMA record flights West Baden site rescinded sufficient duration have established Category Ill mark AMA rule method measurement includes ceiling height through openings having horizontal oblique dimensions greater six feet FAI rule method September 1980 87 Dick Nutting UOb thrstopfler Walt Akridge Walt Akridge undertaking thankless job camping housing coordinator FF Contest Board Continued highest point circle 15 meters can inscribed After CB chairmans report West Baden height measurement some fliers charged chairmans reclassification site improper because intent 100-ft category AMA purposes met West Baden site letter rule no record flight site fact exceeded 100-ft height also felt appropriate height measured certain height AMA rules different height FAI rules question intent AMA rules chairman has polled entire Con test Board results shown separate ly chart form board voted 6-to-4 West Baden does conform intent AMA rules Category II sites Emergency Rules Change Progress Stat ing intent rule should measure areas accessible models AMA rule does necessarily accomplish maintaining site should measured uniformly both AMA FAI rules Dr John B Martin Miami FL has sub mitted proposal emergency action accord ing Contest Board Procedures proposal revise rule book para 19161 fol lowing 161 height ceiling defined vertical distance floor highest point circle 15 meters can inscribed below primary structure building no case will low medi um ceiling record granted flier indoor model has taken advantage ceiling cavity size order attain greater altitude legal ceiling height limit No artificial ceilings can created establish category As accompanying voting chart also indicates Free Flight Contest Board process considering emergency rules-change proposal course action decided upon publish proposal article board vote later wheth er accept immediate implementation issue expected readers hands approximately August 1 ex pected boards vote will take place between September 1 September 15 Any AMA member has interest proposal pro con urged state views districts Free Flight Contest Board member prior September 1 sanction fee related three-day sanc tioning period particularly would want 1 run record trials con test atmosphere multiple contestants 2 make multiple tries over days and/or months either case noted such trials could very expensive especially several record categories model classes involved Attention called contrasting conditions FAI World Rec ord Trialswherein sanction period remainder calendar year other national AMA recordswherein sanction allows number people try rec ords Emergency Rules Change Progress order resolve problems RC Contest Board Chairman Joe Friend has consulted RC Contest Board boards voting shown accompanying chart tentative new procedural rules have developed 1 sanction fee will $200 originally sanction will good classes models categories records number fliers 2 standard meet sanction application must used must submitted contest coordinator same other sanction application coordination purposes will considered same Class meet additional $500 fee must accompany application event spon sored AMA chartered club 3 sanc tion must applied coordinated granted sufficiently early announcement event printed before takes place RC Contest Board has tentatively accepted revised sanctioning conditions RC Sailplane National Records accord ance Contest Board Procedures interpretations safety emergency rules procedures call publication pro posal article allow AMA member comment Contest Board make final ratification vote four six weeks following publication proposal approved final ratification vote comes effective immediately upon publication Until previous rules conditions apply interest proposal pro con should state views RC Contest Board members districts should done no later September 1 1980 Background July 1979 Duane Gall Ann Arbor Ml requested rules clarification regarding Quarter Midget Pylon Racing engine modifications As reported January 1980 issue page 84 RC Contest Board ruled allow 1 excessive use metal shims produced manufac turer between upper lower parts crankcase change engine timing 2 use RC engine parts cataloged use Free Flight /Speed version include sert-type head available NC Contest Board Possible Sanction Pro- Reconsidering QM cedure Changes tor Engine Modification RC Sailplane Records Background September 1979 issue page 89 announced RC Contest Boards emergency action creating RC Sailplane national AMA records Related procedures re quired sanction fee $200 per class category sanction period three continuous days anticipated record trials would involve single dividual single record category Contest Board Chairman Joe Friend re ports have complaints about stock RC engines produced manufac turer Since publication ruling has considerable confusion among QM community regarding interpretations ruling also has lot corre spondence among QM people manufac turers CB Chairman Joe Friend review correspondence includes limited following points Insert heads listed manufacturer usable RC version amount shims used manufacturer varies mak ing impossible check what number excessive Substitution metal shims paper shims should allowed im proves engine durability performance Gaskets shims excluded rules requirements engines used event Current Status accordance Contest Board Proced ures interpretations safety emergency rules CB Chairman Joe Friend has polled board determine what action should taken results poll shown chart form separately indicating board wishes have pub lished modeler comment proposal tended solve problemswith board vote afterwards final acceptance implementation denial pro posal particular instance however board has considered tentatively ac cepted specific proposal published Contest Board Chairman Friend indicates will seek specific proposal solving problems QM section NMPRA has tentatively approved Contest Board will published AMA member comment subsequent final Contest Board voting RC Soaring Team Selection Finals presi dential decision event will California SULA Soaring Union Los Angeles flying field California State College Dominguez Dates August 30 through Sep tember 1 CD Dave Thornberg See Presl dents Outlook page 72 details Hats Unofficial Events Free Flight Changes Additions Ac cording information just received Battle Britain Old-Timer Rubber Scale events have rescheduled Tuesday August 12 originally scheduled Thursday Rise-Off-Water ROW flying including rubber power gas power scheduled Friday August 15 events sponsored George Perryman run Columbus OH group Indoor Manhattan Cabin has sched uled Monday August 11 Cargo flown Tuesday August 12 run Minnesota Aero Modelers Free Flight unofficial events listed July issue sponsored and/or coordinated National Free Flight Society outdoor FF unofficial events will flown Wright Field Dayton OH indoor unofficial events will flown University Cincinnati Fieldhouse Cincinnati OH Control Line Addition Y2A Combat will flown Thursday August 14 con clusion Jr-Sr Fast Combat event will use 35-ft lines 012 dia ages com bined Double elimination Run Steve Hills Rich Von Lopez 88 Model Aviation FREE FLIGHT CONTEST BOARD VOTE FOR INTERPRETATION OF WEST BADEN CEILING HEIGHT CLASS AND ON RELATED EMERGENCY PROPOSAL ptable N Acceptable F al substitute FAI method measur ing ceiiing heights AMA category classifications under FM method West Baden would AMA Cat II re instate AMA Cat II records set West Baden J RADIO CONTROL CONTEST BOARD VOTING REGARDINGSANCTIONINGPROCEDURES NATIONAL RC SAILPLANE RECORDS g - esult te c NLJC1 &2 eptable and bo N Acceptableui L u TA oJ Z ally II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X1XI 1 or BClass vs Category Distinction Assuming numbers 2 3 above good number participants{I..1J.2i1.JL.L1.J...I .ki-k 4fII,,-,IA - 1I2I31II2I1I1I 2Require $5 additional sanction fee non-chartered club u-ANANA AAAAA7A 2N sorship same other AMA-sanctioned events 3Require contest coordination though records event aANANAAAAAA7A 2N Class meet 4Require prepublication AMA RC Soaring recordsAAANAAANNA6A 3N events Notes A blank voting block means no vote cast vote surrounded parentheses means tne vote received after deadline counted results *Means tie question answered subsequent re-vote RADIO CONTROL CONTEST BOARD VOTE oZe REGARDING EMERGENCY RULES FORE0- ENGINEMODSINQUARTERMIDGETPYLONjOE O Result C0 - 2CoICE~J ofVote N L1C CC - C z eptableand N AcceptableUJt 2AZ LJ-A oJ 0Z - U Tally II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI Lfor ruling/enforcement21 12j12221A*J IA171/ otes blank box means no vote cast *Means assigned value since second third choices indicated September 198089 z o -o - 0 o -o e III TO C z C 0 C CE V 0 U C -0 2 0 VIIIi IX 0 CO C4 VI 0 IV C C 0 VII 00 U -o X C J C 0 0. C 4 uJ Xl Result Vote Tally Notes diate ruling/enforcement requiri5 ication proposal later Jon test Board vote ruling/enforcement C al immediate action Means assigned value since second third choices indicated blank box means no vote cast LINE * The CL biggie yearatWinston Salem NC June 21-22 new top man running Golden Triad Model Mas ters did fantastic job new FAI * Team Race mark set plus some new Speed records BB Brown Jr os author LC Hepler IOIUHIPS Harold Lambert pits Snake Rat Racer June 1977 Model Aviation plan No 190 AH WINSTON-SALEM first day summer aroma tobacco wafted over coliseum parking lot prevailing winds went backwards few hours checking motel Norfolk VA Mouse Racing contingent wandered offered show machines let delve secrets 1/A reed-valve engines Also Shadow Racing ensconced determinedly filing Team Race propellers showing wares wandering tribes North After much discussion virtues stock engines Swindell Tate Daniels et al said hello Shadow Racing ie Walt Perkins J E Aibritton soon joined Canadian Team Racing %A Goodyear winners Kneeling Willis Swin dell 1st Standing L-R George CaIdwell 4th Greg Crotts 2nd Gene Daniels 3rd Speed Contingent three groups produce coincidentally five first places two second places four third places rec ord FAI Team Race time next two days 1980 United States Control Line Cham pionships Dawn sound high-speed racing engines come up together Slow Combat 90 Model Aviation Aibritton puosi ana vvais rerKins piI retract-gear low-time Team Racer hI Quickee coming pit Lee land readies catch Byron Reynolds Karyn Foster 1st end 2nd Mouse Race Class Junior-Senior Pareii aruu arian r-alrey warm up FAI Team Racers Scale Racing agenda 830 am Junior-Senior Slow Combat saw Ricky Hum mer defeat Sexton Hartlaub Reedy garner first place laurels Reedy second Hartlaub third Open Slow large entry 20 ably bossed pit Howard Shenton Dave Owen Senior de feated Gary Fentress finals got defeating Paul Curtis later won Fast Combat Fentress defeated Cartier place second Curtis Cartier flew third fourth respectively Owen used old K&B 35 ran exceptionally well Junior-Senior Goodyear invaded Canadians Sheldon Ybanez Roanoke VA fended off first place time 7598 Stuart Henderson Toronto took second John Denny third new 60-ft lines 014-in diameter did slow speeds much Last year Ballard took first 551 year first place went John Wolf 549 fol lowed Harold Lambert 554 Steve Rece 559 Steve fastest heat time 253 Nineteen entries bad event dominated engine cant get Several fliers suggest new 21 would good replacement because OPS HB Supertigre OS K&B make car boat racing new AD 15 showed up Winston-Salem blew bearing did last spring Southwest Regionals AD extremely hard get well ex pensive--no help suggest trying stay 15 simply because World Championships displacement Combat Speed Team Racing Free Flight Power use alcohol-and-lubricant-only fuels Navy Carrier excellent turnout year 18 contestants Peter Mazur won Profile Carrier ll George Cox second Profile Steve Dinermah third Bob Whitfield Joe Cservenko second third Carrier Brian Silversmith Derek Siegel second third Carrier II Navy Carrier holds spectator interest second Combat FAI Combat fartherest-away con testant Paul Gibenault Edmonton Can ada FAI flown double elimination loses first match second flight made against different combatant Phil Cartier flew against Paul Segouin Cana da really terrific match third round Cartier emerged overall victor Reedy second Segouin third Slow Rat gets faster faster Nash ville Rats still own event though profess serious about fast Rat Larry Hill son Cardiff Giant Jolly G flew fastest Slow Rat final history event 5 mm 1606 sec Pitmen Paul Tune Dreskell took third second respec tively 533 530 Jr-Sr Slow Rat Ken Hicks placed first John Denny second John Edersbach third Class reed valve Mouse started 2 pm Jr-Srs showing good times good form Bryan Reynolds Advance NC age 11 took first place Karyn Foster 12 took second Chris Scott third Sheldon Ybanez fourth Open Mouse CIl 15 entries Nor folk VA group took three trophies First Willis Swindell second John Tate third Meade Jenkins fourth George CaIdwell Rockville MD Beginner-Intermediate Precision Aero batics event excellent turnout 11 Roger Armstrong placed first Pat Robinson ran Aerobatics events year much precision winners flew pat tern Advanced flown Sunday Scott Bair third place moved up 2nd Beginner Class last year Rolland McDonald placed first Mike Mustain second Precision Expert 11 entries Dave Hemstrought garnering first place year September 198091 Douglas Skyraider Ed Rhodes won first place Sport Scale P-47 by Dale Campbell tirst built-up modeldid immaculate job third place Richard Schneiders P51 2nd place went Clement Caddells Zero Nice array ot Sport Scale entries @3 0 U @3 @3 Frank Garzon holds 2iZ mpfl 1st piace L Speed jobjust missed record Canadian Sam burke still flas flair realism assymetry FAI first 148 mph Les Baers 18579 en t couldnt back up within 5 mph record purposes Cu mm U second 79 Dennis Adamisin took second Stan Powell won last year third AMA Fast Combat favorite spectator event rained airplane parts about five one-half hours Sunday 23 contestants really put show Paul Curtis emerged victor super match David Owen Forrest Atkins third ole racing-pit man-turned-gladiator Fary Fentress fourth 830 Sunday morning FAI Team Rac ing started first heat two DNFs Baker/Kerr team Canada refly Fellow Canadians Kelly/Parent won sec ond heat handily 407 Brian Fairey I- Cu U Lu Cu cm Em I. Lu U son Richard Toronto edged Van sants 413 415 bomb came Perkins/Aibritton blasted 100 laps 3 mm 3306 sec second round heats Kelly/ Parent improved somewhat 40512 Vansant team cut second off previous time still could best Fairey team So finals showed Perkins/Aibritton Kelly/ Parent Fairey/Fairey Perkins/Albritton Shadow Racing Team shown consist ency second round time 3 3409 final 200-lap race began Shadow team getting off first showing su perior speed clocking 1945 seconds 10 laps through race 1156 mph cleanly flown race teams excellent pit stops flying retract able landing gear Shadow model alu minum/magnesium/titanium Nelson 15 Die sel made five pit stops fuel covered 20 kilometers 7 mm 1900 secthe fastest time have heard competition puts American World Champs Team real contention first time since Stockton/Jehlik won world title bunch years back Congratulations Walter iE best luck Poland July 1AA Scale Racing saw Chris Scott win nice 64542 Jr-Sr Bryan Reynolds second 700 Karen Foster third 725 Open saw Swindell complete first 50-lap heat segment fastest-ever 2258 kept up finals win ning event 4 mm 5378 sec Greg Crotts second 5129 Gene Daniels third 52709 Fine show Norfolk club Fast Rat didnt slow down either after another mandatory pit stop added finals last year Top qualifier Larry Hill did two back-to-back 70-lap heats 21235 21376 Dick Lamberts 21548 21839 Harold Lamberts 22545 22224 show best one-man pitting technique pit crew Tune Driskell pitting Nashville Rats Slow AMA Rat Hill flying consistently two-sec faster Driskells times 22112 92 Model Aviation Sr David Owen 1st Slow 2nd Fast 4th FAI Combat Slow model shown left David Owen battle Nea . 2 spots Fast Combat Curtis winner transferred Two planes FAI Combat Canadian FAt Combat planes Seqouin front Gibenault Most Combat matches leave some damage foam-wing casualty FAI class Combat line-up pull-tests ana matcnes res Iv]azur mast won aim inree ~arrir eventa helping Joe Cservenko MO-i rete Mazur slow-f lignis winning MO-i guardian Skyraider patiently awaiting turns deck Successful Carrier landing helped assist ants signals body English Carrier pit area Nice turnout year Roger Armstrong first Beginner-Intermedi ate Precision Aerobatics 22338 Tunes entry blew plug first round 324 turned 21402 second Lamberts just slightly faster airfor example 1512 mph against 15082 mph Tune Bobby Oge turned 22098 21957 Ballard flying Ballards entry clocked 22925 22504 So finalists emerging seventeen entries finals produced battle circle between Lam bert Hill Hill adopted new flying style raceboth elbows horizon tal Dick Lambert about62couldnt see horizon much less airplane caused some erratic movements 150 mph Rat Hill flew normally Lamberts plane pit appears observer blocking intentional though officials didnt call him final 10-mile times Larry Hill 45519 first place Harold Lambert 45958 second John Ballard 50814 third Class II Mouse entries dropped 22 nine year Probably because way Combat Rat scheduled Karyn Foster took first Jr-Sr followed Chris Scott Sheldon Ybanez Open TD Mouse saw William Reynolds set heat pace Precision Aerobatics Dave Hemstroughts Expert Class winner Precision Aerobatics PAMPA classes used 3355 finals 95116 Jerry Kas mer second 10346 Scott Jenkins third Sport Scale entrant previous very large P47 entered built plastic scale model Dale Campbell really did nice job Ed Rhodes placed first Douglas AD-6 Skyraider flaps dive brakes retractable gear arresting gear operated three lines Clement Caddell second Zero built early Royal kit Japanese structions Clem didnt say literate Japanese Richard Schneider third ever-popular P-Si Mustang Speed will covered separately year Speed column Gene Hempel next month Four fliers should noted report Sam Burke Canada took FAI Speed 148 mph Bill Hughes flew Gene MartineS torth-place Mariner Rat Goodyear Team Race set two new Senior records Formula 40 14846 Class B 16054 Frank Garzon missed Class D record 02 mph 20126 mph took first place fastest time meet Les Baer new Class B 65 325 lines 18575 mph Open couldnt back up record good meet Run champions cham pions national championship should managed smallest clubs aroundthe Golden Triad Model Mas ters Kudos Dick Hunt Contest Director event directors Hayes Combat pit crews Martin Cleveland Racing Pardue Carrier Robinson Aero batics Payne Scale Ms Lois Martin Debbie Cleveland kept racing events going usual Cant wait til next year Directory CONTEST COORDINATORS Pad L Fenney8 Charlotte Dr Andover MA Oi8iO II N Sobrino87-2688th St Woodhaven Queens NY 11421 RC Richard Smith 300 Steko Ave. Rochester NY 14615 RC Lawrence Lundy 246 Ontario Lockport NY 14094 Ill Ken Reber RD 1 Nazareth PA 18084 lEasti M Weisenbach 4568 hV 146th Cleveland 01-I 44135 West IV Warren Sanoers Jr. 9735 52nd Avenue College Park-MD 20741 RC Ed Fiszwacer 1920 Ardenwood Terrace Crofton MD 21114 V RC Charlene Fields 818 Main St SW New Elliognon SC 29809 RC Soarng HR Norckauer 12016 Queens P1. Huntsville AL 35803 FP Wallets Johnson 4112 White Acres Rd Montgomery AL36106 CL Marilyn Duane 862 Colonial Ct. Meat Jacksonville FL 32211 VI RC Ralph WhiteJr.RR 1Boa324 Neoga 1L62447 CLW R EodziochJr22SwGlede Palatine 1L60067 FP Pat English 823 Broadway Vincannes IN 47591 VII John 421 Walnut Lane Apple Valley MN 55124 West RC Len Roe 6539 Orchid Dr Jenison Ml 49428 lEast CL & PF Deb lnhoff 6879 Weller Dr. NE Rocklord Ml 49341 Best VIIIJohn Deenor6205 Melinda Dr Wautauga TX 76145 RC Robertj Talley 3112 Lawrenza Ave Nederland TX 77627 IX Sill Bieda UNIVAC Bldg 7100W Cotter Rd No 420 Omaha NE 68108 RC George Hunter 6962 5 Lamar St. Littleton CO 80123 X Myrtle Coed 6073 Sunrise Dr Lower Lake CA 95457 North Lea Polanaky 258 Iris Ave Goleta CA 93017 ISouthl Prank Gomes 2241 Noah Street Honolulu HI 96816 HI meets Xl Don Dodd 3406 Belnidere Ave SW Seattle WA 98126 RC Don Miller 24715 Summir-Landsburg Ravensdale WA 98051 RC Pylon & Soaring RC Pattern other RC RC lescept Soaring Bold Faise Below Indiestes Chmrman Contest Board FREE FLIGHT CONTEST BOARD Henry Struck RFD 2 Hamburg Old Lsrma CT 06371 II Bradley Bane 60 Lake Ave Lyndonville NY 14098 Ill Rudy Klulber 2021 Lakaiand Ave Lakewood OH 44107 IV Joe Boyle Jr 219 Snenandosh Rd Hampton VA 23361 V Bonny Jenkins3112 ERaines Rd MemphisTN38118 VI Chria Metauno 2576 Ginger St John MO 63114 VII Phil KlittwOrsh Jr. 715 Rutgers Rochester Ml 48063 VIII Mark Valerius 2302 Pomeren Dr Houston TX 77055 IX Jerald Murphy 2432 Astrot Colorado Springs CO 80906 X Joe Noreross 413 Cameron Hanford CA 93230 Xl Ernie Lint l6558121st Ave SE RentonWA 98055 CONTROL LINE CONTEST BOARD George Higgins P0 Sos 482 North Pembroke MA 02359 II Bill Boss 77-06 269th St New Hyde Park NY 11040 III Laird Jackson 1025 Walnut St Philadelphia PA 19107 IV Ron McNally 6118 Barde Ave. Springfield VA 22152 V Dave Hemstrasght P0 Eon 171 Moncks Corner SC 29461 VI Bob Butch 1758 N Natchez Chicago 1L60646 VII James SintOn 4941 Wisconsin N New Hope MN 55428 VIII Mm Lee 3522 Tameriek Lane Missouri CitvTX 77459 IX Mitneel Tallman 3014 Eachange Wichita KS 67217 X Vic Garner P0 Box 573 Livermore CA 945S0 XI Dan Rutherford 4705 237th Fl SE BotheliWA 98011 RADIO CONTROL CONTEST BOARD I Ed Izzo 483 Poke St Holliston MA 01746 II Joe Friend 62 Jon Tart Freehold NJ 07728 Ill Ron Hesselbrock 6320 Blueberry Hill Cs. Cincinnati OH 45211 IV Wayne Abemethy 5221 Marlboro Pike Hillside MD 20027 V J Davis Jr. 1813 S Lakeshore D, Birmingham AL35216 VI Paul Pine rock 3989 Weber Way Lecingron KY 40514 VII Peter Waters 7420 7-Mile Rd Nortnville Ml 48167 VIII Mm Thomas 331 SE Rockwood Bertleeville OK 74003 IX Loran Tregallas 3003 S Everett Wichita KS 67217 X Bill Northrop Jr. 621 W 19th St Costa Mesa CA 92627 Xl Ralph Brooks 3431 5 194th Seattle WA 98186 SCALE CONTEST BOARD I Richard Sherman 28 High St Plymouth NH 03264 II Robert Clemens 95 Shoreway Dr Rochester NY 14612 III Edward Wiavar 1521 Summit St McKeesporl PA 15130 IV Bob Karlsson 2643 Marsh Rd. Wilmington 05 19810 V David PIett 6940 NW 15th Ft Lauderdale FL 33313 VI Bob Utderwood4 109 Concord Oaks St LouisM063128 VII Claude McCullough Boa 40 Montezuma IA 50171 VIII William H Irwin 922 Sundown Ln. Desoto TX 75115 IX Dean Copeland 7817 Seward St Omaha NE 68114 X Bill Stronun 12218 Dune St Norwalk CA 90650 Xl Earle Moorhead 275S View Place 5 Salem OR 97302 CONTEST BOARD COORDINATOR Don Lindlev420 Tupelo Naperellia IL 60540 September 1980 93 Walt Perkins LI receives congratulations trophy Contest Director Dick Hunt setting new low-time mark FAI Team Race Canadian trophy winners Standing L-R Ken Parent Brian Fairey Sam Burke Paul Se qouin Kneeling Rich Fairey Stu Henderson
Edition: Model Aviation - 1980/09
Page Numbers: 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93
WASHINGTON DC 20005 Hats Notes Dick Nutting Nats Publicity Promotion time hope significant part AMA membership packing up head Ohio 1980 Nats Nats Executive Committee remains virtually unchanged past years have learned space past months local committee somewhat promi nent usual Nats Committee chairman Bill Elliott asked take last pre-Nats chance introduce Throw magazine front seat car can identify us means bring us problems comments Bill Elliott Bill Elliott above overall Nats staff chairman WORKS Club operation past president club laborer vineyards 1976 Nats Bill got talking over few cans brew Chuck Shade back late 78 himself nearly full-time job seems thrive flying has suffered pos sible running Nats Bill makcs feeble stab Pattern flying doing either above plant layout engi neer Standard Register Company Dayton Nats staff vice-chairman Chuck Shade personable Shade Masters class Pattern flier long-time newsletter editor past officer WORKS Club designer RC systems Model viation reporter Pattern flying air craft designer w ved Chuck electrical techSteve Webendorfer facilities manager Nats Steve fairly recent recruit modeling After joining WORKS Club few years ago Steve found fault its Stu dent Pilot Training Program Like good club member didnt stop US Sweeps Indoor World Championships contest close until end US individual team winner Indoor World Championships West Baden IN June 22-24 Erv Rodemsky won Individual World Championship twoflight total 71 minutes 59 seconds US team won Team World Cham pionship total 206 minutes 39 seconds Jim Richmond 1978 World Champion competing individual second 7129 Third through fifth Butty Switzerland 7040 Ciapala Poland 6945 Hunt United Kingdom 6917 US team members Harland 6802 Andrews 6638 placed seventh eighth Second third place teams Switzerland 20443 United Kingdom 20342 86 Model Aviation NE WSLE ACADEMY OF MODEL AERONAUTICS815 FIFTEENTH STREET NW Chuck ShadeSteve Webendt nician Mound Laboratories division fault finding Steve suggested ways improve Monsanto Corporation involved nuclear program volunteered chairman research some hush-hush production took over rewrote revamped work Chuck has doing much leg continues run day Steve field work Wilmington site coordinating engineer Standard Register Company various RC events will held Dayton Nats staff boss myriad details surrounding Nats sites duck soup Steve years WORKS Club have shown top notch organizer John John Markunes Dude friends manpower manager modelings biggest show An imposing figure drooping moustache six-foot-plus height type would say no asked run Transmitter Impound hit oneself head hammer Lots people around country have heard Johns tough no-nonsense tones phone since took manpower job about year ago non-modeling life John plant manager Kemp Presision Circuits Dayton com pany makes circuit boards related items electronics industry Finance chairman Ohio Nats staff Bob Christopher Bob currently president Western Ohio Radio Kontrol Society twice past-treasurer under aus pices job club built up its invest ment portfolio continued its long tradi tion financial solidity Bob coordinating money matters concerning Nats tween Washington AMA Headquarters thriving Nats operation Ohio daytime hours Bob senior designer Concrete Technology Corporation Day ton Nats toughest lobs since year close-in housing has hard find difficult distribute equitable Walt has abundance quiet charm plenty savvy area human relations has put good use up now un doubtedly will smooth calm self Nats sites weeks come Like Steve Bill Walt works Daytons Stand ard Register Company manager customer engineering Bill Keller Concessions manager Nats Bill Keller Bill needs little introduction per haps best known figure modeling world associated years Nats long time Control Line Rat Race hot-shot Bill has flown Pattern raced RC boats cars now RC Combat Bills jovial face hearty greetings welcome sight model ing events over Midwest Bill said man alive can square loop half-rolls using spatula ham burger coming off hot grill Bill owner W-K Hobbies Centerville OH manu facturer several well known model kits surprisingly have heard him action crack salesman Sequoia Building Supply Company 37 ci RC Giant Scale Limit Ratified Effective immediately RC Giant Scale displacement limit raised 366 37 cu Scale Contest Boards ratification vote displacement increase 10 1 Dist VIII opposed change AMA competition rules made according provisions Contest Board Procedures emergency pro posals proposal reasons published June 1980 issue page 89 Publicity promotion Nats least local level being handled yours truly Dick Nutting dabble Pattern flying Stand-Off Scale am former Free Flight competitor sport Control Line flier presently am member Hawks Hurricanes Show Team Greater Cincinnati area taking care modeling business am producer news documentaries WLWT Television Cincinnati Thats local gang welcome Ohio advance firmly believe have great Nats store will find some things different time around hope like us adventurous enough give new things whirl Have fun say hello meet column will have another go-round two after Nats late fall will report end meet bare souls what worked what didnt Till Ohio .its new decade new Nats FF Contest Board Con sidering Emergency Height Redefinition Background Due question whether Northwood Institute Atrium West Baden IN AMA Category II site Free Flight Contest Board Chairman Chris Matsuno two others measured interior last year found Category Ill over 100 ft AMA ceiling height definition Category III 49 ft 2 98 ft 5 FAI ceiling height definition announced April issue page 85 reported AMA record flights West Baden site rescinded sufficient duration have established Category Ill mark AMA rule method measurement includes ceiling height through openings having horizontal oblique dimensions greater six feet FAI rule method September 1980 87 Dick Nutting UOb thrstopfler Walt Akridge Walt Akridge undertaking thankless job camping housing coordinator FF Contest Board Continued highest point circle 15 meters can inscribed After CB chairmans report West Baden height measurement some fliers charged chairmans reclassification site improper because intent 100-ft category AMA purposes met West Baden site letter rule no record flight site fact exceeded 100-ft height also felt appropriate height measured certain height AMA rules different height FAI rules question intent AMA rules chairman has polled entire Con test Board results shown separate ly chart form board voted 6-to-4 West Baden does conform intent AMA rules Category II sites Emergency Rules Change Progress Stat ing intent rule should measure areas accessible models AMA rule does necessarily accomplish maintaining site should measured uniformly both AMA FAI rules Dr John B Martin Miami FL has sub mitted proposal emergency action accord ing Contest Board Procedures proposal revise rule book para 19161 fol lowing 161 height ceiling defined vertical distance floor highest point circle 15 meters can inscribed below primary structure building no case will low medi um ceiling record granted flier indoor model has taken advantage ceiling cavity size order attain greater altitude legal ceiling height limit No artificial ceilings can created establish category As accompanying voting chart also indicates Free Flight Contest Board process considering emergency rules-change proposal course action decided upon publish proposal article board vote later wheth er accept immediate implementation issue expected readers hands approximately August 1 ex pected boards vote will take place between September 1 September 15 Any AMA member has interest proposal pro con urged state views districts Free Flight Contest Board member prior September 1 sanction fee related three-day sanc tioning period particularly would want 1 run record trials con test atmosphere multiple contestants 2 make multiple tries over days and/or months either case noted such trials could very expensive especially several record categories model classes involved Attention called contrasting conditions FAI World Rec ord Trialswherein sanction period remainder calendar year other national AMA recordswherein sanction allows number people try rec ords Emergency Rules Change Progress order resolve problems RC Contest Board Chairman Joe Friend has consulted RC Contest Board boards voting shown accompanying chart tentative new procedural rules have developed 1 sanction fee will $200 originally sanction will good classes models categories records number fliers 2 standard meet sanction application must used must submitted contest coordinator same other sanction application coordination purposes will considered same Class meet additional $500 fee must accompany application event spon sored AMA chartered club 3 sanc tion must applied coordinated granted sufficiently early announcement event printed before takes place RC Contest Board has tentatively accepted revised sanctioning conditions RC Sailplane National Records accord ance Contest Board Procedures interpretations safety emergency rules procedures call publication pro posal article allow AMA member comment Contest Board make final ratification vote four six weeks following publication proposal approved final ratification vote comes effective immediately upon publication Until previous rules conditions apply interest proposal pro con should state views RC Contest Board members districts should done no later September 1 1980 Background July 1979 Duane Gall Ann Arbor Ml requested rules clarification regarding Quarter Midget Pylon Racing engine modifications As reported January 1980 issue page 84 RC Contest Board ruled allow 1 excessive use metal shims produced manufac turer between upper lower parts crankcase change engine timing 2 use RC engine parts cataloged use Free Flight /Speed version include sert-type head available NC Contest Board Possible Sanction Pro- Reconsidering QM cedure Changes tor Engine Modification RC Sailplane Records Background September 1979 issue page 89 announced RC Contest Boards emergency action creating RC Sailplane national AMA records Related procedures re quired sanction fee $200 per class category sanction period three continuous days anticipated record trials would involve single dividual single record category Contest Board Chairman Joe Friend re ports have complaints about stock RC engines produced manufac turer Since publication ruling has considerable confusion among QM community regarding interpretations ruling also has lot corre spondence among QM people manufac turers CB Chairman Joe Friend review correspondence includes limited following points Insert heads listed manufacturer usable RC version amount shims used manufacturer varies mak ing impossible check what number excessive Substitution metal shims paper shims should allowed im proves engine durability performance Gaskets shims excluded rules requirements engines used event Current Status accordance Contest Board Proced ures interpretations safety emergency rules CB Chairman Joe Friend has polled board determine what action should taken results poll shown chart form separately indicating board wishes have pub lished modeler comment proposal tended solve problemswith board vote afterwards final acceptance implementation denial pro posal particular instance however board has considered tentatively ac cepted specific proposal published Contest Board Chairman Friend indicates will seek specific proposal solving problems QM section NMPRA has tentatively approved Contest Board will published AMA member comment subsequent final Contest Board voting RC Soaring Team Selection Finals presi dential decision event will California SULA Soaring Union Los Angeles flying field California State College Dominguez Dates August 30 through Sep tember 1 CD Dave Thornberg See Presl dents Outlook page 72 details Hats Unofficial Events Free Flight Changes Additions Ac cording information just received Battle Britain Old-Timer Rubber Scale events have rescheduled Tuesday August 12 originally scheduled Thursday Rise-Off-Water ROW flying including rubber power gas power scheduled Friday August 15 events sponsored George Perryman run Columbus OH group Indoor Manhattan Cabin has sched uled Monday August 11 Cargo flown Tuesday August 12 run Minnesota Aero Modelers Free Flight unofficial events listed July issue sponsored and/or coordinated National Free Flight Society outdoor FF unofficial events will flown Wright Field Dayton OH indoor unofficial events will flown University Cincinnati Fieldhouse Cincinnati OH Control Line Addition Y2A Combat will flown Thursday August 14 con clusion Jr-Sr Fast Combat event will use 35-ft lines 012 dia ages com bined Double elimination Run Steve Hills Rich Von Lopez 88 Model Aviation FREE FLIGHT CONTEST BOARD VOTE FOR INTERPRETATION OF WEST BADEN CEILING HEIGHT CLASS AND ON RELATED EMERGENCY PROPOSAL ptable N Acceptable F al substitute FAI method measur ing ceiiing heights AMA category classifications under FM method West Baden would AMA Cat II re instate AMA Cat II records set West Baden J RADIO CONTROL CONTEST BOARD VOTING REGARDINGSANCTIONINGPROCEDURES NATIONAL RC SAILPLANE RECORDS g - esult te c NLJC1 &2 eptable and bo N Acceptableui L u TA oJ Z ally II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X1XI 1 or BClass vs Category Distinction Assuming numbers 2 3 above good number participants{I..1J.2i1.JL.L1.J...I .ki-k 4fII,,-,IA - 1I2I31II2I1I1I 2Require $5 additional sanction fee non-chartered club u-ANANA AAAAA7A 2N sorship same other AMA-sanctioned events 3Require contest coordination though records event aANANAAAAAA7A 2N Class meet 4Require prepublication AMA RC Soaring recordsAAANAAANNA6A 3N events Notes A blank voting block means no vote cast vote surrounded parentheses means tne vote received after deadline counted results *Means tie question answered subsequent re-vote RADIO CONTROL CONTEST BOARD VOTE oZe REGARDING EMERGENCY RULES FORE0- ENGINEMODSINQUARTERMIDGETPYLONjOE O Result C0 - 2CoICE~J ofVote N L1C CC - C z eptableand N AcceptableUJt 2AZ LJ-A oJ 0Z - U Tally II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI Lfor ruling/enforcement21 12j12221A*J IA171/ otes blank box means no vote cast *Means assigned value since second third choices indicated September 198089 z o -o - 0 o -o e III TO C z C 0 C CE V 0 U C -0 2 0 VIIIi IX 0 CO C4 VI 0 IV C C 0 VII 00 U -o X C J C 0 0. C 4 uJ Xl Result Vote Tally Notes diate ruling/enforcement requiri5 ication proposal later Jon test Board vote ruling/enforcement C al immediate action Means assigned value since second third choices indicated blank box means no vote cast LINE * The CL biggie yearatWinston Salem NC June 21-22 new top man running Golden Triad Model Mas ters did fantastic job new FAI * Team Race mark set plus some new Speed records BB Brown Jr os author LC Hepler IOIUHIPS Harold Lambert pits Snake Rat Racer June 1977 Model Aviation plan No 190 AH WINSTON-SALEM first day summer aroma tobacco wafted over coliseum parking lot prevailing winds went backwards few hours checking motel Norfolk VA Mouse Racing contingent wandered offered show machines let delve secrets 1/A reed-valve engines Also Shadow Racing ensconced determinedly filing Team Race propellers showing wares wandering tribes North After much discussion virtues stock engines Swindell Tate Daniels et al said hello Shadow Racing ie Walt Perkins J E Aibritton soon joined Canadian Team Racing %A Goodyear winners Kneeling Willis Swin dell 1st Standing L-R George CaIdwell 4th Greg Crotts 2nd Gene Daniels 3rd Speed Contingent three groups produce coincidentally five first places two second places four third places rec ord FAI Team Race time next two days 1980 United States Control Line Cham pionships Dawn sound high-speed racing engines come up together Slow Combat 90 Model Aviation Aibritton puosi ana vvais rerKins piI retract-gear low-time Team Racer hI Quickee coming pit Lee land readies catch Byron Reynolds Karyn Foster 1st end 2nd Mouse Race Class Junior-Senior Pareii aruu arian r-alrey warm up FAI Team Racers Scale Racing agenda 830 am Junior-Senior Slow Combat saw Ricky Hum mer defeat Sexton Hartlaub Reedy garner first place laurels Reedy second Hartlaub third Open Slow large entry 20 ably bossed pit Howard Shenton Dave Owen Senior de feated Gary Fentress finals got defeating Paul Curtis later won Fast Combat Fentress defeated Cartier place second Curtis Cartier flew third fourth respectively Owen used old K&B 35 ran exceptionally well Junior-Senior Goodyear invaded Canadians Sheldon Ybanez Roanoke VA fended off first place time 7598 Stuart Henderson Toronto took second John Denny third new 60-ft lines 014-in diameter did slow speeds much Last year Ballard took first 551 year first place went John Wolf 549 fol lowed Harold Lambert 554 Steve Rece 559 Steve fastest heat time 253 Nineteen entries bad event dominated engine cant get Several fliers suggest new 21 would good replacement because OPS HB Supertigre OS K&B make car boat racing new AD 15 showed up Winston-Salem blew bearing did last spring Southwest Regionals AD extremely hard get well ex pensive--no help suggest trying stay 15 simply because World Championships displacement Combat Speed Team Racing Free Flight Power use alcohol-and-lubricant-only fuels Navy Carrier excellent turnout year 18 contestants Peter Mazur won Profile Carrier ll George Cox second Profile Steve Dinermah third Bob Whitfield Joe Cservenko second third Carrier Brian Silversmith Derek Siegel second third Carrier II Navy Carrier holds spectator interest second Combat FAI Combat fartherest-away con testant Paul Gibenault Edmonton Can ada FAI flown double elimination loses first match second flight made against different combatant Phil Cartier flew against Paul Segouin Cana da really terrific match third round Cartier emerged overall victor Reedy second Segouin third Slow Rat gets faster faster Nash ville Rats still own event though profess serious about fast Rat Larry Hill son Cardiff Giant Jolly G flew fastest Slow Rat final history event 5 mm 1606 sec Pitmen Paul Tune Dreskell took third second respec tively 533 530 Jr-Sr Slow Rat Ken Hicks placed first John Denny second John Edersbach third Class reed valve Mouse started 2 pm Jr-Srs showing good times good form Bryan Reynolds Advance NC age 11 took first place Karyn Foster 12 took second Chris Scott third Sheldon Ybanez fourth Open Mouse CIl 15 entries Nor folk VA group took three trophies First Willis Swindell second John Tate third Meade Jenkins fourth George CaIdwell Rockville MD Beginner-Intermediate Precision Aero batics event excellent turnout 11 Roger Armstrong placed first Pat Robinson ran Aerobatics events year much precision winners flew pat tern Advanced flown Sunday Scott Bair third place moved up 2nd Beginner Class last year Rolland McDonald placed first Mike Mustain second Precision Expert 11 entries Dave Hemstrought garnering first place year September 198091 Douglas Skyraider Ed Rhodes won first place Sport Scale P-47 by Dale Campbell tirst built-up modeldid immaculate job third place Richard Schneiders P51 2nd place went Clement Caddells Zero Nice array ot Sport Scale entries @3 0 U @3 @3 Frank Garzon holds 2iZ mpfl 1st piace L Speed jobjust missed record Canadian Sam burke still flas flair realism assymetry FAI first 148 mph Les Baers 18579 en t couldnt back up within 5 mph record purposes Cu mm U second 79 Dennis Adamisin took second Stan Powell won last year third AMA Fast Combat favorite spectator event rained airplane parts about five one-half hours Sunday 23 contestants really put show Paul Curtis emerged victor super match David Owen Forrest Atkins third ole racing-pit man-turned-gladiator Fary Fentress fourth 830 Sunday morning FAI Team Rac ing started first heat two DNFs Baker/Kerr team Canada refly Fellow Canadians Kelly/Parent won sec ond heat handily 407 Brian Fairey I- Cu U Lu Cu cm Em I. Lu U son Richard Toronto edged Van sants 413 415 bomb came Perkins/Aibritton blasted 100 laps 3 mm 3306 sec second round heats Kelly/ Parent improved somewhat 40512 Vansant team cut second off previous time still could best Fairey team So finals showed Perkins/Aibritton Kelly/ Parent Fairey/Fairey Perkins/Albritton Shadow Racing Team shown consist ency second round time 3 3409 final 200-lap race began Shadow team getting off first showing su perior speed clocking 1945 seconds 10 laps through race 1156 mph cleanly flown race teams excellent pit stops flying retract able landing gear Shadow model alu minum/magnesium/titanium Nelson 15 Die sel made five pit stops fuel covered 20 kilometers 7 mm 1900 secthe fastest time have heard competition puts American World Champs Team real contention first time since Stockton/Jehlik won world title bunch years back Congratulations Walter iE best luck Poland July 1AA Scale Racing saw Chris Scott win nice 64542 Jr-Sr Bryan Reynolds second 700 Karen Foster third 725 Open saw Swindell complete first 50-lap heat segment fastest-ever 2258 kept up finals win ning event 4 mm 5378 sec Greg Crotts second 5129 Gene Daniels third 52709 Fine show Norfolk club Fast Rat didnt slow down either after another mandatory pit stop added finals last year Top qualifier Larry Hill did two back-to-back 70-lap heats 21235 21376 Dick Lamberts 21548 21839 Harold Lamberts 22545 22224 show best one-man pitting technique pit crew Tune Driskell pitting Nashville Rats Slow AMA Rat Hill flying consistently two-sec faster Driskells times 22112 92 Model Aviation Sr David Owen 1st Slow 2nd Fast 4th FAI Combat Slow model shown left David Owen battle Nea . 2 spots Fast Combat Curtis winner transferred Two planes FAI Combat Canadian FAt Combat planes Seqouin front Gibenault Most Combat matches leave some damage foam-wing casualty FAI class Combat line-up pull-tests ana matcnes res Iv]azur mast won aim inree ~arrir eventa helping Joe Cservenko MO-i rete Mazur slow-f lignis winning MO-i guardian Skyraider patiently awaiting turns deck Successful Carrier landing helped assist ants signals body English Carrier pit area Nice turnout year Roger Armstrong first Beginner-Intermedi ate Precision Aerobatics 22338 Tunes entry blew plug first round 324 turned 21402 second Lamberts just slightly faster airfor example 1512 mph against 15082 mph Tune Bobby Oge turned 22098 21957 Ballard flying Ballards entry clocked 22925 22504 So finalists emerging seventeen entries finals produced battle circle between Lam bert Hill Hill adopted new flying style raceboth elbows horizon tal Dick Lambert about62couldnt see horizon much less airplane caused some erratic movements 150 mph Rat Hill flew normally Lamberts plane pit appears observer blocking intentional though officials didnt call him final 10-mile times Larry Hill 45519 first place Harold Lambert 45958 second John Ballard 50814 third Class II Mouse entries dropped 22 nine year Probably because way Combat Rat scheduled Karyn Foster took first Jr-Sr followed Chris Scott Sheldon Ybanez Open TD Mouse saw William Reynolds set heat pace Precision Aerobatics Dave Hemstroughts Expert Class winner Precision Aerobatics PAMPA classes used 3355 finals 95116 Jerry Kas mer second 10346 Scott Jenkins third Sport Scale entrant previous very large P47 entered built plastic scale model Dale Campbell really did nice job Ed Rhodes placed first Douglas AD-6 Skyraider flaps dive brakes retractable gear arresting gear operated three lines Clement Caddell second Zero built early Royal kit Japanese structions Clem didnt say literate Japanese Richard Schneider third ever-popular P-Si Mustang Speed will covered separately year Speed column Gene Hempel next month Four fliers should noted report Sam Burke Canada took FAI Speed 148 mph Bill Hughes flew Gene MartineS torth-place Mariner Rat Goodyear Team Race set two new Senior records Formula 40 14846 Class B 16054 Frank Garzon missed Class D record 02 mph 20126 mph took first place fastest time meet Les Baer new Class B 65 325 lines 18575 mph Open couldnt back up record good meet Run champions cham pions national championship should managed smallest clubs aroundthe Golden Triad Model Mas ters Kudos Dick Hunt Contest Director event directors Hayes Combat pit crews Martin Cleveland Racing Pardue Carrier Robinson Aero batics Payne Scale Ms Lois Martin Debbie Cleveland kept racing events going usual Cant wait til next year Directory CONTEST COORDINATORS Pad L Fenney8 Charlotte Dr Andover MA Oi8iO II N Sobrino87-2688th St Woodhaven Queens NY 11421 RC Richard Smith 300 Steko Ave. Rochester NY 14615 RC Lawrence Lundy 246 Ontario Lockport NY 14094 Ill Ken Reber RD 1 Nazareth PA 18084 lEasti M Weisenbach 4568 hV 146th Cleveland 01-I 44135 West IV Warren Sanoers Jr. 9735 52nd Avenue College Park-MD 20741 RC Ed Fiszwacer 1920 Ardenwood Terrace Crofton MD 21114 V RC Charlene Fields 818 Main St SW New Elliognon SC 29809 RC Soarng HR Norckauer 12016 Queens P1. Huntsville AL 35803 FP Wallets Johnson 4112 White Acres Rd Montgomery AL36106 CL Marilyn Duane 862 Colonial Ct. Meat Jacksonville FL 32211 VI RC Ralph WhiteJr.RR 1Boa324 Neoga 1L62447 CLW R EodziochJr22SwGlede Palatine 1L60067 FP Pat English 823 Broadway Vincannes IN 47591 VII John 421 Walnut Lane Apple Valley MN 55124 West RC Len Roe 6539 Orchid Dr Jenison Ml 49428 lEast CL & PF Deb lnhoff 6879 Weller Dr. NE Rocklord Ml 49341 Best VIIIJohn Deenor6205 Melinda Dr Wautauga TX 76145 RC Robertj Talley 3112 Lawrenza Ave Nederland TX 77627 IX Sill Bieda UNIVAC Bldg 7100W Cotter Rd No 420 Omaha NE 68108 RC George Hunter 6962 5 Lamar St. Littleton CO 80123 X Myrtle Coed 6073 Sunrise Dr Lower Lake CA 95457 North Lea Polanaky 258 Iris Ave Goleta CA 93017 ISouthl Prank Gomes 2241 Noah Street Honolulu HI 96816 HI meets Xl Don Dodd 3406 Belnidere Ave SW Seattle WA 98126 RC Don Miller 24715 Summir-Landsburg Ravensdale WA 98051 RC Pylon & Soaring RC Pattern other RC RC lescept Soaring Bold Faise Below Indiestes Chmrman Contest Board FREE FLIGHT CONTEST BOARD Henry Struck RFD 2 Hamburg Old Lsrma CT 06371 II Bradley Bane 60 Lake Ave Lyndonville NY 14098 Ill Rudy Klulber 2021 Lakaiand Ave Lakewood OH 44107 IV Joe Boyle Jr 219 Snenandosh Rd Hampton VA 23361 V Bonny Jenkins3112 ERaines Rd MemphisTN38118 VI Chria Metauno 2576 Ginger St John MO 63114 VII Phil KlittwOrsh Jr. 715 Rutgers Rochester Ml 48063 VIII Mark Valerius 2302 Pomeren Dr Houston TX 77055 IX Jerald Murphy 2432 Astrot Colorado Springs CO 80906 X Joe Noreross 413 Cameron Hanford CA 93230 Xl Ernie Lint l6558121st Ave SE RentonWA 98055 CONTROL LINE CONTEST BOARD George Higgins P0 Sos 482 North Pembroke MA 02359 II Bill Boss 77-06 269th St New Hyde Park NY 11040 III Laird Jackson 1025 Walnut St Philadelphia PA 19107 IV Ron McNally 6118 Barde Ave. Springfield VA 22152 V Dave Hemstrasght P0 Eon 171 Moncks Corner SC 29461 VI Bob Butch 1758 N Natchez Chicago 1L60646 VII James SintOn 4941 Wisconsin N New Hope MN 55428 VIII Mm Lee 3522 Tameriek Lane Missouri CitvTX 77459 IX Mitneel Tallman 3014 Eachange Wichita KS 67217 X Vic Garner P0 Box 573 Livermore CA 945S0 XI Dan Rutherford 4705 237th Fl SE BotheliWA 98011 RADIO CONTROL CONTEST BOARD I Ed Izzo 483 Poke St Holliston MA 01746 II Joe Friend 62 Jon Tart Freehold NJ 07728 Ill Ron Hesselbrock 6320 Blueberry Hill Cs. Cincinnati OH 45211 IV Wayne Abemethy 5221 Marlboro Pike Hillside MD 20027 V J Davis Jr. 1813 S Lakeshore D, Birmingham AL35216 VI Paul Pine rock 3989 Weber Way Lecingron KY 40514 VII Peter Waters 7420 7-Mile Rd Nortnville Ml 48167 VIII Mm Thomas 331 SE Rockwood Bertleeville OK 74003 IX Loran Tregallas 3003 S Everett Wichita KS 67217 X Bill Northrop Jr. 621 W 19th St Costa Mesa CA 92627 Xl Ralph Brooks 3431 5 194th Seattle WA 98186 SCALE CONTEST BOARD I Richard Sherman 28 High St Plymouth NH 03264 II Robert Clemens 95 Shoreway Dr Rochester NY 14612 III Edward Wiavar 1521 Summit St McKeesporl PA 15130 IV Bob Karlsson 2643 Marsh Rd. Wilmington 05 19810 V David PIett 6940 NW 15th Ft Lauderdale FL 33313 VI Bob Utderwood4 109 Concord Oaks St LouisM063128 VII Claude McCullough Boa 40 Montezuma IA 50171 VIII William H Irwin 922 Sundown Ln. Desoto TX 75115 IX Dean Copeland 7817 Seward St Omaha NE 68114 X Bill Stronun 12218 Dune St Norwalk CA 90650 Xl Earle Moorhead 275S View Place 5 Salem OR 97302 CONTEST BOARD COORDINATOR Don Lindlev420 Tupelo Naperellia IL 60540 September 1980 93 Walt Perkins LI receives congratulations trophy Contest Director Dick Hunt setting new low-time mark FAI Team Race Canadian trophy winners Standing L-R Ken Parent Brian Fairey Sam Burke Paul Se qouin Kneeling Rich Fairey Stu Henderson
Edition: Model Aviation - 1980/09
Page Numbers: 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93
WASHINGTON DC 20005 Hats Notes Dick Nutting Nats Publicity Promotion time hope significant part AMA membership packing up head Ohio 1980 Nats Nats Executive Committee remains virtually unchanged past years have learned space past months local committee somewhat promi nent usual Nats Committee chairman Bill Elliott asked take last pre-Nats chance introduce Throw magazine front seat car can identify us means bring us problems comments Bill Elliott Bill Elliott above overall Nats staff chairman WORKS Club operation past president club laborer vineyards 1976 Nats Bill got talking over few cans brew Chuck Shade back late 78 himself nearly full-time job seems thrive flying has suffered pos sible running Nats Bill makcs feeble stab Pattern flying doing either above plant layout engi neer Standard Register Company Dayton Nats staff vice-chairman Chuck Shade personable Shade Masters class Pattern flier long-time newsletter editor past officer WORKS Club designer RC systems Model viation reporter Pattern flying air craft designer w ved Chuck electrical techSteve Webendorfer facilities manager Nats Steve fairly recent recruit modeling After joining WORKS Club few years ago Steve found fault its Stu dent Pilot Training Program Like good club member didnt stop US Sweeps Indoor World Championships contest close until end US individual team winner Indoor World Championships West Baden IN June 22-24 Erv Rodemsky won Individual World Championship twoflight total 71 minutes 59 seconds US team won Team World Cham pionship total 206 minutes 39 seconds Jim Richmond 1978 World Champion competing individual second 7129 Third through fifth Butty Switzerland 7040 Ciapala Poland 6945 Hunt United Kingdom 6917 US team members Harland 6802 Andrews 6638 placed seventh eighth Second third place teams Switzerland 20443 United Kingdom 20342 86 Model Aviation NE WSLE ACADEMY OF MODEL AERONAUTICS815 FIFTEENTH STREET NW Chuck ShadeSteve Webendt nician Mound Laboratories division fault finding Steve suggested ways improve Monsanto Corporation involved nuclear program volunteered chairman research some hush-hush production took over rewrote revamped work Chuck has doing much leg continues run day Steve field work Wilmington site coordinating engineer Standard Register Company various RC events will held Dayton Nats staff boss myriad details surrounding Nats sites duck soup Steve years WORKS Club have shown top notch organizer John John Markunes Dude friends manpower manager modelings biggest show An imposing figure drooping moustache six-foot-plus height type would say no asked run Transmitter Impound hit oneself head hammer Lots people around country have heard Johns tough no-nonsense tones phone since took manpower job about year ago non-modeling life John plant manager Kemp Presision Circuits Dayton com pany makes circuit boards related items electronics industry Finance chairman Ohio Nats staff Bob Christopher Bob currently president Western Ohio Radio Kontrol Society twice past-treasurer under aus pices job club built up its invest ment portfolio continued its long tradi tion financial solidity Bob coordinating money matters concerning Nats tween Washington AMA Headquarters thriving Nats operation Ohio daytime hours Bob senior designer Concrete Technology Corporation Day ton Nats toughest lobs since year close-in housing has hard find difficult distribute equitable Walt has abundance quiet charm plenty savvy area human relations has put good use up now un doubtedly will smooth calm self Nats sites weeks come Like Steve Bill Walt works Daytons Stand ard Register Company manager customer engineering Bill Keller Concessions manager Nats Bill Keller Bill needs little introduction per haps best known figure modeling world associated years Nats long time Control Line Rat Race hot-shot Bill has flown Pattern raced RC boats cars now RC Combat Bills jovial face hearty greetings welcome sight model ing events over Midwest Bill said man alive can square loop half-rolls using spatula ham burger coming off hot grill Bill owner W-K Hobbies Centerville OH manu facturer several well known model kits surprisingly have heard him action crack salesman Sequoia Building Supply Company 37 ci RC Giant Scale Limit Ratified Effective immediately RC Giant Scale displacement limit raised 366 37 cu Scale Contest Boards ratification vote displacement increase 10 1 Dist VIII opposed change AMA competition rules made according provisions Contest Board Procedures emergency pro posals proposal reasons published June 1980 issue page 89 Publicity promotion Nats least local level being handled yours truly Dick Nutting dabble Pattern flying Stand-Off Scale am former Free Flight competitor sport Control Line flier presently am member Hawks Hurricanes Show Team Greater Cincinnati area taking care modeling business am producer news documentaries WLWT Television Cincinnati Thats local gang welcome Ohio advance firmly believe have great Nats store will find some things different time around hope like us adventurous enough give new things whirl Have fun say hello meet column will have another go-round two after Nats late fall will report end meet bare souls what worked what didnt Till Ohio .its new decade new Nats FF Contest Board Con sidering Emergency Height Redefinition Background Due question whether Northwood Institute Atrium West Baden IN AMA Category II site Free Flight Contest Board Chairman Chris Matsuno two others measured interior last year found Category Ill over 100 ft AMA ceiling height definition Category III 49 ft 2 98 ft 5 FAI ceiling height definition announced April issue page 85 reported AMA record flights West Baden site rescinded sufficient duration have established Category Ill mark AMA rule method measurement includes ceiling height through openings having horizontal oblique dimensions greater six feet FAI rule method September 1980 87 Dick Nutting UOb thrstopfler Walt Akridge Walt Akridge undertaking thankless job camping housing coordinator FF Contest Board Continued highest point circle 15 meters can inscribed After CB chairmans report West Baden height measurement some fliers charged chairmans reclassification site improper because intent 100-ft category AMA purposes met West Baden site letter rule no record flight site fact exceeded 100-ft height also felt appropriate height measured certain height AMA rules different height FAI rules question intent AMA rules chairman has polled entire Con test Board results shown separate ly chart form board voted 6-to-4 West Baden does conform intent AMA rules Category II sites Emergency Rules Change Progress Stat ing intent rule should measure areas accessible models AMA rule does necessarily accomplish maintaining site should measured uniformly both AMA FAI rules Dr John B Martin Miami FL has sub mitted proposal emergency action accord ing Contest Board Procedures proposal revise rule book para 19161 fol lowing 161 height ceiling defined vertical distance floor highest point circle 15 meters can inscribed below primary structure building no case will low medi um ceiling record granted flier indoor model has taken advantage ceiling cavity size order attain greater altitude legal ceiling height limit No artificial ceilings can created establish category As accompanying voting chart also indicates Free Flight Contest Board process considering emergency rules-change proposal course action decided upon publish proposal article board vote later wheth er accept immediate implementation issue expected readers hands approximately August 1 ex pected boards vote will take place between September 1 September 15 Any AMA member has interest proposal pro con urged state views districts Free Flight Contest Board member prior September 1 sanction fee related three-day sanc tioning period particularly would want 1 run record trials con test atmosphere multiple contestants 2 make multiple tries over days and/or months either case noted such trials could very expensive especially several record categories model classes involved Attention called contrasting conditions FAI World Rec ord Trialswherein sanction period remainder calendar year other national AMA recordswherein sanction allows number people try rec ords Emergency Rules Change Progress order resolve problems RC Contest Board Chairman Joe Friend has consulted RC Contest Board boards voting shown accompanying chart tentative new procedural rules have developed 1 sanction fee will $200 originally sanction will good classes models categories records number fliers 2 standard meet sanction application must used must submitted contest coordinator same other sanction application coordination purposes will considered same Class meet additional $500 fee must accompany application event spon sored AMA chartered club 3 sanc tion must applied coordinated granted sufficiently early announcement event printed before takes place RC Contest Board has tentatively accepted revised sanctioning conditions RC Sailplane National Records accord ance Contest Board Procedures interpretations safety emergency rules procedures call publication pro posal article allow AMA member comment Contest Board make final ratification vote four six weeks following publication proposal approved final ratification vote comes effective immediately upon publication Until previous rules conditions apply interest proposal pro con should state views RC Contest Board members districts should done no later September 1 1980 Background July 1979 Duane Gall Ann Arbor Ml requested rules clarification regarding Quarter Midget Pylon Racing engine modifications As reported January 1980 issue page 84 RC Contest Board ruled allow 1 excessive use metal shims produced manufac turer between upper lower parts crankcase change engine timing 2 use RC engine parts cataloged use Free Flight /Speed version include sert-type head available NC Contest Board Possible Sanction Pro- Reconsidering QM cedure Changes tor Engine Modification RC Sailplane Records Background September 1979 issue page 89 announced RC Contest Boards emergency action creating RC Sailplane national AMA records Related procedures re quired sanction fee $200 per class category sanction period three continuous days anticipated record trials would involve single dividual single record category Contest Board Chairman Joe Friend re ports have complaints about stock RC engines produced manufac turer Since publication ruling has considerable confusion among QM community regarding interpretations ruling also has lot corre spondence among QM people manufac turers CB Chairman Joe Friend review correspondence includes limited following points Insert heads listed manufacturer usable RC version amount shims used manufacturer varies mak ing impossible check what number excessive Substitution metal shims paper shims should allowed im proves engine durability performance Gaskets shims excluded rules requirements engines used event Current Status accordance Contest Board Proced ures interpretations safety emergency rules CB Chairman Joe Friend has polled board determine what action should taken results poll shown chart form separately indicating board wishes have pub lished modeler comment proposal tended solve problemswith board vote afterwards final acceptance implementation denial pro posal particular instance however board has considered tentatively ac cepted specific proposal published Contest Board Chairman Friend indicates will seek specific proposal solving problems QM section NMPRA has tentatively approved Contest Board will published AMA member comment subsequent final Contest Board voting RC Soaring Team Selection Finals presi dential decision event will California SULA Soaring Union Los Angeles flying field California State College Dominguez Dates August 30 through Sep tember 1 CD Dave Thornberg See Presl dents Outlook page 72 details Hats Unofficial Events Free Flight Changes Additions Ac cording information just received Battle Britain Old-Timer Rubber Scale events have rescheduled Tuesday August 12 originally scheduled Thursday Rise-Off-Water ROW flying including rubber power gas power scheduled Friday August 15 events sponsored George Perryman run Columbus OH group Indoor Manhattan Cabin has sched uled Monday August 11 Cargo flown Tuesday August 12 run Minnesota Aero Modelers Free Flight unofficial events listed July issue sponsored and/or coordinated National Free Flight Society outdoor FF unofficial events will flown Wright Field Dayton OH indoor unofficial events will flown University Cincinnati Fieldhouse Cincinnati OH Control Line Addition Y2A Combat will flown Thursday August 14 con clusion Jr-Sr Fast Combat event will use 35-ft lines 012 dia ages com bined Double elimination Run Steve Hills Rich Von Lopez 88 Model Aviation FREE FLIGHT CONTEST BOARD VOTE FOR INTERPRETATION OF WEST BADEN CEILING HEIGHT CLASS AND ON RELATED EMERGENCY PROPOSAL ptable N Acceptable F al substitute FAI method measur ing ceiiing heights AMA category classifications under FM method West Baden would AMA Cat II re instate AMA Cat II records set West Baden J RADIO CONTROL CONTEST BOARD VOTING REGARDINGSANCTIONINGPROCEDURES NATIONAL RC SAILPLANE RECORDS g - esult te c NLJC1 &2 eptable and bo N Acceptableui L u TA oJ Z ally II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X1XI 1 or BClass vs Category Distinction Assuming numbers 2 3 above good number participants{I..1J.2i1.JL.L1.J...I .ki-k 4fII,,-,IA - 1I2I31II2I1I1I 2Require $5 additional sanction fee non-chartered club u-ANANA AAAAA7A 2N sorship same other AMA-sanctioned events 3Require contest coordination though records event aANANAAAAAA7A 2N Class meet 4Require prepublication AMA RC Soaring recordsAAANAAANNA6A 3N events Notes A blank voting block means no vote cast vote surrounded parentheses means tne vote received after deadline counted results *Means tie question answered subsequent re-vote RADIO CONTROL CONTEST BOARD VOTE oZe REGARDING EMERGENCY RULES FORE0- ENGINEMODSINQUARTERMIDGETPYLONjOE O Result C0 - 2CoICE~J ofVote N L1C CC - C z eptableand N AcceptableUJt 2AZ LJ-A oJ 0Z - U Tally II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI Lfor ruling/enforcement21 12j12221A*J IA171/ otes blank box means no vote cast *Means assigned value since second third choices indicated September 198089 z o -o - 0 o -o e III TO C z C 0 C CE V 0 U C -0 2 0 VIIIi IX 0 CO C4 VI 0 IV C C 0 VII 00 U -o X C J C 0 0. C 4 uJ Xl Result Vote Tally Notes diate ruling/enforcement requiri5 ication proposal later Jon test Board vote ruling/enforcement C al immediate action Means assigned value since second third choices indicated blank box means no vote cast LINE * The CL biggie yearatWinston Salem NC June 21-22 new top man running Golden Triad Model Mas ters did fantastic job new FAI * Team Race mark set plus some new Speed records BB Brown Jr os author LC Hepler IOIUHIPS Harold Lambert pits Snake Rat Racer June 1977 Model Aviation plan No 190 AH WINSTON-SALEM first day summer aroma tobacco wafted over coliseum parking lot prevailing winds went backwards few hours checking motel Norfolk VA Mouse Racing contingent wandered offered show machines let delve secrets 1/A reed-valve engines Also Shadow Racing ensconced determinedly filing Team Race propellers showing wares wandering tribes North After much discussion virtues stock engines Swindell Tate Daniels et al said hello Shadow Racing ie Walt Perkins J E Aibritton soon joined Canadian Team Racing %A Goodyear winners Kneeling Willis Swin dell 1st Standing L-R George CaIdwell 4th Greg Crotts 2nd Gene Daniels 3rd Speed Contingent three groups produce coincidentally five first places two second places four third places rec ord FAI Team Race time next two days 1980 United States Control Line Cham pionships Dawn sound high-speed racing engines come up together Slow Combat 90 Model Aviation Aibritton puosi ana vvais rerKins piI retract-gear low-time Team Racer hI Quickee coming pit Lee land readies catch Byron Reynolds Karyn Foster 1st end 2nd Mouse Race Class Junior-Senior Pareii aruu arian r-alrey warm up FAI Team Racers Scale Racing agenda 830 am Junior-Senior Slow Combat saw Ricky Hum mer defeat Sexton Hartlaub Reedy garner first place laurels Reedy second Hartlaub third Open Slow large entry 20 ably bossed pit Howard Shenton Dave Owen Senior de feated Gary Fentress finals got defeating Paul Curtis later won Fast Combat Fentress defeated Cartier place second Curtis Cartier flew third fourth respectively Owen used old K&B 35 ran exceptionally well Junior-Senior Goodyear invaded Canadians Sheldon Ybanez Roanoke VA fended off first place time 7598 Stuart Henderson Toronto took second John Denny third new 60-ft lines 014-in diameter did slow speeds much Last year Ballard took first 551 year first place went John Wolf 549 fol lowed Harold Lambert 554 Steve Rece 559 Steve fastest heat time 253 Nineteen entries bad event dominated engine cant get Several fliers suggest new 21 would good replacement because OPS HB Supertigre OS K&B make car boat racing new AD 15 showed up Winston-Salem blew bearing did last spring Southwest Regionals AD extremely hard get well ex pensive--no help suggest trying stay 15 simply because World Championships displacement Combat Speed Team Racing Free Flight Power use alcohol-and-lubricant-only fuels Navy Carrier excellent turnout year 18 contestants Peter Mazur won Profile Carrier ll George Cox second Profile Steve Dinermah third Bob Whitfield Joe Cservenko second third Carrier Brian Silversmith Derek Siegel second third Carrier II Navy Carrier holds spectator interest second Combat FAI Combat fartherest-away con testant Paul Gibenault Edmonton Can ada FAI flown double elimination loses first match second flight made against different combatant Phil Cartier flew against Paul Segouin Cana da really terrific match third round Cartier emerged overall victor Reedy second Segouin third Slow Rat gets faster faster Nash ville Rats still own event though profess serious about fast Rat Larry Hill son Cardiff Giant Jolly G flew fastest Slow Rat final history event 5 mm 1606 sec Pitmen Paul Tune Dreskell took third second respec tively 533 530 Jr-Sr Slow Rat Ken Hicks placed first John Denny second John Edersbach third Class reed valve Mouse started 2 pm Jr-Srs showing good times good form Bryan Reynolds Advance NC age 11 took first place Karyn Foster 12 took second Chris Scott third Sheldon Ybanez fourth Open Mouse CIl 15 entries Nor folk VA group took three trophies First Willis Swindell second John Tate third Meade Jenkins fourth George CaIdwell Rockville MD Beginner-Intermediate Precision Aero batics event excellent turnout 11 Roger Armstrong placed first Pat Robinson ran Aerobatics events year much precision winners flew pat tern Advanced flown Sunday Scott Bair third place moved up 2nd Beginner Class last year Rolland McDonald placed first Mike Mustain second Precision Expert 11 entries Dave Hemstrought garnering first place year September 198091 Douglas Skyraider Ed Rhodes won first place Sport Scale P-47 by Dale Campbell tirst built-up modeldid immaculate job third place Richard Schneiders P51 2nd place went Clement Caddells Zero Nice array ot Sport Scale entries @3 0 U @3 @3 Frank Garzon holds 2iZ mpfl 1st piace L Speed jobjust missed record Canadian Sam burke still flas flair realism assymetry FAI first 148 mph Les Baers 18579 en t couldnt back up within 5 mph record purposes Cu mm U second 79 Dennis Adamisin took second Stan Powell won last year third AMA Fast Combat favorite spectator event rained airplane parts about five one-half hours Sunday 23 contestants really put show Paul Curtis emerged victor super match David Owen Forrest Atkins third ole racing-pit man-turned-gladiator Fary Fentress fourth 830 Sunday morning FAI Team Rac ing started first heat two DNFs Baker/Kerr team Canada refly Fellow Canadians Kelly/Parent won sec ond heat handily 407 Brian Fairey I- Cu U Lu Cu cm Em I. Lu U son Richard Toronto edged Van sants 413 415 bomb came Perkins/Aibritton blasted 100 laps 3 mm 3306 sec second round heats Kelly/ Parent improved somewhat 40512 Vansant team cut second off previous time still could best Fairey team So finals showed Perkins/Aibritton Kelly/ Parent Fairey/Fairey Perkins/Albritton Shadow Racing Team shown consist ency second round time 3 3409 final 200-lap race began Shadow team getting off first showing su perior speed clocking 1945 seconds 10 laps through race 1156 mph cleanly flown race teams excellent pit stops flying retract able landing gear Shadow model alu minum/magnesium/titanium Nelson 15 Die sel made five pit stops fuel covered 20 kilometers 7 mm 1900 secthe fastest time have heard competition puts American World Champs Team real contention first time since Stockton/Jehlik won world title bunch years back Congratulations Walter iE best luck Poland July 1AA Scale Racing saw Chris Scott win nice 64542 Jr-Sr Bryan Reynolds second 700 Karen Foster third 725 Open saw Swindell complete first 50-lap heat segment fastest-ever 2258 kept up finals win ning event 4 mm 5378 sec Greg Crotts second 5129 Gene Daniels third 52709 Fine show Norfolk club Fast Rat didnt slow down either after another mandatory pit stop added finals last year Top qualifier Larry Hill did two back-to-back 70-lap heats 21235 21376 Dick Lamberts 21548 21839 Harold Lamberts 22545 22224 show best one-man pitting technique pit crew Tune Driskell pitting Nashville Rats Slow AMA Rat Hill flying consistently two-sec faster Driskells times 22112 92 Model Aviation Sr David Owen 1st Slow 2nd Fast 4th FAI Combat Slow model shown left David Owen battle Nea . 2 spots Fast Combat Curtis winner transferred Two planes FAI Combat Canadian FAt Combat planes Seqouin front Gibenault Most Combat matches leave some damage foam-wing casualty FAI class Combat line-up pull-tests ana matcnes res Iv]azur mast won aim inree ~arrir eventa helping Joe Cservenko MO-i rete Mazur slow-f lignis winning MO-i guardian Skyraider patiently awaiting turns deck Successful Carrier landing helped assist ants signals body English Carrier pit area Nice turnout year Roger Armstrong first Beginner-Intermedi ate Precision Aerobatics 22338 Tunes entry blew plug first round 324 turned 21402 second Lamberts just slightly faster airfor example 1512 mph against 15082 mph Tune Bobby Oge turned 22098 21957 Ballard flying Ballards entry clocked 22925 22504 So finalists emerging seventeen entries finals produced battle circle between Lam bert Hill Hill adopted new flying style raceboth elbows horizon tal Dick Lambert about62couldnt see horizon much less airplane caused some erratic movements 150 mph Rat Hill flew normally Lamberts plane pit appears observer blocking intentional though officials didnt call him final 10-mile times Larry Hill 45519 first place Harold Lambert 45958 second John Ballard 50814 third Class II Mouse entries dropped 22 nine year Probably because way Combat Rat scheduled Karyn Foster took first Jr-Sr followed Chris Scott Sheldon Ybanez Open TD Mouse saw William Reynolds set heat pace Precision Aerobatics Dave Hemstroughts Expert Class winner Precision Aerobatics PAMPA classes used 3355 finals 95116 Jerry Kas mer second 10346 Scott Jenkins third Sport Scale entrant previous very large P47 entered built plastic scale model Dale Campbell really did nice job Ed Rhodes placed first Douglas AD-6 Skyraider flaps dive brakes retractable gear arresting gear operated three lines Clement Caddell second Zero built early Royal kit Japanese structions Clem didnt say literate Japanese Richard Schneider third ever-popular P-Si Mustang Speed will covered separately year Speed column Gene Hempel next month Four fliers should noted report Sam Burke Canada took FAI Speed 148 mph Bill Hughes flew Gene MartineS torth-place Mariner Rat Goodyear Team Race set two new Senior records Formula 40 14846 Class B 16054 Frank Garzon missed Class D record 02 mph 20126 mph took first place fastest time meet Les Baer new Class B 65 325 lines 18575 mph Open couldnt back up record good meet Run champions cham pions national championship should managed smallest clubs aroundthe Golden Triad Model Mas ters Kudos Dick Hunt Contest Director event directors Hayes Combat pit crews Martin Cleveland Racing Pardue Carrier Robinson Aero batics Payne Scale Ms Lois Martin Debbie Cleveland kept racing events going usual Cant wait til next year Directory CONTEST COORDINATORS Pad L Fenney8 Charlotte Dr Andover MA Oi8iO II N Sobrino87-2688th St Woodhaven Queens NY 11421 RC Richard Smith 300 Steko Ave. Rochester NY 14615 RC Lawrence Lundy 246 Ontario Lockport NY 14094 Ill Ken Reber RD 1 Nazareth PA 18084 lEasti M Weisenbach 4568 hV 146th Cleveland 01-I 44135 West IV Warren Sanoers Jr. 9735 52nd Avenue College Park-MD 20741 RC Ed Fiszwacer 1920 Ardenwood Terrace Crofton MD 21114 V RC Charlene Fields 818 Main St SW New Elliognon SC 29809 RC Soarng HR Norckauer 12016 Queens P1. Huntsville AL 35803 FP Wallets Johnson 4112 White Acres Rd Montgomery AL36106 CL Marilyn Duane 862 Colonial Ct. Meat Jacksonville FL 32211 VI RC Ralph WhiteJr.RR 1Boa324 Neoga 1L62447 CLW R EodziochJr22SwGlede Palatine 1L60067 FP Pat English 823 Broadway Vincannes IN 47591 VII John 421 Walnut Lane Apple Valley MN 55124 West RC Len Roe 6539 Orchid Dr Jenison Ml 49428 lEast CL & PF Deb lnhoff 6879 Weller Dr. NE Rocklord Ml 49341 Best VIIIJohn Deenor6205 Melinda Dr Wautauga TX 76145 RC Robertj Talley 3112 Lawrenza Ave Nederland TX 77627 IX Sill Bieda UNIVAC Bldg 7100W Cotter Rd No 420 Omaha NE 68108 RC George Hunter 6962 5 Lamar St. Littleton CO 80123 X Myrtle Coed 6073 Sunrise Dr Lower Lake CA 95457 North Lea Polanaky 258 Iris Ave Goleta CA 93017 ISouthl Prank Gomes 2241 Noah Street Honolulu HI 96816 HI meets Xl Don Dodd 3406 Belnidere Ave SW Seattle WA 98126 RC Don Miller 24715 Summir-Landsburg Ravensdale WA 98051 RC Pylon & Soaring RC Pattern other RC RC lescept Soaring Bold Faise Below Indiestes Chmrman Contest Board FREE FLIGHT CONTEST BOARD Henry Struck RFD 2 Hamburg Old Lsrma CT 06371 II Bradley Bane 60 Lake Ave Lyndonville NY 14098 Ill Rudy Klulber 2021 Lakaiand Ave Lakewood OH 44107 IV Joe Boyle Jr 219 Snenandosh Rd Hampton VA 23361 V Bonny Jenkins3112 ERaines Rd MemphisTN38118 VI Chria Metauno 2576 Ginger St John MO 63114 VII Phil KlittwOrsh Jr. 715 Rutgers Rochester Ml 48063 VIII Mark Valerius 2302 Pomeren Dr Houston TX 77055 IX Jerald Murphy 2432 Astrot Colorado Springs CO 80906 X Joe Noreross 413 Cameron Hanford CA 93230 Xl Ernie Lint l6558121st Ave SE RentonWA 98055 CONTROL LINE CONTEST BOARD George Higgins P0 Sos 482 North Pembroke MA 02359 II Bill Boss 77-06 269th St New Hyde Park NY 11040 III Laird Jackson 1025 Walnut St Philadelphia PA 19107 IV Ron McNally 6118 Barde Ave. Springfield VA 22152 V Dave Hemstrasght P0 Eon 171 Moncks Corner SC 29461 VI Bob Butch 1758 N Natchez Chicago 1L60646 VII James SintOn 4941 Wisconsin N New Hope MN 55428 VIII Mm Lee 3522 Tameriek Lane Missouri CitvTX 77459 IX Mitneel Tallman 3014 Eachange Wichita KS 67217 X Vic Garner P0 Box 573 Livermore CA 945S0 XI Dan Rutherford 4705 237th Fl SE BotheliWA 98011 RADIO CONTROL CONTEST BOARD I Ed Izzo 483 Poke St Holliston MA 01746 II Joe Friend 62 Jon Tart Freehold NJ 07728 Ill Ron Hesselbrock 6320 Blueberry Hill Cs. Cincinnati OH 45211 IV Wayne Abemethy 5221 Marlboro Pike Hillside MD 20027 V J Davis Jr. 1813 S Lakeshore D, Birmingham AL35216 VI Paul Pine rock 3989 Weber Way Lecingron KY 40514 VII Peter Waters 7420 7-Mile Rd Nortnville Ml 48167 VIII Mm Thomas 331 SE Rockwood Bertleeville OK 74003 IX Loran Tregallas 3003 S Everett Wichita KS 67217 X Bill Northrop Jr. 621 W 19th St Costa Mesa CA 92627 Xl Ralph Brooks 3431 5 194th Seattle WA 98186 SCALE CONTEST BOARD I Richard Sherman 28 High St Plymouth NH 03264 II Robert Clemens 95 Shoreway Dr Rochester NY 14612 III Edward Wiavar 1521 Summit St McKeesporl PA 15130 IV Bob Karlsson 2643 Marsh Rd. Wilmington 05 19810 V David PIett 6940 NW 15th Ft Lauderdale FL 33313 VI Bob Utderwood4 109 Concord Oaks St LouisM063128 VII Claude McCullough Boa 40 Montezuma IA 50171 VIII William H Irwin 922 Sundown Ln. Desoto TX 75115 IX Dean Copeland 7817 Seward St Omaha NE 68114 X Bill Stronun 12218 Dune St Norwalk CA 90650 Xl Earle Moorhead 275S View Place 5 Salem OR 97302 CONTEST BOARD COORDINATOR Don Lindlev420 Tupelo Naperellia IL 60540 September 1980 93 Walt Perkins LI receives congratulations trophy Contest Director Dick Hunt setting new low-time mark FAI Team Race Canadian trophy winners Standing L-R Ken Parent Brian Fairey Sam Burke Paul Se qouin Kneeling Rich Fairey Stu Henderson
Edition: Model Aviation - 1980/09
Page Numbers: 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93
WASHINGTON DC 20005 Hats Notes Dick Nutting Nats Publicity Promotion time hope significant part AMA membership packing up head Ohio 1980 Nats Nats Executive Committee remains virtually unchanged past years have learned space past months local committee somewhat promi nent usual Nats Committee chairman Bill Elliott asked take last pre-Nats chance introduce Throw magazine front seat car can identify us means bring us problems comments Bill Elliott Bill Elliott above overall Nats staff chairman WORKS Club operation past president club laborer vineyards 1976 Nats Bill got talking over few cans brew Chuck Shade back late 78 himself nearly full-time job seems thrive flying has suffered pos sible running Nats Bill makcs feeble stab Pattern flying doing either above plant layout engi neer Standard Register Company Dayton Nats staff vice-chairman Chuck Shade personable Shade Masters class Pattern flier long-time newsletter editor past officer WORKS Club designer RC systems Model viation reporter Pattern flying air craft designer w ved Chuck electrical techSteve Webendorfer facilities manager Nats Steve fairly recent recruit modeling After joining WORKS Club few years ago Steve found fault its Stu dent Pilot Training Program Like good club member didnt stop US Sweeps Indoor World Championships contest close until end US individual team winner Indoor World Championships West Baden IN June 22-24 Erv Rodemsky won Individual World Championship twoflight total 71 minutes 59 seconds US team won Team World Cham pionship total 206 minutes 39 seconds Jim Richmond 1978 World Champion competing individual second 7129 Third through fifth Butty Switzerland 7040 Ciapala Poland 6945 Hunt United Kingdom 6917 US team members Harland 6802 Andrews 6638 placed seventh eighth Second third place teams Switzerland 20443 United Kingdom 20342 86 Model Aviation NE WSLE ACADEMY OF MODEL AERONAUTICS815 FIFTEENTH STREET NW Chuck ShadeSteve Webendt nician Mound Laboratories division fault finding Steve suggested ways improve Monsanto Corporation involved nuclear program volunteered chairman research some hush-hush production took over rewrote revamped work Chuck has doing much leg continues run day Steve field work Wilmington site coordinating engineer Standard Register Company various RC events will held Dayton Nats staff boss myriad details surrounding Nats sites duck soup Steve years WORKS Club have shown top notch organizer John John Markunes Dude friends manpower manager modelings biggest show An imposing figure drooping moustache six-foot-plus height type would say no asked run Transmitter Impound hit oneself head hammer Lots people around country have heard Johns tough no-nonsense tones phone since took manpower job about year ago non-modeling life John plant manager Kemp Presision Circuits Dayton com pany makes circuit boards related items electronics industry Finance chairman Ohio Nats staff Bob Christopher Bob currently president Western Ohio Radio Kontrol Society twice past-treasurer under aus pices job club built up its invest ment portfolio continued its long tradi tion financial solidity Bob coordinating money matters concerning Nats tween Washington AMA Headquarters thriving Nats operation Ohio daytime hours Bob senior designer Concrete Technology Corporation Day ton Nats toughest lobs since year close-in housing has hard find difficult distribute equitable Walt has abundance quiet charm plenty savvy area human relations has put good use up now un doubtedly will smooth calm self Nats sites weeks come Like Steve Bill Walt works Daytons Stand ard Register Company manager customer engineering Bill Keller Concessions manager Nats Bill Keller Bill needs little introduction per haps best known figure modeling world associated years Nats long time Control Line Rat Race hot-shot Bill has flown Pattern raced RC boats cars now RC Combat Bills jovial face hearty greetings welcome sight model ing events over Midwest Bill said man alive can square loop half-rolls using spatula ham burger coming off hot grill Bill owner W-K Hobbies Centerville OH manu facturer several well known model kits surprisingly have heard him action crack salesman Sequoia Building Supply Company 37 ci RC Giant Scale Limit Ratified Effective immediately RC Giant Scale displacement limit raised 366 37 cu Scale Contest Boards ratification vote displacement increase 10 1 Dist VIII opposed change AMA competition rules made according provisions Contest Board Procedures emergency pro posals proposal reasons published June 1980 issue page 89 Publicity promotion Nats least local level being handled yours truly Dick Nutting dabble Pattern flying Stand-Off Scale am former Free Flight competitor sport Control Line flier presently am member Hawks Hurricanes Show Team Greater Cincinnati area taking care modeling business am producer news documentaries WLWT Television Cincinnati Thats local gang welcome Ohio advance firmly believe have great Nats store will find some things different time around hope like us adventurous enough give new things whirl Have fun say hello meet column will have another go-round two after Nats late fall will report end meet bare souls what worked what didnt Till Ohio .its new decade new Nats FF Contest Board Con sidering Emergency Height Redefinition Background Due question whether Northwood Institute Atrium West Baden IN AMA Category II site Free Flight Contest Board Chairman Chris Matsuno two others measured interior last year found Category Ill over 100 ft AMA ceiling height definition Category III 49 ft 2 98 ft 5 FAI ceiling height definition announced April issue page 85 reported AMA record flights West Baden site rescinded sufficient duration have established Category Ill mark AMA rule method measurement includes ceiling height through openings having horizontal oblique dimensions greater six feet FAI rule method September 1980 87 Dick Nutting UOb thrstopfler Walt Akridge Walt Akridge undertaking thankless job camping housing coordinator FF Contest Board Continued highest point circle 15 meters can inscribed After CB chairmans report West Baden height measurement some fliers charged chairmans reclassification site improper because intent 100-ft category AMA purposes met West Baden site letter rule no record flight site fact exceeded 100-ft height also felt appropriate height measured certain height AMA rules different height FAI rules question intent AMA rules chairman has polled entire Con test Board results shown separate ly chart form board voted 6-to-4 West Baden does conform intent AMA rules Category II sites Emergency Rules Change Progress Stat ing intent rule should measure areas accessible models AMA rule does necessarily accomplish maintaining site should measured uniformly both AMA FAI rules Dr John B Martin Miami FL has sub mitted proposal emergency action accord ing Contest Board Procedures proposal revise rule book para 19161 fol lowing 161 height ceiling defined vertical distance floor highest point circle 15 meters can inscribed below primary structure building no case will low medi um ceiling record granted flier indoor model has taken advantage ceiling cavity size order attain greater altitude legal ceiling height limit No artificial ceilings can created establish category As accompanying voting chart also indicates Free Flight Contest Board process considering emergency rules-change proposal course action decided upon publish proposal article board vote later wheth er accept immediate implementation issue expected readers hands approximately August 1 ex pected boards vote will take place between September 1 September 15 Any AMA member has interest proposal pro con urged state views districts Free Flight Contest Board member prior September 1 sanction fee related three-day sanc tioning period particularly would want 1 run record trials con test atmosphere multiple contestants 2 make multiple tries over days and/or months either case noted such trials could very expensive especially several record categories model classes involved Attention called contrasting conditions FAI World Rec ord Trialswherein sanction period remainder calendar year other national AMA recordswherein sanction allows number people try rec ords Emergency Rules Change Progress order resolve problems RC Contest Board Chairman Joe Friend has consulted RC Contest Board boards voting shown accompanying chart tentative new procedural rules have developed 1 sanction fee will $200 originally sanction will good classes models categories records number fliers 2 standard meet sanction application must used must submitted contest coordinator same other sanction application coordination purposes will considered same Class meet additional $500 fee must accompany application event spon sored AMA chartered club 3 sanc tion must applied coordinated granted sufficiently early announcement event printed before takes place RC Contest Board has tentatively accepted revised sanctioning conditions RC Sailplane National Records accord ance Contest Board Procedures interpretations safety emergency rules procedures call publication pro posal article allow AMA member comment Contest Board make final ratification vote four six weeks following publication proposal approved final ratification vote comes effective immediately upon publication Until previous rules conditions apply interest proposal pro con should state views RC Contest Board members districts should done no later September 1 1980 Background July 1979 Duane Gall Ann Arbor Ml requested rules clarification regarding Quarter Midget Pylon Racing engine modifications As reported January 1980 issue page 84 RC Contest Board ruled allow 1 excessive use metal shims produced manufac turer between upper lower parts crankcase change engine timing 2 use RC engine parts cataloged use Free Flight /Speed version include sert-type head available NC Contest Board Possible Sanction Pro- Reconsidering QM cedure Changes tor Engine Modification RC Sailplane Records Background September 1979 issue page 89 announced RC Contest Boards emergency action creating RC Sailplane national AMA records Related procedures re quired sanction fee $200 per class category sanction period three continuous days anticipated record trials would involve single dividual single record category Contest Board Chairman Joe Friend re ports have complaints about stock RC engines produced manufac turer Since publication ruling has considerable confusion among QM community regarding interpretations ruling also has lot corre spondence among QM people manufac turers CB Chairman Joe Friend review correspondence includes limited following points Insert heads listed manufacturer usable RC version amount shims used manufacturer varies mak ing impossible check what number excessive Substitution metal shims paper shims should allowed im proves engine durability performance Gaskets shims excluded rules requirements engines used event Current Status accordance Contest Board Proced ures interpretations safety emergency rules CB Chairman Joe Friend has polled board determine what action should taken results poll shown chart form separately indicating board wishes have pub lished modeler comment proposal tended solve problemswith board vote afterwards final acceptance implementation denial pro posal particular instance however board has considered tentatively ac cepted specific proposal published Contest Board Chairman Friend indicates will seek specific proposal solving problems QM section NMPRA has tentatively approved Contest Board will published AMA member comment subsequent final Contest Board voting RC Soaring Team Selection Finals presi dential decision event will California SULA Soaring Union Los Angeles flying field California State College Dominguez Dates August 30 through Sep tember 1 CD Dave Thornberg See Presl dents Outlook page 72 details Hats Unofficial Events Free Flight Changes Additions Ac cording information just received Battle Britain Old-Timer Rubber Scale events have rescheduled Tuesday August 12 originally scheduled Thursday Rise-Off-Water ROW flying including rubber power gas power scheduled Friday August 15 events sponsored George Perryman run Columbus OH group Indoor Manhattan Cabin has sched uled Monday August 11 Cargo flown Tuesday August 12 run Minnesota Aero Modelers Free Flight unofficial events listed July issue sponsored and/or coordinated National Free Flight Society outdoor FF unofficial events will flown Wright Field Dayton OH indoor unofficial events will flown University Cincinnati Fieldhouse Cincinnati OH Control Line Addition Y2A Combat will flown Thursday August 14 con clusion Jr-Sr Fast Combat event will use 35-ft lines 012 dia ages com bined Double elimination Run Steve Hills Rich Von Lopez 88 Model Aviation FREE FLIGHT CONTEST BOARD VOTE FOR INTERPRETATION OF WEST BADEN CEILING HEIGHT CLASS AND ON RELATED EMERGENCY PROPOSAL ptable N Acceptable F al substitute FAI method measur ing ceiiing heights AMA category classifications under FM method West Baden would AMA Cat II re instate AMA Cat II records set West Baden J RADIO CONTROL CONTEST BOARD VOTING REGARDINGSANCTIONINGPROCEDURES NATIONAL RC SAILPLANE RECORDS g - esult te c NLJC1 &2 eptable and bo N Acceptableui L u TA oJ Z ally II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X1XI 1 or BClass vs Category Distinction Assuming numbers 2 3 above good number participants{I..1J.2i1.JL.L1.J...I .ki-k 4fII,,-,IA - 1I2I31II2I1I1I 2Require $5 additional sanction fee non-chartered club u-ANANA AAAAA7A 2N sorship same other AMA-sanctioned events 3Require contest coordination though records event aANANAAAAAA7A 2N Class meet 4Require prepublication AMA RC Soaring recordsAAANAAANNA6A 3N events Notes A blank voting block means no vote cast vote surrounded parentheses means tne vote received after deadline counted results *Means tie question answered subsequent re-vote RADIO CONTROL CONTEST BOARD VOTE oZe REGARDING EMERGENCY RULES FORE0- ENGINEMODSINQUARTERMIDGETPYLONjOE O Result C0 - 2CoICE~J ofVote N L1C CC - C z eptableand N AcceptableUJt 2AZ LJ-A oJ 0Z - U Tally II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI Lfor ruling/enforcement21 12j12221A*J IA171/ otes blank box means no vote cast *Means assigned value since second third choices indicated September 198089 z o -o - 0 o -o e III TO C z C 0 C CE V 0 U C -0 2 0 VIIIi IX 0 CO C4 VI 0 IV C C 0 VII 00 U -o X C J C 0 0. C 4 uJ Xl Result Vote Tally Notes diate ruling/enforcement requiri5 ication proposal later Jon test Board vote ruling/enforcement C al immediate action Means assigned value since second third choices indicated blank box means no vote cast LINE * The CL biggie yearatWinston Salem NC June 21-22 new top man running Golden Triad Model Mas ters did fantastic job new FAI * Team Race mark set plus some new Speed records BB Brown Jr os author LC Hepler IOIUHIPS Harold Lambert pits Snake Rat Racer June 1977 Model Aviation plan No 190 AH WINSTON-SALEM first day summer aroma tobacco wafted over coliseum parking lot prevailing winds went backwards few hours checking motel Norfolk VA Mouse Racing contingent wandered offered show machines let delve secrets 1/A reed-valve engines Also Shadow Racing ensconced determinedly filing Team Race propellers showing wares wandering tribes North After much discussion virtues stock engines Swindell Tate Daniels et al said hello Shadow Racing ie Walt Perkins J E Aibritton soon joined Canadian Team Racing %A Goodyear winners Kneeling Willis Swin dell 1st Standing L-R George CaIdwell 4th Greg Crotts 2nd Gene Daniels 3rd Speed Contingent three groups produce coincidentally five first places two second places four third places rec ord FAI Team Race time next two days 1980 United States Control Line Cham pionships Dawn sound high-speed racing engines come up together Slow Combat 90 Model Aviation Aibritton puosi ana vvais rerKins piI retract-gear low-time Team Racer hI Quickee coming pit Lee land readies catch Byron Reynolds Karyn Foster 1st end 2nd Mouse Race Class Junior-Senior Pareii aruu arian r-alrey warm up FAI Team Racers Scale Racing agenda 830 am Junior-Senior Slow Combat saw Ricky Hum mer defeat Sexton Hartlaub Reedy garner first place laurels Reedy second Hartlaub third Open Slow large entry 20 ably bossed pit Howard Shenton Dave Owen Senior de feated Gary Fentress finals got defeating Paul Curtis later won Fast Combat Fentress defeated Cartier place second Curtis Cartier flew third fourth respectively Owen used old K&B 35 ran exceptionally well Junior-Senior Goodyear invaded Canadians Sheldon Ybanez Roanoke VA fended off first place time 7598 Stuart Henderson Toronto took second John Denny third new 60-ft lines 014-in diameter did slow speeds much Last year Ballard took first 551 year first place went John Wolf 549 fol lowed Harold Lambert 554 Steve Rece 559 Steve fastest heat time 253 Nineteen entries bad event dominated engine cant get Several fliers suggest new 21 would good replacement because OPS HB Supertigre OS K&B make car boat racing new AD 15 showed up Winston-Salem blew bearing did last spring Southwest Regionals AD extremely hard get well ex pensive--no help suggest trying stay 15 simply because World Championships displacement Combat Speed Team Racing Free Flight Power use alcohol-and-lubricant-only fuels Navy Carrier excellent turnout year 18 contestants Peter Mazur won Profile Carrier ll George Cox second Profile Steve Dinermah third Bob Whitfield Joe Cservenko second third Carrier Brian Silversmith Derek Siegel second third Carrier II Navy Carrier holds spectator interest second Combat FAI Combat fartherest-away con testant Paul Gibenault Edmonton Can ada FAI flown double elimination loses first match second flight made against different combatant Phil Cartier flew against Paul Segouin Cana da really terrific match third round Cartier emerged overall victor Reedy second Segouin third Slow Rat gets faster faster Nash ville Rats still own event though profess serious about fast Rat Larry Hill son Cardiff Giant Jolly G flew fastest Slow Rat final history event 5 mm 1606 sec Pitmen Paul Tune Dreskell took third second respec tively 533 530 Jr-Sr Slow Rat Ken Hicks placed first John Denny second John Edersbach third Class reed valve Mouse started 2 pm Jr-Srs showing good times good form Bryan Reynolds Advance NC age 11 took first place Karyn Foster 12 took second Chris Scott third Sheldon Ybanez fourth Open Mouse CIl 15 entries Nor folk VA group took three trophies First Willis Swindell second John Tate third Meade Jenkins fourth George CaIdwell Rockville MD Beginner-Intermediate Precision Aero batics event excellent turnout 11 Roger Armstrong placed first Pat Robinson ran Aerobatics events year much precision winners flew pat tern Advanced flown Sunday Scott Bair third place moved up 2nd Beginner Class last year Rolland McDonald placed first Mike Mustain second Precision Expert 11 entries Dave Hemstrought garnering first place year September 198091 Douglas Skyraider Ed Rhodes won first place Sport Scale P-47 by Dale Campbell tirst built-up modeldid immaculate job third place Richard Schneiders P51 2nd place went Clement Caddells Zero Nice array ot Sport Scale entries @3 0 U @3 @3 Frank Garzon holds 2iZ mpfl 1st piace L Speed jobjust missed record Canadian Sam burke still flas flair realism assymetry FAI first 148 mph Les Baers 18579 en t couldnt back up within 5 mph record purposes Cu mm U second 79 Dennis Adamisin took second Stan Powell won last year third AMA Fast Combat favorite spectator event rained airplane parts about five one-half hours Sunday 23 contestants really put show Paul Curtis emerged victor super match David Owen Forrest Atkins third ole racing-pit man-turned-gladiator Fary Fentress fourth 830 Sunday morning FAI Team Rac ing started first heat two DNFs Baker/Kerr team Canada refly Fellow Canadians Kelly/Parent won sec ond heat handily 407 Brian Fairey I- Cu U Lu Cu cm Em I. Lu U son Richard Toronto edged Van sants 413 415 bomb came Perkins/Aibritton blasted 100 laps 3 mm 3306 sec second round heats Kelly/ Parent improved somewhat 40512 Vansant team cut second off previous time still could best Fairey team So finals showed Perkins/Aibritton Kelly/ Parent Fairey/Fairey Perkins/Albritton Shadow Racing Team shown consist ency second round time 3 3409 final 200-lap race began Shadow team getting off first showing su perior speed clocking 1945 seconds 10 laps through race 1156 mph cleanly flown race teams excellent pit stops flying retract able landing gear Shadow model alu minum/magnesium/titanium Nelson 15 Die sel made five pit stops fuel covered 20 kilometers 7 mm 1900 secthe fastest time have heard competition puts American World Champs Team real contention first time since Stockton/Jehlik won world title bunch years back Congratulations Walter iE best luck Poland July 1AA Scale Racing saw Chris Scott win nice 64542 Jr-Sr Bryan Reynolds second 700 Karen Foster third 725 Open saw Swindell complete first 50-lap heat segment fastest-ever 2258 kept up finals win ning event 4 mm 5378 sec Greg Crotts second 5129 Gene Daniels third 52709 Fine show Norfolk club Fast Rat didnt slow down either after another mandatory pit stop added finals last year Top qualifier Larry Hill did two back-to-back 70-lap heats 21235 21376 Dick Lamberts 21548 21839 Harold Lamberts 22545 22224 show best one-man pitting technique pit crew Tune Driskell pitting Nashville Rats Slow AMA Rat Hill flying consistently two-sec faster Driskells times 22112 92 Model Aviation Sr David Owen 1st Slow 2nd Fast 4th FAI Combat Slow model shown left David Owen battle Nea . 2 spots Fast Combat Curtis winner transferred Two planes FAI Combat Canadian FAt Combat planes Seqouin front Gibenault Most Combat matches leave some damage foam-wing casualty FAI class Combat line-up pull-tests ana matcnes res Iv]azur mast won aim inree ~arrir eventa helping Joe Cservenko MO-i rete Mazur slow-f lignis winning MO-i guardian Skyraider patiently awaiting turns deck Successful Carrier landing helped assist ants signals body English Carrier pit area Nice turnout year Roger Armstrong first Beginner-Intermedi ate Precision Aerobatics 22338 Tunes entry blew plug first round 324 turned 21402 second Lamberts just slightly faster airfor example 1512 mph against 15082 mph Tune Bobby Oge turned 22098 21957 Ballard flying Ballards entry clocked 22925 22504 So finalists emerging seventeen entries finals produced battle circle between Lam bert Hill Hill adopted new flying style raceboth elbows horizon tal Dick Lambert about62couldnt see horizon much less airplane caused some erratic movements 150 mph Rat Hill flew normally Lamberts plane pit appears observer blocking intentional though officials didnt call him final 10-mile times Larry Hill 45519 first place Harold Lambert 45958 second John Ballard 50814 third Class II Mouse entries dropped 22 nine year Probably because way Combat Rat scheduled Karyn Foster took first Jr-Sr followed Chris Scott Sheldon Ybanez Open TD Mouse saw William Reynolds set heat pace Precision Aerobatics Dave Hemstroughts Expert Class winner Precision Aerobatics PAMPA classes used 3355 finals 95116 Jerry Kas mer second 10346 Scott Jenkins third Sport Scale entrant previous very large P47 entered built plastic scale model Dale Campbell really did nice job Ed Rhodes placed first Douglas AD-6 Skyraider flaps dive brakes retractable gear arresting gear operated three lines Clement Caddell second Zero built early Royal kit Japanese structions Clem didnt say literate Japanese Richard Schneider third ever-popular P-Si Mustang Speed will covered separately year Speed column Gene Hempel next month Four fliers should noted report Sam Burke Canada took FAI Speed 148 mph Bill Hughes flew Gene MartineS torth-place Mariner Rat Goodyear Team Race set two new Senior records Formula 40 14846 Class B 16054 Frank Garzon missed Class D record 02 mph 20126 mph took first place fastest time meet Les Baer new Class B 65 325 lines 18575 mph Open couldnt back up record good meet Run champions cham pions national championship should managed smallest clubs aroundthe Golden Triad Model Mas ters Kudos Dick Hunt Contest Director event directors Hayes Combat pit crews Martin Cleveland Racing Pardue Carrier Robinson Aero batics Payne Scale Ms Lois Martin Debbie Cleveland kept racing events going usual Cant wait til next year Directory CONTEST COORDINATORS Pad L Fenney8 Charlotte Dr Andover MA Oi8iO II N Sobrino87-2688th St Woodhaven Queens NY 11421 RC Richard Smith 300 Steko Ave. Rochester NY 14615 RC Lawrence Lundy 246 Ontario Lockport NY 14094 Ill Ken Reber RD 1 Nazareth PA 18084 lEasti M Weisenbach 4568 hV 146th Cleveland 01-I 44135 West IV Warren Sanoers Jr. 9735 52nd Avenue College Park-MD 20741 RC Ed Fiszwacer 1920 Ardenwood Terrace Crofton MD 21114 V RC Charlene Fields 818 Main St SW New Elliognon SC 29809 RC Soarng HR Norckauer 12016 Queens P1. Huntsville AL 35803 FP Wallets Johnson 4112 White Acres Rd Montgomery AL36106 CL Marilyn Duane 862 Colonial Ct. Meat Jacksonville FL 32211 VI RC Ralph WhiteJr.RR 1Boa324 Neoga 1L62447 CLW R EodziochJr22SwGlede Palatine 1L60067 FP Pat English 823 Broadway Vincannes IN 47591 VII John 421 Walnut Lane Apple Valley MN 55124 West RC Len Roe 6539 Orchid Dr Jenison Ml 49428 lEast CL & PF Deb lnhoff 6879 Weller Dr. NE Rocklord Ml 49341 Best VIIIJohn Deenor6205 Melinda Dr Wautauga TX 76145 RC Robertj Talley 3112 Lawrenza Ave Nederland TX 77627 IX Sill Bieda UNIVAC Bldg 7100W Cotter Rd No 420 Omaha NE 68108 RC George Hunter 6962 5 Lamar St. Littleton CO 80123 X Myrtle Coed 6073 Sunrise Dr Lower Lake CA 95457 North Lea Polanaky 258 Iris Ave Goleta CA 93017 ISouthl Prank Gomes 2241 Noah Street Honolulu HI 96816 HI meets Xl Don Dodd 3406 Belnidere Ave SW Seattle WA 98126 RC Don Miller 24715 Summir-Landsburg Ravensdale WA 98051 RC Pylon & Soaring RC Pattern other RC RC lescept Soaring Bold Faise Below Indiestes Chmrman Contest Board FREE FLIGHT CONTEST BOARD Henry Struck RFD 2 Hamburg Old Lsrma CT 06371 II Bradley Bane 60 Lake Ave Lyndonville NY 14098 Ill Rudy Klulber 2021 Lakaiand Ave Lakewood OH 44107 IV Joe Boyle Jr 219 Snenandosh Rd Hampton VA 23361 V Bonny Jenkins3112 ERaines Rd MemphisTN38118 VI Chria Metauno 2576 Ginger St John MO 63114 VII Phil KlittwOrsh Jr. 715 Rutgers Rochester Ml 48063 VIII Mark Valerius 2302 Pomeren Dr Houston TX 77055 IX Jerald Murphy 2432 Astrot Colorado Springs CO 80906 X Joe Noreross 413 Cameron Hanford CA 93230 Xl Ernie Lint l6558121st Ave SE RentonWA 98055 CONTROL LINE CONTEST BOARD George Higgins P0 Sos 482 North Pembroke MA 02359 II Bill Boss 77-06 269th St New Hyde Park NY 11040 III Laird Jackson 1025 Walnut St Philadelphia PA 19107 IV Ron McNally 6118 Barde Ave. Springfield VA 22152 V Dave Hemstrasght P0 Eon 171 Moncks Corner SC 29461 VI Bob Butch 1758 N Natchez Chicago 1L60646 VII James SintOn 4941 Wisconsin N New Hope MN 55428 VIII Mm Lee 3522 Tameriek Lane Missouri CitvTX 77459 IX Mitneel Tallman 3014 Eachange Wichita KS 67217 X Vic Garner P0 Box 573 Livermore CA 945S0 XI Dan Rutherford 4705 237th Fl SE BotheliWA 98011 RADIO CONTROL CONTEST BOARD I Ed Izzo 483 Poke St Holliston MA 01746 II Joe Friend 62 Jon Tart Freehold NJ 07728 Ill Ron Hesselbrock 6320 Blueberry Hill Cs. Cincinnati OH 45211 IV Wayne Abemethy 5221 Marlboro Pike Hillside MD 20027 V J Davis Jr. 1813 S Lakeshore D, Birmingham AL35216 VI Paul Pine rock 3989 Weber Way Lecingron KY 40514 VII Peter Waters 7420 7-Mile Rd Nortnville Ml 48167 VIII Mm Thomas 331 SE Rockwood Bertleeville OK 74003 IX Loran Tregallas 3003 S Everett Wichita KS 67217 X Bill Northrop Jr. 621 W 19th St Costa Mesa CA 92627 Xl Ralph Brooks 3431 5 194th Seattle WA 98186 SCALE CONTEST BOARD I Richard Sherman 28 High St Plymouth NH 03264 II Robert Clemens 95 Shoreway Dr Rochester NY 14612 III Edward Wiavar 1521 Summit St McKeesporl PA 15130 IV Bob Karlsson 2643 Marsh Rd. Wilmington 05 19810 V David PIett 6940 NW 15th Ft Lauderdale FL 33313 VI Bob Utderwood4 109 Concord Oaks St LouisM063128 VII Claude McCullough Boa 40 Montezuma IA 50171 VIII William H Irwin 922 Sundown Ln. Desoto TX 75115 IX Dean Copeland 7817 Seward St Omaha NE 68114 X Bill Stronun 12218 Dune St Norwalk CA 90650 Xl Earle Moorhead 275S View Place 5 Salem OR 97302 CONTEST BOARD COORDINATOR Don Lindlev420 Tupelo Naperellia IL 60540 September 1980 93 Walt Perkins LI receives congratulations trophy Contest Director Dick Hunt setting new low-time mark FAI Team Race Canadian trophy winners Standing L-R Ken Parent Brian Fairey Sam Burke Paul Se qouin Kneeling Rich Fairey Stu Henderson
Edition: Model Aviation - 1980/09
Page Numbers: 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93
WASHINGTON DC 20005 Hats Notes Dick Nutting Nats Publicity Promotion time hope significant part AMA membership packing up head Ohio 1980 Nats Nats Executive Committee remains virtually unchanged past years have learned space past months local committee somewhat promi nent usual Nats Committee chairman Bill Elliott asked take last pre-Nats chance introduce Throw magazine front seat car can identify us means bring us problems comments Bill Elliott Bill Elliott above overall Nats staff chairman WORKS Club operation past president club laborer vineyards 1976 Nats Bill got talking over few cans brew Chuck Shade back late 78 himself nearly full-time job seems thrive flying has suffered pos sible running Nats Bill makcs feeble stab Pattern flying doing either above plant layout engi neer Standard Register Company Dayton Nats staff vice-chairman Chuck Shade personable Shade Masters class Pattern flier long-time newsletter editor past officer WORKS Club designer RC systems Model viation reporter Pattern flying air craft designer w ved Chuck electrical techSteve Webendorfer facilities manager Nats Steve fairly recent recruit modeling After joining WORKS Club few years ago Steve found fault its Stu dent Pilot Training Program Like good club member didnt stop US Sweeps Indoor World Championships contest close until end US individual team winner Indoor World Championships West Baden IN June 22-24 Erv Rodemsky won Individual World Championship twoflight total 71 minutes 59 seconds US team won Team World Cham pionship total 206 minutes 39 seconds Jim Richmond 1978 World Champion competing individual second 7129 Third through fifth Butty Switzerland 7040 Ciapala Poland 6945 Hunt United Kingdom 6917 US team members Harland 6802 Andrews 6638 placed seventh eighth Second third place teams Switzerland 20443 United Kingdom 20342 86 Model Aviation NE WSLE ACADEMY OF MODEL AERONAUTICS815 FIFTEENTH STREET NW Chuck ShadeSteve Webendt nician Mound Laboratories division fault finding Steve suggested ways improve Monsanto Corporation involved nuclear program volunteered chairman research some hush-hush production took over rewrote revamped work Chuck has doing much leg continues run day Steve field work Wilmington site coordinating engineer Standard Register Company various RC events will held Dayton Nats staff boss myriad details surrounding Nats sites duck soup Steve years WORKS Club have shown top notch organizer John John Markunes Dude friends manpower manager modelings biggest show An imposing figure drooping moustache six-foot-plus height type would say no asked run Transmitter Impound hit oneself head hammer Lots people around country have heard Johns tough no-nonsense tones phone since took manpower job about year ago non-modeling life John plant manager Kemp Presision Circuits Dayton com pany makes circuit boards related items electronics industry Finance chairman Ohio Nats staff Bob Christopher Bob currently president Western Ohio Radio Kontrol Society twice past-treasurer under aus pices job club built up its invest ment portfolio continued its long tradi tion financial solidity Bob coordinating money matters concerning Nats tween Washington AMA Headquarters thriving Nats operation Ohio daytime hours Bob senior designer Concrete Technology Corporation Day ton Nats toughest lobs since year close-in housing has hard find difficult distribute equitable Walt has abundance quiet charm plenty savvy area human relations has put good use up now un doubtedly will smooth calm self Nats sites weeks come Like Steve Bill Walt works Daytons Stand ard Register Company manager customer engineering Bill Keller Concessions manager Nats Bill Keller Bill needs little introduction per haps best known figure modeling world associated years Nats long time Control Line Rat Race hot-shot Bill has flown Pattern raced RC boats cars now RC Combat Bills jovial face hearty greetings welcome sight model ing events over Midwest Bill said man alive can square loop half-rolls using spatula ham burger coming off hot grill Bill owner W-K Hobbies Centerville OH manu facturer several well known model kits surprisingly have heard him action crack salesman Sequoia Building Supply Company 37 ci RC Giant Scale Limit Ratified Effective immediately RC Giant Scale displacement limit raised 366 37 cu Scale Contest Boards ratification vote displacement increase 10 1 Dist VIII opposed change AMA competition rules made according provisions Contest Board Procedures emergency pro posals proposal reasons published June 1980 issue page 89 Publicity promotion Nats least local level being handled yours truly Dick Nutting dabble Pattern flying Stand-Off Scale am former Free Flight competitor sport Control Line flier presently am member Hawks Hurricanes Show Team Greater Cincinnati area taking care modeling business am producer news documentaries WLWT Television Cincinnati Thats local gang welcome Ohio advance firmly believe have great Nats store will find some things different time around hope like us adventurous enough give new things whirl Have fun say hello meet column will have another go-round two after Nats late fall will report end meet bare souls what worked what didnt Till Ohio .its new decade new Nats FF Contest Board Con sidering Emergency Height Redefinition Background Due question whether Northwood Institute Atrium West Baden IN AMA Category II site Free Flight Contest Board Chairman Chris Matsuno two others measured interior last year found Category Ill over 100 ft AMA ceiling height definition Category III 49 ft 2 98 ft 5 FAI ceiling height definition announced April issue page 85 reported AMA record flights West Baden site rescinded sufficient duration have established Category Ill mark AMA rule method measurement includes ceiling height through openings having horizontal oblique dimensions greater six feet FAI rule method September 1980 87 Dick Nutting UOb thrstopfler Walt Akridge Walt Akridge undertaking thankless job camping housing coordinator FF Contest Board Continued highest point circle 15 meters can inscribed After CB chairmans report West Baden height measurement some fliers charged chairmans reclassification site improper because intent 100-ft category AMA purposes met West Baden site letter rule no record flight site fact exceeded 100-ft height also felt appropriate height measured certain height AMA rules different height FAI rules question intent AMA rules chairman has polled entire Con test Board results shown separate ly chart form board voted 6-to-4 West Baden does conform intent AMA rules Category II sites Emergency Rules Change Progress Stat ing intent rule should measure areas accessible models AMA rule does necessarily accomplish maintaining site should measured uniformly both AMA FAI rules Dr John B Martin Miami FL has sub mitted proposal emergency action accord ing Contest Board Procedures proposal revise rule book para 19161 fol lowing 161 height ceiling defined vertical distance floor highest point circle 15 meters can inscribed below primary structure building no case will low medi um ceiling record granted flier indoor model has taken advantage ceiling cavity size order attain greater altitude legal ceiling height limit No artificial ceilings can created establish category As accompanying voting chart also indicates Free Flight Contest Board process considering emergency rules-change proposal course action decided upon publish proposal article board vote later wheth er accept immediate implementation issue expected readers hands approximately August 1 ex pected boards vote will take place between September 1 September 15 Any AMA member has interest proposal pro con urged state views districts Free Flight Contest Board member prior September 1 sanction fee related three-day sanc tioning period particularly would want 1 run record trials con test atmosphere multiple contestants 2 make multiple tries over days and/or months either case noted such trials could very expensive especially several record categories model classes involved Attention called contrasting conditions FAI World Rec ord Trialswherein sanction period remainder calendar year other national AMA recordswherein sanction allows number people try rec ords Emergency Rules Change Progress order resolve problems RC Contest Board Chairman Joe Friend has consulted RC Contest Board boards voting shown accompanying chart tentative new procedural rules have developed 1 sanction fee will $200 originally sanction will good classes models categories records number fliers 2 standard meet sanction application must used must submitted contest coordinator same other sanction application coordination purposes will considered same Class meet additional $500 fee must accompany application event spon sored AMA chartered club 3 sanc tion must applied coordinated granted sufficiently early announcement event printed before takes place RC Contest Board has tentatively accepted revised sanctioning conditions RC Sailplane National Records accord ance Contest Board Procedures interpretations safety emergency rules procedures call publication pro posal article allow AMA member comment Contest Board make final ratification vote four six weeks following publication proposal approved final ratification vote comes effective immediately upon publication Until previous rules conditions apply interest proposal pro con should state views RC Contest Board members districts should done no later September 1 1980 Background July 1979 Duane Gall Ann Arbor Ml requested rules clarification regarding Quarter Midget Pylon Racing engine modifications As reported January 1980 issue page 84 RC Contest Board ruled allow 1 excessive use metal shims produced manufac turer between upper lower parts crankcase change engine timing 2 use RC engine parts cataloged use Free Flight /Speed version include sert-type head available NC Contest Board Possible Sanction Pro- Reconsidering QM cedure Changes tor Engine Modification RC Sailplane Records Background September 1979 issue page 89 announced RC Contest Boards emergency action creating RC Sailplane national AMA records Related procedures re quired sanction fee $200 per class category sanction period three continuous days anticipated record trials would involve single dividual single record category Contest Board Chairman Joe Friend re ports have complaints about stock RC engines produced manufac turer Since publication ruling has considerable confusion among QM community regarding interpretations ruling also has lot corre spondence among QM people manufac turers CB Chairman Joe Friend review correspondence includes limited following points Insert heads listed manufacturer usable RC version amount shims used manufacturer varies mak ing impossible check what number excessive Substitution metal shims paper shims should allowed im proves engine durability performance Gaskets shims excluded rules requirements engines used event Current Status accordance Contest Board Proced ures interpretations safety emergency rules CB Chairman Joe Friend has polled board determine what action should taken results poll shown chart form separately indicating board wishes have pub lished modeler comment proposal tended solve problemswith board vote afterwards final acceptance implementation denial pro posal particular instance however board has considered tentatively ac cepted specific proposal published Contest Board Chairman Friend indicates will seek specific proposal solving problems QM section NMPRA has tentatively approved Contest Board will published AMA member comment subsequent final Contest Board voting RC Soaring Team Selection Finals presi dential decision event will California SULA Soaring Union Los Angeles flying field California State College Dominguez Dates August 30 through Sep tember 1 CD Dave Thornberg See Presl dents Outlook page 72 details Hats Unofficial Events Free Flight Changes Additions Ac cording information just received Battle Britain Old-Timer Rubber Scale events have rescheduled Tuesday August 12 originally scheduled Thursday Rise-Off-Water ROW flying including rubber power gas power scheduled Friday August 15 events sponsored George Perryman run Columbus OH group Indoor Manhattan Cabin has sched uled Monday August 11 Cargo flown Tuesday August 12 run Minnesota Aero Modelers Free Flight unofficial events listed July issue sponsored and/or coordinated National Free Flight Society outdoor FF unofficial events will flown Wright Field Dayton OH indoor unofficial events will flown University Cincinnati Fieldhouse Cincinnati OH Control Line Addition Y2A Combat will flown Thursday August 14 con clusion Jr-Sr Fast Combat event will use 35-ft lines 012 dia ages com bined Double elimination Run Steve Hills Rich Von Lopez 88 Model Aviation FREE FLIGHT CONTEST BOARD VOTE FOR INTERPRETATION OF WEST BADEN CEILING HEIGHT CLASS AND ON RELATED EMERGENCY PROPOSAL ptable N Acceptable F al substitute FAI method measur ing ceiiing heights AMA category classifications under FM method West Baden would AMA Cat II re instate AMA Cat II records set West Baden J RADIO CONTROL CONTEST BOARD VOTING REGARDINGSANCTIONINGPROCEDURES NATIONAL RC SAILPLANE RECORDS g - esult te c NLJC1 &2 eptable and bo N Acceptableui L u TA oJ Z ally II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X1XI 1 or BClass vs Category Distinction Assuming numbers 2 3 above good number participants{I..1J.2i1.JL.L1.J...I .ki-k 4fII,,-,IA - 1I2I31II2I1I1I 2Require $5 additional sanction fee non-chartered club u-ANANA AAAAA7A 2N sorship same other AMA-sanctioned events 3Require contest coordination though records event aANANAAAAAA7A 2N Class meet 4Require prepublication AMA RC Soaring recordsAAANAAANNA6A 3N events Notes A blank voting block means no vote cast vote surrounded parentheses means tne vote received after deadline counted results *Means tie question answered subsequent re-vote RADIO CONTROL CONTEST BOARD VOTE oZe REGARDING EMERGENCY RULES FORE0- ENGINEMODSINQUARTERMIDGETPYLONjOE O Result C0 - 2CoICE~J ofVote N L1C CC - C z eptableand N AcceptableUJt 2AZ LJ-A oJ 0Z - U Tally II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI Lfor ruling/enforcement21 12j12221A*J IA171/ otes blank box means no vote cast *Means assigned value since second third choices indicated September 198089 z o -o - 0 o -o e III TO C z C 0 C CE V 0 U C -0 2 0 VIIIi IX 0 CO C4 VI 0 IV C C 0 VII 00 U -o X C J C 0 0. C 4 uJ Xl Result Vote Tally Notes diate ruling/enforcement requiri5 ication proposal later Jon test Board vote ruling/enforcement C al immediate action Means assigned value since second third choices indicated blank box means no vote cast LINE * The CL biggie yearatWinston Salem NC June 21-22 new top man running Golden Triad Model Mas ters did fantastic job new FAI * Team Race mark set plus some new Speed records BB Brown Jr os author LC Hepler IOIUHIPS Harold Lambert pits Snake Rat Racer June 1977 Model Aviation plan No 190 AH WINSTON-SALEM first day summer aroma tobacco wafted over coliseum parking lot prevailing winds went backwards few hours checking motel Norfolk VA Mouse Racing contingent wandered offered show machines let delve secrets 1/A reed-valve engines Also Shadow Racing ensconced determinedly filing Team Race propellers showing wares wandering tribes North After much discussion virtues stock engines Swindell Tate Daniels et al said hello Shadow Racing ie Walt Perkins J E Aibritton soon joined Canadian Team Racing %A Goodyear winners Kneeling Willis Swin dell 1st Standing L-R George CaIdwell 4th Greg Crotts 2nd Gene Daniels 3rd Speed Contingent three groups produce coincidentally five first places two second places four third places rec ord FAI Team Race time next two days 1980 United States Control Line Cham pionships Dawn sound high-speed racing engines come up together Slow Combat 90 Model Aviation Aibritton puosi ana vvais rerKins piI retract-gear low-time Team Racer hI Quickee coming pit Lee land readies catch Byron Reynolds Karyn Foster 1st end 2nd Mouse Race Class Junior-Senior Pareii aruu arian r-alrey warm up FAI Team Racers Scale Racing agenda 830 am Junior-Senior Slow Combat saw Ricky Hum mer defeat Sexton Hartlaub Reedy garner first place laurels Reedy second Hartlaub third Open Slow large entry 20 ably bossed pit Howard Shenton Dave Owen Senior de feated Gary Fentress finals got defeating Paul Curtis later won Fast Combat Fentress defeated Cartier place second Curtis Cartier flew third fourth respectively Owen used old K&B 35 ran exceptionally well Junior-Senior Goodyear invaded Canadians Sheldon Ybanez Roanoke VA fended off first place time 7598 Stuart Henderson Toronto took second John Denny third new 60-ft lines 014-in diameter did slow speeds much Last year Ballard took first 551 year first place went John Wolf 549 fol lowed Harold Lambert 554 Steve Rece 559 Steve fastest heat time 253 Nineteen entries bad event dominated engine cant get Several fliers suggest new 21 would good replacement because OPS HB Supertigre OS K&B make car boat racing new AD 15 showed up Winston-Salem blew bearing did last spring Southwest Regionals AD extremely hard get well ex pensive--no help suggest trying stay 15 simply because World Championships displacement Combat Speed Team Racing Free Flight Power use alcohol-and-lubricant-only fuels Navy Carrier excellent turnout year 18 contestants Peter Mazur won Profile Carrier ll George Cox second Profile Steve Dinermah third Bob Whitfield Joe Cservenko second third Carrier Brian Silversmith Derek Siegel second third Carrier II Navy Carrier holds spectator interest second Combat FAI Combat fartherest-away con testant Paul Gibenault Edmonton Can ada FAI flown double elimination loses first match second flight made against different combatant Phil Cartier flew against Paul Segouin Cana da really terrific match third round Cartier emerged overall victor Reedy second Segouin third Slow Rat gets faster faster Nash ville Rats still own event though profess serious about fast Rat Larry Hill son Cardiff Giant Jolly G flew fastest Slow Rat final history event 5 mm 1606 sec Pitmen Paul Tune Dreskell took third second respec tively 533 530 Jr-Sr Slow Rat Ken Hicks placed first John Denny second John Edersbach third Class reed valve Mouse started 2 pm Jr-Srs showing good times good form Bryan Reynolds Advance NC age 11 took first place Karyn Foster 12 took second Chris Scott third Sheldon Ybanez fourth Open Mouse CIl 15 entries Nor folk VA group took three trophies First Willis Swindell second John Tate third Meade Jenkins fourth George CaIdwell Rockville MD Beginner-Intermediate Precision Aero batics event excellent turnout 11 Roger Armstrong placed first Pat Robinson ran Aerobatics events year much precision winners flew pat tern Advanced flown Sunday Scott Bair third place moved up 2nd Beginner Class last year Rolland McDonald placed first Mike Mustain second Precision Expert 11 entries Dave Hemstrought garnering first place year September 198091 Douglas Skyraider Ed Rhodes won first place Sport Scale P-47 by Dale Campbell tirst built-up modeldid immaculate job third place Richard Schneiders P51 2nd place went Clement Caddells Zero Nice array ot Sport Scale entries @3 0 U @3 @3 Frank Garzon holds 2iZ mpfl 1st piace L Speed jobjust missed record Canadian Sam burke still flas flair realism assymetry FAI first 148 mph Les Baers 18579 en t couldnt back up within 5 mph record purposes Cu mm U second 79 Dennis Adamisin took second Stan Powell won last year third AMA Fast Combat favorite spectator event rained airplane parts about five one-half hours Sunday 23 contestants really put show Paul Curtis emerged victor super match David Owen Forrest Atkins third ole racing-pit man-turned-gladiator Fary Fentress fourth 830 Sunday morning FAI Team Rac ing started first heat two DNFs Baker/Kerr team Canada refly Fellow Canadians Kelly/Parent won sec ond heat handily 407 Brian Fairey I- Cu U Lu Cu cm Em I. Lu U son Richard Toronto edged Van sants 413 415 bomb came Perkins/Aibritton blasted 100 laps 3 mm 3306 sec second round heats Kelly/ Parent improved somewhat 40512 Vansant team cut second off previous time still could best Fairey team So finals showed Perkins/Aibritton Kelly/ Parent Fairey/Fairey Perkins/Albritton Shadow Racing Team shown consist ency second round time 3 3409 final 200-lap race began Shadow team getting off first showing su perior speed clocking 1945 seconds 10 laps through race 1156 mph cleanly flown race teams excellent pit stops flying retract able landing gear Shadow model alu minum/magnesium/titanium Nelson 15 Die sel made five pit stops fuel covered 20 kilometers 7 mm 1900 secthe fastest time have heard competition puts American World Champs Team real contention first time since Stockton/Jehlik won world title bunch years back Congratulations Walter iE best luck Poland July 1AA Scale Racing saw Chris Scott win nice 64542 Jr-Sr Bryan Reynolds second 700 Karen Foster third 725 Open saw Swindell complete first 50-lap heat segment fastest-ever 2258 kept up finals win ning event 4 mm 5378 sec Greg Crotts second 5129 Gene Daniels third 52709 Fine show Norfolk club Fast Rat didnt slow down either after another mandatory pit stop added finals last year Top qualifier Larry Hill did two back-to-back 70-lap heats 21235 21376 Dick Lamberts 21548 21839 Harold Lamberts 22545 22224 show best one-man pitting technique pit crew Tune Driskell pitting Nashville Rats Slow AMA Rat Hill flying consistently two-sec faster Driskells times 22112 92 Model Aviation Sr David Owen 1st Slow 2nd Fast 4th FAI Combat Slow model shown left David Owen battle Nea . 2 spots Fast Combat Curtis winner transferred Two planes FAI Combat Canadian FAt Combat planes Seqouin front Gibenault Most Combat matches leave some damage foam-wing casualty FAI class Combat line-up pull-tests ana matcnes res Iv]azur mast won aim inree ~arrir eventa helping Joe Cservenko MO-i rete Mazur slow-f lignis winning MO-i guardian Skyraider patiently awaiting turns deck Successful Carrier landing helped assist ants signals body English Carrier pit area Nice turnout year Roger Armstrong first Beginner-Intermedi ate Precision Aerobatics 22338 Tunes entry blew plug first round 324 turned 21402 second Lamberts just slightly faster airfor example 1512 mph against 15082 mph Tune Bobby Oge turned 22098 21957 Ballard flying Ballards entry clocked 22925 22504 So finalists emerging seventeen entries finals produced battle circle between Lam bert Hill Hill adopted new flying style raceboth elbows horizon tal Dick Lambert about62couldnt see horizon much less airplane caused some erratic movements 150 mph Rat Hill flew normally Lamberts plane pit appears observer blocking intentional though officials didnt call him final 10-mile times Larry Hill 45519 first place Harold Lambert 45958 second John Ballard 50814 third Class II Mouse entries dropped 22 nine year Probably because way Combat Rat scheduled Karyn Foster took first Jr-Sr followed Chris Scott Sheldon Ybanez Open TD Mouse saw William Reynolds set heat pace Precision Aerobatics Dave Hemstroughts Expert Class winner Precision Aerobatics PAMPA classes used 3355 finals 95116 Jerry Kas mer second 10346 Scott Jenkins third Sport Scale entrant previous very large P47 entered built plastic scale model Dale Campbell really did nice job Ed Rhodes placed first Douglas AD-6 Skyraider flaps dive brakes retractable gear arresting gear operated three lines Clement Caddell second Zero built early Royal kit Japanese structions Clem didnt say literate Japanese Richard Schneider third ever-popular P-Si Mustang Speed will covered separately year Speed column Gene Hempel next month Four fliers should noted report Sam Burke Canada took FAI Speed 148 mph Bill Hughes flew Gene MartineS torth-place Mariner Rat Goodyear Team Race set two new Senior records Formula 40 14846 Class B 16054 Frank Garzon missed Class D record 02 mph 20126 mph took first place fastest time meet Les Baer new Class B 65 325 lines 18575 mph Open couldnt back up record good meet Run champions cham pions national championship should managed smallest clubs aroundthe Golden Triad Model Mas ters Kudos Dick Hunt Contest Director event directors Hayes Combat pit crews Martin Cleveland Racing Pardue Carrier Robinson Aero batics Payne Scale Ms Lois Martin Debbie Cleveland kept racing events going usual Cant wait til next year Directory CONTEST COORDINATORS Pad L Fenney8 Charlotte Dr Andover MA Oi8iO II N Sobrino87-2688th St Woodhaven Queens NY 11421 RC Richard Smith 300 Steko Ave. Rochester NY 14615 RC Lawrence Lundy 246 Ontario Lockport NY 14094 Ill Ken Reber RD 1 Nazareth PA 18084 lEasti M Weisenbach 4568 hV 146th Cleveland 01-I 44135 West IV Warren Sanoers Jr. 9735 52nd Avenue College Park-MD 20741 RC Ed Fiszwacer 1920 Ardenwood Terrace Crofton MD 21114 V RC Charlene Fields 818 Main St SW New Elliognon SC 29809 RC Soarng HR Norckauer 12016 Queens P1. Huntsville AL 35803 FP Wallets Johnson 4112 White Acres Rd Montgomery AL36106 CL Marilyn Duane 862 Colonial Ct. Meat Jacksonville FL 32211 VI RC Ralph WhiteJr.RR 1Boa324 Neoga 1L62447 CLW R EodziochJr22SwGlede Palatine 1L60067 FP Pat English 823 Broadway Vincannes IN 47591 VII John 421 Walnut Lane Apple Valley MN 55124 West RC Len Roe 6539 Orchid Dr Jenison Ml 49428 lEast CL & PF Deb lnhoff 6879 Weller Dr. NE Rocklord Ml 49341 Best VIIIJohn Deenor6205 Melinda Dr Wautauga TX 76145 RC Robertj Talley 3112 Lawrenza Ave Nederland TX 77627 IX Sill Bieda UNIVAC Bldg 7100W Cotter Rd No 420 Omaha NE 68108 RC George Hunter 6962 5 Lamar St. Littleton CO 80123 X Myrtle Coed 6073 Sunrise Dr Lower Lake CA 95457 North Lea Polanaky 258 Iris Ave Goleta CA 93017 ISouthl Prank Gomes 2241 Noah Street Honolulu HI 96816 HI meets Xl Don Dodd 3406 Belnidere Ave SW Seattle WA 98126 RC Don Miller 24715 Summir-Landsburg Ravensdale WA 98051 RC Pylon & Soaring RC Pattern other RC RC lescept Soaring Bold Faise Below Indiestes Chmrman Contest Board FREE FLIGHT CONTEST BOARD Henry Struck RFD 2 Hamburg Old Lsrma CT 06371 II Bradley Bane 60 Lake Ave Lyndonville NY 14098 Ill Rudy Klulber 2021 Lakaiand Ave Lakewood OH 44107 IV Joe Boyle Jr 219 Snenandosh Rd Hampton VA 23361 V Bonny Jenkins3112 ERaines Rd MemphisTN38118 VI Chria Metauno 2576 Ginger St John MO 63114 VII Phil KlittwOrsh Jr. 715 Rutgers Rochester Ml 48063 VIII Mark Valerius 2302 Pomeren Dr Houston TX 77055 IX Jerald Murphy 2432 Astrot Colorado Springs CO 80906 X Joe Noreross 413 Cameron Hanford CA 93230 Xl Ernie Lint l6558121st Ave SE RentonWA 98055 CONTROL LINE CONTEST BOARD George Higgins P0 Sos 482 North Pembroke MA 02359 II Bill Boss 77-06 269th St New Hyde Park NY 11040 III Laird Jackson 1025 Walnut St Philadelphia PA 19107 IV Ron McNally 6118 Barde Ave. Springfield VA 22152 V Dave Hemstrasght P0 Eon 171 Moncks Corner SC 29461 VI Bob Butch 1758 N Natchez Chicago 1L60646 VII James SintOn 4941 Wisconsin N New Hope MN 55428 VIII Mm Lee 3522 Tameriek Lane Missouri CitvTX 77459 IX Mitneel Tallman 3014 Eachange Wichita KS 67217 X Vic Garner P0 Box 573 Livermore CA 945S0 XI Dan Rutherford 4705 237th Fl SE BotheliWA 98011 RADIO CONTROL CONTEST BOARD I Ed Izzo 483 Poke St Holliston MA 01746 II Joe Friend 62 Jon Tart Freehold NJ 07728 Ill Ron Hesselbrock 6320 Blueberry Hill Cs. Cincinnati OH 45211 IV Wayne Abemethy 5221 Marlboro Pike Hillside MD 20027 V J Davis Jr. 1813 S Lakeshore D, Birmingham AL35216 VI Paul Pine rock 3989 Weber Way Lecingron KY 40514 VII Peter Waters 7420 7-Mile Rd Nortnville Ml 48167 VIII Mm Thomas 331 SE Rockwood Bertleeville OK 74003 IX Loran Tregallas 3003 S Everett Wichita KS 67217 X Bill Northrop Jr. 621 W 19th St Costa Mesa CA 92627 Xl Ralph Brooks 3431 5 194th Seattle WA 98186 SCALE CONTEST BOARD I Richard Sherman 28 High St Plymouth NH 03264 II Robert Clemens 95 Shoreway Dr Rochester NY 14612 III Edward Wiavar 1521 Summit St McKeesporl PA 15130 IV Bob Karlsson 2643 Marsh Rd. Wilmington 05 19810 V David PIett 6940 NW 15th Ft Lauderdale FL 33313 VI Bob Utderwood4 109 Concord Oaks St LouisM063128 VII Claude McCullough Boa 40 Montezuma IA 50171 VIII William H Irwin 922 Sundown Ln. Desoto TX 75115 IX Dean Copeland 7817 Seward St Omaha NE 68114 X Bill Stronun 12218 Dune St Norwalk CA 90650 Xl Earle Moorhead 275S View Place 5 Salem OR 97302 CONTEST BOARD COORDINATOR Don Lindlev420 Tupelo Naperellia IL 60540 September 1980 93 Walt Perkins LI receives congratulations trophy Contest Director Dick Hunt setting new low-time mark FAI Team Race Canadian trophy winners Standing L-R Ken Parent Brian Fairey Sam Burke Paul Se qouin Kneeling Rich Fairey Stu Henderson
Edition: Model Aviation - 1980/09
Page Numbers: 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93
WASHINGTON DC 20005 Hats Notes Dick Nutting Nats Publicity Promotion time hope significant part AMA membership packing up head Ohio 1980 Nats Nats Executive Committee remains virtually unchanged past years have learned space past months local committee somewhat promi nent usual Nats Committee chairman Bill Elliott asked take last pre-Nats chance introduce Throw magazine front seat car can identify us means bring us problems comments Bill Elliott Bill Elliott above overall Nats staff chairman WORKS Club operation past president club laborer vineyards 1976 Nats Bill got talking over few cans brew Chuck Shade back late 78 himself nearly full-time job seems thrive flying has suffered pos sible running Nats Bill makcs feeble stab Pattern flying doing either above plant layout engi neer Standard Register Company Dayton Nats staff vice-chairman Chuck Shade personable Shade Masters class Pattern flier long-time newsletter editor past officer WORKS Club designer RC systems Model viation reporter Pattern flying air craft designer w ved Chuck electrical techSteve Webendorfer facilities manager Nats Steve fairly recent recruit modeling After joining WORKS Club few years ago Steve found fault its Stu dent Pilot Training Program Like good club member didnt stop US Sweeps Indoor World Championships contest close until end US individual team winner Indoor World Championships West Baden IN June 22-24 Erv Rodemsky won Individual World Championship twoflight total 71 minutes 59 seconds US team won Team World Cham pionship total 206 minutes 39 seconds Jim Richmond 1978 World Champion competing individual second 7129 Third through fifth Butty Switzerland 7040 Ciapala Poland 6945 Hunt United Kingdom 6917 US team members Harland 6802 Andrews 6638 placed seventh eighth Second third place teams Switzerland 20443 United Kingdom 20342 86 Model Aviation NE WSLE ACADEMY OF MODEL AERONAUTICS815 FIFTEENTH STREET NW Chuck ShadeSteve Webendt nician Mound Laboratories division fault finding Steve suggested ways improve Monsanto Corporation involved nuclear program volunteered chairman research some hush-hush production took over rewrote revamped work Chuck has doing much leg continues run day Steve field work Wilmington site coordinating engineer Standard Register Company various RC events will held Dayton Nats staff boss myriad details surrounding Nats sites duck soup Steve years WORKS Club have shown top notch organizer John John Markunes Dude friends manpower manager modelings biggest show An imposing figure drooping moustache six-foot-plus height type would say no asked run Transmitter Impound hit oneself head hammer Lots people around country have heard Johns tough no-nonsense tones phone since took manpower job about year ago non-modeling life John plant manager Kemp Presision Circuits Dayton com pany makes circuit boards related items electronics industry Finance chairman Ohio Nats staff Bob Christopher Bob currently president Western Ohio Radio Kontrol Society twice past-treasurer under aus pices job club built up its invest ment portfolio continued its long tradi tion financial solidity Bob coordinating money matters concerning Nats tween Washington AMA Headquarters thriving Nats operation Ohio daytime hours Bob senior designer Concrete Technology Corporation Day ton Nats toughest lobs since year close-in housing has hard find difficult distribute equitable Walt has abundance quiet charm plenty savvy area human relations has put good use up now un doubtedly will smooth calm self Nats sites weeks come Like Steve Bill Walt works Daytons Stand ard Register Company manager customer engineering Bill Keller Concessions manager Nats Bill Keller Bill needs little introduction per haps best known figure modeling world associated years Nats long time Control Line Rat Race hot-shot Bill has flown Pattern raced RC boats cars now RC Combat Bills jovial face hearty greetings welcome sight model ing events over Midwest Bill said man alive can square loop half-rolls using spatula ham burger coming off hot grill Bill owner W-K Hobbies Centerville OH manu facturer several well known model kits surprisingly have heard him action crack salesman Sequoia Building Supply Company 37 ci RC Giant Scale Limit Ratified Effective immediately RC Giant Scale displacement limit raised 366 37 cu Scale Contest Boards ratification vote displacement increase 10 1 Dist VIII opposed change AMA competition rules made according provisions Contest Board Procedures emergency pro posals proposal reasons published June 1980 issue page 89 Publicity promotion Nats least local level being handled yours truly Dick Nutting dabble Pattern flying Stand-Off Scale am former Free Flight competitor sport Control Line flier presently am member Hawks Hurricanes Show Team Greater Cincinnati area taking care modeling business am producer news documentaries WLWT Television Cincinnati Thats local gang welcome Ohio advance firmly believe have great Nats store will find some things different time around hope like us adventurous enough give new things whirl Have fun say hello meet column will have another go-round two after Nats late fall will report end meet bare souls what worked what didnt Till Ohio .its new decade new Nats FF Contest Board Con sidering Emergency Height Redefinition Background Due question whether Northwood Institute Atrium West Baden IN AMA Category II site Free Flight Contest Board Chairman Chris Matsuno two others measured interior last year found Category Ill over 100 ft AMA ceiling height definition Category III 49 ft 2 98 ft 5 FAI ceiling height definition announced April issue page 85 reported AMA record flights West Baden site rescinded sufficient duration have established Category Ill mark AMA rule method measurement includes ceiling height through openings having horizontal oblique dimensions greater six feet FAI rule method September 1980 87 Dick Nutting UOb thrstopfler Walt Akridge Walt Akridge undertaking thankless job camping housing coordinator FF Contest Board Continued highest point circle 15 meters can inscribed After CB chairmans report West Baden height measurement some fliers charged chairmans reclassification site improper because intent 100-ft category AMA purposes met West Baden site letter rule no record flight site fact exceeded 100-ft height also felt appropriate height measured certain height AMA rules different height FAI rules question intent AMA rules chairman has polled entire Con test Board results shown separate ly chart form board voted 6-to-4 West Baden does conform intent AMA rules Category II sites Emergency Rules Change Progress Stat ing intent rule should measure areas accessible models AMA rule does necessarily accomplish maintaining site should measured uniformly both AMA FAI rules Dr John B Martin Miami FL has sub mitted proposal emergency action accord ing Contest Board Procedures proposal revise rule book para 19161 fol lowing 161 height ceiling defined vertical distance floor highest point circle 15 meters can inscribed below primary structure building no case will low medi um ceiling record granted flier indoor model has taken advantage ceiling cavity size order attain greater altitude legal ceiling height limit No artificial ceilings can created establish category As accompanying voting chart also indicates Free Flight Contest Board process considering emergency rules-change proposal course action decided upon publish proposal article board vote later wheth er accept immediate implementation issue expected readers hands approximately August 1 ex pected boards vote will take place between September 1 September 15 Any AMA member has interest proposal pro con urged state views districts Free Flight Contest Board member prior September 1 sanction fee related three-day sanc tioning period particularly would want 1 run record trials con test atmosphere multiple contestants 2 make multiple tries over days and/or months either case noted such trials could very expensive especially several record categories model classes involved Attention called contrasting conditions FAI World Rec ord Trialswherein sanction period remainder calendar year other national AMA recordswherein sanction allows number people try rec ords Emergency Rules Change Progress order resolve problems RC Contest Board Chairman Joe Friend has consulted RC Contest Board boards voting shown accompanying chart tentative new procedural rules have developed 1 sanction fee will $200 originally sanction will good classes models categories records number fliers 2 standard meet sanction application must used must submitted contest coordinator same other sanction application coordination purposes will considered same Class meet additional $500 fee must accompany application event spon sored AMA chartered club 3 sanc tion must applied coordinated granted sufficiently early announcement event printed before takes place RC Contest Board has tentatively accepted revised sanctioning conditions RC Sailplane National Records accord ance Contest Board Procedures interpretations safety emergency rules procedures call publication pro posal article allow AMA member comment Contest Board make final ratification vote four six weeks following publication proposal approved final ratification vote comes effective immediately upon publication Until previous rules conditions apply interest proposal pro con should state views RC Contest Board members districts should done no later September 1 1980 Background July 1979 Duane Gall Ann Arbor Ml requested rules clarification regarding Quarter Midget Pylon Racing engine modifications As reported January 1980 issue page 84 RC Contest Board ruled allow 1 excessive use metal shims produced manufac turer between upper lower parts crankcase change engine timing 2 use RC engine parts cataloged use Free Flight /Speed version include sert-type head available NC Contest Board Possible Sanction Pro- Reconsidering QM cedure Changes tor Engine Modification RC Sailplane Records Background September 1979 issue page 89 announced RC Contest Boards emergency action creating RC Sailplane national AMA records Related procedures re quired sanction fee $200 per class category sanction period three continuous days anticipated record trials would involve single dividual single record category Contest Board Chairman Joe Friend re ports have complaints about stock RC engines produced manufac turer Since publication ruling has considerable confusion among QM community regarding interpretations ruling also has lot corre spondence among QM people manufac turers CB Chairman Joe Friend review correspondence includes limited following points Insert heads listed manufacturer usable RC version amount shims used manufacturer varies mak ing impossible check what number excessive Substitution metal shims paper shims should allowed im proves engine durability performance Gaskets shims excluded rules requirements engines used event Current Status accordance Contest Board Proced ures interpretations safety emergency rules CB Chairman Joe Friend has polled board determine what action should taken results poll shown chart form separately indicating board wishes have pub lished modeler comment proposal tended solve problemswith board vote afterwards final acceptance implementation denial pro posal particular instance however board has considered tentatively ac cepted specific proposal published Contest Board Chairman Friend indicates will seek specific proposal solving problems QM section NMPRA has tentatively approved Contest Board will published AMA member comment subsequent final Contest Board voting RC Soaring Team Selection Finals presi dential decision event will California SULA Soaring Union Los Angeles flying field California State College Dominguez Dates August 30 through Sep tember 1 CD Dave Thornberg See Presl dents Outlook page 72 details Hats Unofficial Events Free Flight Changes Additions Ac cording information just received Battle Britain Old-Timer Rubber Scale events have rescheduled Tuesday August 12 originally scheduled Thursday Rise-Off-Water ROW flying including rubber power gas power scheduled Friday August 15 events sponsored George Perryman run Columbus OH group Indoor Manhattan Cabin has sched uled Monday August 11 Cargo flown Tuesday August 12 run Minnesota Aero Modelers Free Flight unofficial events listed July issue sponsored and/or coordinated National Free Flight Society outdoor FF unofficial events will flown Wright Field Dayton OH indoor unofficial events will flown University Cincinnati Fieldhouse Cincinnati OH Control Line Addition Y2A Combat will flown Thursday August 14 con clusion Jr-Sr Fast Combat event will use 35-ft lines 012 dia ages com bined Double elimination Run Steve Hills Rich Von Lopez 88 Model Aviation FREE FLIGHT CONTEST BOARD VOTE FOR INTERPRETATION OF WEST BADEN CEILING HEIGHT CLASS AND ON RELATED EMERGENCY PROPOSAL ptable N Acceptable F al substitute FAI method measur ing ceiiing heights AMA category classifications under FM method West Baden would AMA Cat II re instate AMA Cat II records set West Baden J RADIO CONTROL CONTEST BOARD VOTING REGARDINGSANCTIONINGPROCEDURES NATIONAL RC SAILPLANE RECORDS g - esult te c NLJC1 &2 eptable and bo N Acceptableui L u TA oJ Z ally II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X1XI 1 or BClass vs Category Distinction Assuming numbers 2 3 above good number participants{I..1J.2i1.JL.L1.J...I .ki-k 4fII,,-,IA - 1I2I31II2I1I1I 2Require $5 additional sanction fee non-chartered club u-ANANA AAAAA7A 2N sorship same other AMA-sanctioned events 3Require contest coordination though records event aANANAAAAAA7A 2N Class meet 4Require prepublication AMA RC Soaring recordsAAANAAANNA6A 3N events Notes A blank voting block means no vote cast vote surrounded parentheses means tne vote received after deadline counted results *Means tie question answered subsequent re-vote RADIO CONTROL CONTEST BOARD VOTE oZe REGARDING EMERGENCY RULES FORE0- ENGINEMODSINQUARTERMIDGETPYLONjOE O Result C0 - 2CoICE~J ofVote N L1C CC - C z eptableand N AcceptableUJt 2AZ LJ-A oJ 0Z - U Tally II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI Lfor ruling/enforcement21 12j12221A*J IA171/ otes blank box means no vote cast *Means assigned value since second third choices indicated September 198089 z o -o - 0 o -o e III TO C z C 0 C CE V 0 U C -0 2 0 VIIIi IX 0 CO C4 VI 0 IV C C 0 VII 00 U -o X C J C 0 0. C 4 uJ Xl Result Vote Tally Notes diate ruling/enforcement requiri5 ication proposal later Jon test Board vote ruling/enforcement C al immediate action Means assigned value since second third choices indicated blank box means no vote cast LINE * The CL biggie yearatWinston Salem NC June 21-22 new top man running Golden Triad Model Mas ters did fantastic job new FAI * Team Race mark set plus some new Speed records BB Brown Jr os author LC Hepler IOIUHIPS Harold Lambert pits Snake Rat Racer June 1977 Model Aviation plan No 190 AH WINSTON-SALEM first day summer aroma tobacco wafted over coliseum parking lot prevailing winds went backwards few hours checking motel Norfolk VA Mouse Racing contingent wandered offered show machines let delve secrets 1/A reed-valve engines Also Shadow Racing ensconced determinedly filing Team Race propellers showing wares wandering tribes North After much discussion virtues stock engines Swindell Tate Daniels et al said hello Shadow Racing ie Walt Perkins J E Aibritton soon joined Canadian Team Racing %A Goodyear winners Kneeling Willis Swin dell 1st Standing L-R George CaIdwell 4th Greg Crotts 2nd Gene Daniels 3rd Speed Contingent three groups produce coincidentally five first places two second places four third places rec ord FAI Team Race time next two days 1980 United States Control Line Cham pionships Dawn sound high-speed racing engines come up together Slow Combat 90 Model Aviation Aibritton puosi ana vvais rerKins piI retract-gear low-time Team Racer hI Quickee coming pit Lee land readies catch Byron Reynolds Karyn Foster 1st end 2nd Mouse Race Class Junior-Senior Pareii aruu arian r-alrey warm up FAI Team Racers Scale Racing agenda 830 am Junior-Senior Slow Combat saw Ricky Hum mer defeat Sexton Hartlaub Reedy garner first place laurels Reedy second Hartlaub third Open Slow large entry 20 ably bossed pit Howard Shenton Dave Owen Senior de feated Gary Fentress finals got defeating Paul Curtis later won Fast Combat Fentress defeated Cartier place second Curtis Cartier flew third fourth respectively Owen used old K&B 35 ran exceptionally well Junior-Senior Goodyear invaded Canadians Sheldon Ybanez Roanoke VA fended off first place time 7598 Stuart Henderson Toronto took second John Denny third new 60-ft lines 014-in diameter did slow speeds much Last year Ballard took first 551 year first place went John Wolf 549 fol lowed Harold Lambert 554 Steve Rece 559 Steve fastest heat time 253 Nineteen entries bad event dominated engine cant get Several fliers suggest new 21 would good replacement because OPS HB Supertigre OS K&B make car boat racing new AD 15 showed up Winston-Salem blew bearing did last spring Southwest Regionals AD extremely hard get well ex pensive--no help suggest trying stay 15 simply because World Championships displacement Combat Speed Team Racing Free Flight Power use alcohol-and-lubricant-only fuels Navy Carrier excellent turnout year 18 contestants Peter Mazur won Profile Carrier ll George Cox second Profile Steve Dinermah third Bob Whitfield Joe Cservenko second third Carrier Brian Silversmith Derek Siegel second third Carrier II Navy Carrier holds spectator interest second Combat FAI Combat fartherest-away con testant Paul Gibenault Edmonton Can ada FAI flown double elimination loses first match second flight made against different combatant Phil Cartier flew against Paul Segouin Cana da really terrific match third round Cartier emerged overall victor Reedy second Segouin third Slow Rat gets faster faster Nash ville Rats still own event though profess serious about fast Rat Larry Hill son Cardiff Giant Jolly G flew fastest Slow Rat final history event 5 mm 1606 sec Pitmen Paul Tune Dreskell took third second respec tively 533 530 Jr-Sr Slow Rat Ken Hicks placed first John Denny second John Edersbach third Class reed valve Mouse started 2 pm Jr-Srs showing good times good form Bryan Reynolds Advance NC age 11 took first place Karyn Foster 12 took second Chris Scott third Sheldon Ybanez fourth Open Mouse CIl 15 entries Nor folk VA group took three trophies First Willis Swindell second John Tate third Meade Jenkins fourth George CaIdwell Rockville MD Beginner-Intermediate Precision Aero batics event excellent turnout 11 Roger Armstrong placed first Pat Robinson ran Aerobatics events year much precision winners flew pat tern Advanced flown Sunday Scott Bair third place moved up 2nd Beginner Class last year Rolland McDonald placed first Mike Mustain second Precision Expert 11 entries Dave Hemstrought garnering first place year September 198091 Douglas Skyraider Ed Rhodes won first place Sport Scale P-47 by Dale Campbell tirst built-up modeldid immaculate job third place Richard Schneiders P51 2nd place went Clement Caddells Zero Nice array ot Sport Scale entries @3 0 U @3 @3 Frank Garzon holds 2iZ mpfl 1st piace L Speed jobjust missed record Canadian Sam burke still flas flair realism assymetry FAI first 148 mph Les Baers 18579 en t couldnt back up within 5 mph record purposes Cu mm U second 79 Dennis Adamisin took second Stan Powell won last year third AMA Fast Combat favorite spectator event rained airplane parts about five one-half hours Sunday 23 contestants really put show Paul Curtis emerged victor super match David Owen Forrest Atkins third ole racing-pit man-turned-gladiator Fary Fentress fourth 830 Sunday morning FAI Team Rac ing started first heat two DNFs Baker/Kerr team Canada refly Fellow Canadians Kelly/Parent won sec ond heat handily 407 Brian Fairey I- Cu U Lu Cu cm Em I. Lu U son Richard Toronto edged Van sants 413 415 bomb came Perkins/Aibritton blasted 100 laps 3 mm 3306 sec second round heats Kelly/ Parent improved somewhat 40512 Vansant team cut second off previous time still could best Fairey team So finals showed Perkins/Aibritton Kelly/ Parent Fairey/Fairey Perkins/Albritton Shadow Racing Team shown consist ency second round time 3 3409 final 200-lap race began Shadow team getting off first showing su perior speed clocking 1945 seconds 10 laps through race 1156 mph cleanly flown race teams excellent pit stops flying retract able landing gear Shadow model alu minum/magnesium/titanium Nelson 15 Die sel made five pit stops fuel covered 20 kilometers 7 mm 1900 secthe fastest time have heard competition puts American World Champs Team real contention first time since Stockton/Jehlik won world title bunch years back Congratulations Walter iE best luck Poland July 1AA Scale Racing saw Chris Scott win nice 64542 Jr-Sr Bryan Reynolds second 700 Karen Foster third 725 Open saw Swindell complete first 50-lap heat segment fastest-ever 2258 kept up finals win ning event 4 mm 5378 sec Greg Crotts second 5129 Gene Daniels third 52709 Fine show Norfolk club Fast Rat didnt slow down either after another mandatory pit stop added finals last year Top qualifier Larry Hill did two back-to-back 70-lap heats 21235 21376 Dick Lamberts 21548 21839 Harold Lamberts 22545 22224 show best one-man pitting technique pit crew Tune Driskell pitting Nashville Rats Slow AMA Rat Hill flying consistently two-sec faster Driskells times 22112 92 Model Aviation Sr David Owen 1st Slow 2nd Fast 4th FAI Combat Slow model shown left David Owen battle Nea . 2 spots Fast Combat Curtis winner transferred Two planes FAI Combat Canadian FAt Combat planes Seqouin front Gibenault Most Combat matches leave some damage foam-wing casualty FAI class Combat line-up pull-tests ana matcnes res Iv]azur mast won aim inree ~arrir eventa helping Joe Cservenko MO-i rete Mazur slow-f lignis winning MO-i guardian Skyraider patiently awaiting turns deck Successful Carrier landing helped assist ants signals body English Carrier pit area Nice turnout year Roger Armstrong first Beginner-Intermedi ate Precision Aerobatics 22338 Tunes entry blew plug first round 324 turned 21402 second Lamberts just slightly faster airfor example 1512 mph against 15082 mph Tune Bobby Oge turned 22098 21957 Ballard flying Ballards entry clocked 22925 22504 So finalists emerging seventeen entries finals produced battle circle between Lam bert Hill Hill adopted new flying style raceboth elbows horizon tal Dick Lambert about62couldnt see horizon much less airplane caused some erratic movements 150 mph Rat Hill flew normally Lamberts plane pit appears observer blocking intentional though officials didnt call him final 10-mile times Larry Hill 45519 first place Harold Lambert 45958 second John Ballard 50814 third Class II Mouse entries dropped 22 nine year Probably because way Combat Rat scheduled Karyn Foster took first Jr-Sr followed Chris Scott Sheldon Ybanez Open TD Mouse saw William Reynolds set heat pace Precision Aerobatics Dave Hemstroughts Expert Class winner Precision Aerobatics PAMPA classes used 3355 finals 95116 Jerry Kas mer second 10346 Scott Jenkins third Sport Scale entrant previous very large P47 entered built plastic scale model Dale Campbell really did nice job Ed Rhodes placed first Douglas AD-6 Skyraider flaps dive brakes retractable gear arresting gear operated three lines Clement Caddell second Zero built early Royal kit Japanese structions Clem didnt say literate Japanese Richard Schneider third ever-popular P-Si Mustang Speed will covered separately year Speed column Gene Hempel next month Four fliers should noted report Sam Burke Canada took FAI Speed 148 mph Bill Hughes flew Gene MartineS torth-place Mariner Rat Goodyear Team Race set two new Senior records Formula 40 14846 Class B 16054 Frank Garzon missed Class D record 02 mph 20126 mph took first place fastest time meet Les Baer new Class B 65 325 lines 18575 mph Open couldnt back up record good meet Run champions cham pions national championship should managed smallest clubs aroundthe Golden Triad Model Mas ters Kudos Dick Hunt Contest Director event directors Hayes Combat pit crews Martin Cleveland Racing Pardue Carrier Robinson Aero batics Payne Scale Ms Lois Martin Debbie Cleveland kept racing events going usual Cant wait til next year Directory CONTEST COORDINATORS Pad L Fenney8 Charlotte Dr Andover MA Oi8iO II N Sobrino87-2688th St Woodhaven Queens NY 11421 RC Richard Smith 300 Steko Ave. Rochester NY 14615 RC Lawrence Lundy 246 Ontario Lockport NY 14094 Ill Ken Reber RD 1 Nazareth PA 18084 lEasti M Weisenbach 4568 hV 146th Cleveland 01-I 44135 West IV Warren Sanoers Jr. 9735 52nd Avenue College Park-MD 20741 RC Ed Fiszwacer 1920 Ardenwood Terrace Crofton MD 21114 V RC Charlene Fields 818 Main St SW New Elliognon SC 29809 RC Soarng HR Norckauer 12016 Queens P1. Huntsville AL 35803 FP Wallets Johnson 4112 White Acres Rd Montgomery AL36106 CL Marilyn Duane 862 Colonial Ct. Meat Jacksonville FL 32211 VI RC Ralph WhiteJr.RR 1Boa324 Neoga 1L62447 CLW R EodziochJr22SwGlede Palatine 1L60067 FP Pat English 823 Broadway Vincannes IN 47591 VII John 421 Walnut Lane Apple Valley MN 55124 West RC Len Roe 6539 Orchid Dr Jenison Ml 49428 lEast CL & PF Deb lnhoff 6879 Weller Dr. NE Rocklord Ml 49341 Best VIIIJohn Deenor6205 Melinda Dr Wautauga TX 76145 RC Robertj Talley 3112 Lawrenza Ave Nederland TX 77627 IX Sill Bieda UNIVAC Bldg 7100W Cotter Rd No 420 Omaha NE 68108 RC George Hunter 6962 5 Lamar St. Littleton CO 80123 X Myrtle Coed 6073 Sunrise Dr Lower Lake CA 95457 North Lea Polanaky 258 Iris Ave Goleta CA 93017 ISouthl Prank Gomes 2241 Noah Street Honolulu HI 96816 HI meets Xl Don Dodd 3406 Belnidere Ave SW Seattle WA 98126 RC Don Miller 24715 Summir-Landsburg Ravensdale WA 98051 RC Pylon & Soaring RC Pattern other RC RC lescept Soaring Bold Faise Below Indiestes Chmrman Contest Board FREE FLIGHT CONTEST BOARD Henry Struck RFD 2 Hamburg Old Lsrma CT 06371 II Bradley Bane 60 Lake Ave Lyndonville NY 14098 Ill Rudy Klulber 2021 Lakaiand Ave Lakewood OH 44107 IV Joe Boyle Jr 219 Snenandosh Rd Hampton VA 23361 V Bonny Jenkins3112 ERaines Rd MemphisTN38118 VI Chria Metauno 2576 Ginger St John MO 63114 VII Phil KlittwOrsh Jr. 715 Rutgers Rochester Ml 48063 VIII Mark Valerius 2302 Pomeren Dr Houston TX 77055 IX Jerald Murphy 2432 Astrot Colorado Springs CO 80906 X Joe Noreross 413 Cameron Hanford CA 93230 Xl Ernie Lint l6558121st Ave SE RentonWA 98055 CONTROL LINE CONTEST BOARD George Higgins P0 Sos 482 North Pembroke MA 02359 II Bill Boss 77-06 269th St New Hyde Park NY 11040 III Laird Jackson 1025 Walnut St Philadelphia PA 19107 IV Ron McNally 6118 Barde Ave. Springfield VA 22152 V Dave Hemstrasght P0 Eon 171 Moncks Corner SC 29461 VI Bob Butch 1758 N Natchez Chicago 1L60646 VII James SintOn 4941 Wisconsin N New Hope MN 55428 VIII Mm Lee 3522 Tameriek Lane Missouri CitvTX 77459 IX Mitneel Tallman 3014 Eachange Wichita KS 67217 X Vic Garner P0 Box 573 Livermore CA 945S0 XI Dan Rutherford 4705 237th Fl SE BotheliWA 98011 RADIO CONTROL CONTEST BOARD I Ed Izzo 483 Poke St Holliston MA 01746 II Joe Friend 62 Jon Tart Freehold NJ 07728 Ill Ron Hesselbrock 6320 Blueberry Hill Cs. Cincinnati OH 45211 IV Wayne Abemethy 5221 Marlboro Pike Hillside MD 20027 V J Davis Jr. 1813 S Lakeshore D, Birmingham AL35216 VI Paul Pine rock 3989 Weber Way Lecingron KY 40514 VII Peter Waters 7420 7-Mile Rd Nortnville Ml 48167 VIII Mm Thomas 331 SE Rockwood Bertleeville OK 74003 IX Loran Tregallas 3003 S Everett Wichita KS 67217 X Bill Northrop Jr. 621 W 19th St Costa Mesa CA 92627 Xl Ralph Brooks 3431 5 194th Seattle WA 98186 SCALE CONTEST BOARD I Richard Sherman 28 High St Plymouth NH 03264 II Robert Clemens 95 Shoreway Dr Rochester NY 14612 III Edward Wiavar 1521 Summit St McKeesporl PA 15130 IV Bob Karlsson 2643 Marsh Rd. Wilmington 05 19810 V David PIett 6940 NW 15th Ft Lauderdale FL 33313 VI Bob Utderwood4 109 Concord Oaks St LouisM063128 VII Claude McCullough Boa 40 Montezuma IA 50171 VIII William H Irwin 922 Sundown Ln. Desoto TX 75115 IX Dean Copeland 7817 Seward St Omaha NE 68114 X Bill Stronun 12218 Dune St Norwalk CA 90650 Xl Earle Moorhead 275S View Place 5 Salem OR 97302 CONTEST BOARD COORDINATOR Don Lindlev420 Tupelo Naperellia IL 60540 September 1980 93 Walt Perkins LI receives congratulations trophy Contest Director Dick Hunt setting new low-time mark FAI Team Race Canadian trophy winners Standing L-R Ken Parent Brian Fairey Sam Burke Paul Se qouin Kneeling Rich Fairey Stu Henderson