Combat Tom Southern FROM ENGLAND Mexico City combat fliers came Lake Charles La compete US National Champion ships Few other contests country can compare Nationals combat competition best everywhere showed up Lake Charles pit skills planes against another Combat has always ranked among top spectator drawing events Na tionals year spectator got see best Combat Nationals has ever produced instance FAI Combat year came its own highlighted match between Bob Burch Cicero Ill Richard Wilkins England match far Best Match entire week possibly best have ever seen anywhere Both fliers given standing ovation spectators competitors alike finished match fine show flying ability super moves left Bob Burch winner match Richard Wilkins virtue FAT rule flies losers first round off get back winners bracket went win 5th place FAT event Richard Stubblefield Houston Ix winner Open Combat last year back defend title year Rich ard must have come fly Combat year because no less twice did see him tell pit crew put him back up airplane pit match won stayed down sportsmanship award Com bat Richard Stubblefield would get vote Richard finally finished 3rd Open Combat 1st Open Slow Combat Juniors Seniors year outstanding fliers really gave Open fliers something look out next few years Junior ExampleJoe Kall Lakewood Ca winner Junior Com bat 5th Junior Slow Combat good flier good equipment Look out Seni ors Seniors couple outstand ing fliers impressed David Aoyama Seattle Wa David gave Richard Wilkins very hard time FAI Combat semi-finals 5th place something very few fliers could David really flew well gave Richard could handle David said does combat prac ticing combatinteresting idea Combat airplanes year tended little bigger wing area-wise last year Nemesis II still far popular airplane Open Combat years Open winner Sherwood Buckstaff wasnt flying Bucks design calls Ass Hole has larger wing area slight ly thicker airfoil Nemesis equal engines Nemesis would probably outrun ugh Bucks design excelled level flight much Combat have seen level flight turns Bucks airplane seemed turn little tighter Nemesis Slow Combat dominated Mongoose/Flite Streak type airplanes really much new Slow Combat ex MA-type combat pleasure both contestant spectator since can both keep up whats going saw lot airplanes designed get around landing gear rule planes ended up finals should tell combat fliers something mainly isnt plane wins Combat flier years National Combat Cham pionships saw whning Combat matches become function flying ability relying rules interpreta tions technicalities win happy see After isnt what spirit Combat about Next year will probably see same type good Combat Possibly slightly larger better turning airplanes better fliers Mostly better fliers Probably Fox Combat Specials will seen next year About 20% top fliers placed Combat events flying Foxes year Duke has po tentially super engine cant thing get better next year gets timing straight sleeve Wooden props way back also body says wooden props break hit ground fact top fliers hit groundeven once nylon 8/8s everybody likes seemed slowing down planes hard turns Maybe losing pitch under high stress turns Whatever reason saw wooden props year last continued page 88 November1975 17 Junior Combat winner Joe Kall Shrika II foam-wing job Though large proved quite competitive Right Norm Johnson goodlooking Bosta pix Howard Rush Bill moose iien win new design featuring adjustable tail moment neat way trim out design adding weight Right Allens tail boom two pieces brass tubing slipped inside other pinned taped over Other end slips over maple post rear wing Secondary ply boom streamer attach Stabilator pins through brass tubing No 118 No119 No 120 N atslC 1/Southern continued page 17 Well much fliers group Combat fliers Nats year did get fly Combat What say Did sorry people running Combat let fly No matter fact guys dint fly because ran event year did super job too listed Co-director Combat didnt much can talk about Gary James Kan Greg Turpin Ca Ron McNally Va Pat Wilcox NJ really did fantastic job running event Everything run scheduled times schedule realistic adhered resulted event GoIIyGeeWhiz$150 Dan Rutherfords simple Half-A powered Combat job turns dime Beginners Too$300 basic RC trainer 09 1 5s rudder elevator motor controls Cathexis$450 Dave Parsons FAI FF has auto-elevator rudder prop brake No 100Hinnants F-5*450 ultimate maneuverability smoothness 80 Pattern job has No101Short Seamew S300 40-powered Class Carrier model good prototype lends itself innovations No 102French Wench $225 Free Flight Classes 1/2A 049 051a fully tested design No 103Kloud King 8400 15- 19 AC Old-Timer Free Flight based upon 1938 record breaker FF No 104Wiley Post Biplane *225 Petite durable scale design either rubber tail wagger pulse rudderi No 105Harold Ruerks Sportsman *450 dream RC cabin job pretty smooth lines 40 powered fullhouse No 106vought Kingfisher *450 semi-scale fully stuntable Control Line model Las King 25 35 enginesl No 107Aeronca K 8200 24 wingspan rubber Indoor Scale job old-time lightplane Its done 90 seconds No108Elactnc0na 8375 Couldnt done Dick Serpolus Astro 25 RC job performs pattern No 109Bill Fuods Quarter Midget*300 Developed House Balsa design modifications faster times No110 The Zippar *175 latest CL Scale Racers John Kils donk job must racing fans No111 MaxA-Million 8375 fleet free flights problem good A/B FAI No112 Sneat 8275 Sport AC glider simple job can flown engine No113 Cessna 150 Aerobat 8275 Step up Half-A CL jobs 09-powered semi-profile easy build fly No 114 Ernie violetts DH Comet 8900 CL Scale 1974 Nets first-place winner twin flies beautifully No115Niris8400 An AC pattern job takes advan tage best esisting criteria No 116ElectroUte8150 Hal Covers contest-type free flight VTOs Hytork electric motor No117Novice8150 simple beginners A-i Nordic con structed entirely sheet balsa Circle numbers plans wish order 100 107 114 101102103 104105 106 108109110111112113 115116117 118 119 120 P/ease print carefully Enclosed $ NAME STREET CITY ran continuously smoothly through whole week Four independent judges used match-two plane very much missed two protests filed whole week new record Combat Nats rumor around hangar Pat Wilcox Ron McNally may run Combat Nationals next year true will better year because guys really know what doing Another thing people have common fact MACA Miniature Aircraft Combat Assoc members fact over half top 35 Combat fliers years Nats MACA members So have read article far bound Com bat flier need part MACA Send $500 Tom Southern 2207 Paul Longview Tx 75601 years subscription MACA News letter digress Combat finally getting down flying ability Joe Kall Ca Tim Plake Tx Sherwood Buckstaff Tx year proved us werent pansies anyone wants beat next year better ready out-fly stop quarrel about rules feel sure will back next year give Combat fliers chance ADVERTISERS INDEX Ace Radio Control Inc..... 3 Andrews Aircraft Model Co...77 Cleveland Model & Supply Co.. 74 Concept Models ........ 86 Du-Bro Products Inc 47 Emerson Electric ....... 1 Carl Goldberg Models 7 Grish Brothers ........70 G-S Products Corp Intl 71 Jefs Friends .........83 JR Sales Company 75 Midwest Products Company ...73 Owls Head Jewelry Corp.... 72 Peck-Polymers ........69 Progress Mfg Company ....87 Rare Birds ..........88 Satellite City ......... 85 Sig Mfg Company ....... 42 SPSystems ..........75 Sterling Models Inc...... 81 Sullivan Products Inc...... 79 Superscale 72 TeleCraft ...........70 VLProducts .......... 76 Williams Brothers....... 80 World EnginesBack Cover STATE 71 p Price includes first-class postage Send check money order payable Model Aviation AMA 806 Fifteenth St. NW. Washington DC 20005 Correction page 71 October issue appeared picture Vought Flying Pancake credited Bill Caldwell advises took photo model built R M Johnson 88 Model Aviation I a.nt1f1 4001. prints f Gold. *5 Siflf* UJ&n Xa.ii.1i olossi IIdeal sIne Sts fli 101 framing Si j7 si Nisqoall fle ennfl7flle C 04087 FULL-SIZE PLANS
Edition: Model Aviation - 1975/11
Page Numbers: 17, 88
Combat Tom Southern FROM ENGLAND Mexico City combat fliers came Lake Charles La compete US National Champion ships Few other contests country can compare Nationals combat competition best everywhere showed up Lake Charles pit skills planes against another Combat has always ranked among top spectator drawing events Na tionals year spectator got see best Combat Nationals has ever produced instance FAI Combat year came its own highlighted match between Bob Burch Cicero Ill Richard Wilkins England match far Best Match entire week possibly best have ever seen anywhere Both fliers given standing ovation spectators competitors alike finished match fine show flying ability super moves left Bob Burch winner match Richard Wilkins virtue FAT rule flies losers first round off get back winners bracket went win 5th place FAT event Richard Stubblefield Houston Ix winner Open Combat last year back defend title year Rich ard must have come fly Combat year because no less twice did see him tell pit crew put him back up airplane pit match won stayed down sportsmanship award Com bat Richard Stubblefield would get vote Richard finally finished 3rd Open Combat 1st Open Slow Combat Juniors Seniors year outstanding fliers really gave Open fliers something look out next few years Junior ExampleJoe Kall Lakewood Ca winner Junior Com bat 5th Junior Slow Combat good flier good equipment Look out Seni ors Seniors couple outstand ing fliers impressed David Aoyama Seattle Wa David gave Richard Wilkins very hard time FAI Combat semi-finals 5th place something very few fliers could David really flew well gave Richard could handle David said does combat prac ticing combatinteresting idea Combat airplanes year tended little bigger wing area-wise last year Nemesis II still far popular airplane Open Combat years Open winner Sherwood Buckstaff wasnt flying Bucks design calls Ass Hole has larger wing area slight ly thicker airfoil Nemesis equal engines Nemesis would probably outrun ugh Bucks design excelled level flight much Combat have seen level flight turns Bucks airplane seemed turn little tighter Nemesis Slow Combat dominated Mongoose/Flite Streak type airplanes really much new Slow Combat ex MA-type combat pleasure both contestant spectator since can both keep up whats going saw lot airplanes designed get around landing gear rule planes ended up finals should tell combat fliers something mainly isnt plane wins Combat flier years National Combat Cham pionships saw whning Combat matches become function flying ability relying rules interpreta tions technicalities win happy see After isnt what spirit Combat about Next year will probably see same type good Combat Possibly slightly larger better turning airplanes better fliers Mostly better fliers Probably Fox Combat Specials will seen next year About 20% top fliers placed Combat events flying Foxes year Duke has po tentially super engine cant thing get better next year gets timing straight sleeve Wooden props way back also body says wooden props break hit ground fact top fliers hit groundeven once nylon 8/8s everybody likes seemed slowing down planes hard turns Maybe losing pitch under high stress turns Whatever reason saw wooden props year last continued page 88 November1975 17 Junior Combat winner Joe Kall Shrika II foam-wing job Though large proved quite competitive Right Norm Johnson goodlooking Bosta pix Howard Rush Bill moose iien win new design featuring adjustable tail moment neat way trim out design adding weight Right Allens tail boom two pieces brass tubing slipped inside other pinned taped over Other end slips over maple post rear wing Secondary ply boom streamer attach Stabilator pins through brass tubing No 118 No119 No 120 N atslC 1/Southern continued page 17 Well much fliers group Combat fliers Nats year did get fly Combat What say Did sorry people running Combat let fly No matter fact guys dint fly because ran event year did super job too listed Co-director Combat didnt much can talk about Gary James Kan Greg Turpin Ca Ron McNally Va Pat Wilcox NJ really did fantastic job running event Everything run scheduled times schedule realistic adhered resulted event GoIIyGeeWhiz$150 Dan Rutherfords simple Half-A powered Combat job turns dime Beginners Too$300 basic RC trainer 09 1 5s rudder elevator motor controls Cathexis$450 Dave Parsons FAI FF has auto-elevator rudder prop brake No 100Hinnants F-5*450 ultimate maneuverability smoothness 80 Pattern job has No101Short Seamew S300 40-powered Class Carrier model good prototype lends itself innovations No 102French Wench $225 Free Flight Classes 1/2A 049 051a fully tested design No 103Kloud King 8400 15- 19 AC Old-Timer Free Flight based upon 1938 record breaker FF No 104Wiley Post Biplane *225 Petite durable scale design either rubber tail wagger pulse rudderi No 105Harold Ruerks Sportsman *450 dream RC cabin job pretty smooth lines 40 powered fullhouse No 106vought Kingfisher *450 semi-scale fully stuntable Control Line model Las King 25 35 enginesl No 107Aeronca K 8200 24 wingspan rubber Indoor Scale job old-time lightplane Its done 90 seconds No108Elactnc0na 8375 Couldnt done Dick Serpolus Astro 25 RC job performs pattern No 109Bill Fuods Quarter Midget*300 Developed House Balsa design modifications faster times No110 The Zippar *175 latest CL Scale Racers John Kils donk job must racing fans No111 MaxA-Million 8375 fleet free flights problem good A/B FAI No112 Sneat 8275 Sport AC glider simple job can flown engine No113 Cessna 150 Aerobat 8275 Step up Half-A CL jobs 09-powered semi-profile easy build fly No 114 Ernie violetts DH Comet 8900 CL Scale 1974 Nets first-place winner twin flies beautifully No115Niris8400 An AC pattern job takes advan tage best esisting criteria No 116ElectroUte8150 Hal Covers contest-type free flight VTOs Hytork electric motor No117Novice8150 simple beginners A-i Nordic con structed entirely sheet balsa Circle numbers plans wish order 100 107 114 101102103 104105 106 108109110111112113 115116117 118 119 120 P/ease print carefully Enclosed $ NAME STREET CITY ran continuously smoothly through whole week Four independent judges used match-two plane very much missed two protests filed whole week new record Combat Nats rumor around hangar Pat Wilcox Ron McNally may run Combat Nationals next year true will better year because guys really know what doing Another thing people have common fact MACA Miniature Aircraft Combat Assoc members fact over half top 35 Combat fliers years Nats MACA members So have read article far bound Com bat flier need part MACA Send $500 Tom Southern 2207 Paul Longview Tx 75601 years subscription MACA News letter digress Combat finally getting down flying ability Joe Kall Ca Tim Plake Tx Sherwood Buckstaff Tx year proved us werent pansies anyone wants beat next year better ready out-fly stop quarrel about rules feel sure will back next year give Combat fliers chance ADVERTISERS INDEX Ace Radio Control Inc..... 3 Andrews Aircraft Model Co...77 Cleveland Model & Supply Co.. 74 Concept Models ........ 86 Du-Bro Products Inc 47 Emerson Electric ....... 1 Carl Goldberg Models 7 Grish Brothers ........70 G-S Products Corp Intl 71 Jefs Friends .........83 JR Sales Company 75 Midwest Products Company ...73 Owls Head Jewelry Corp.... 72 Peck-Polymers ........69 Progress Mfg Company ....87 Rare Birds ..........88 Satellite City ......... 85 Sig Mfg Company ....... 42 SPSystems ..........75 Sterling Models Inc...... 81 Sullivan Products Inc...... 79 Superscale 72 TeleCraft ...........70 VLProducts .......... 76 Williams Brothers....... 80 World EnginesBack Cover STATE 71 p Price includes first-class postage Send check money order payable Model Aviation AMA 806 Fifteenth St. NW. Washington DC 20005 Correction page 71 October issue appeared picture Vought Flying Pancake credited Bill Caldwell advises took photo model built R M Johnson 88 Model Aviation I a.nt1f1 4001. prints f Gold. *5 Siflf* UJ&n Xa.ii.1i olossi IIdeal sIne Sts fli 101 framing Si j7 si Nisqoall fle ennfl7flle C 04087 FULL-SIZE PLANS