CONTROL LINE COMBAT MONDAY MORNING hot humid Combat action started earnest 10 am four Juniors entered started flyoff pilots may small flew some big matches Juniors sons veteran Combat fliers acts together equipment worked got good starts flew some fine matches Mike Carlson went way first place followed Mat Arunski second Ryan Blair third Skyler Skelly fourth Emily Cartier Senior show up elected fly Open rather put trophy flight herself made 22 fliers entered Slow Combatalmost good fliers good equipment Names like McKinzie Fluker Kott Driskill Owen Henry meant matches hotly contested Early Steve Kott Tom Fluker tremendous match Both models going fast Kott used Nelson Fluker used Fox Kott got first cut taking knot Fluker came back got good-sized cut spent another minute half chasing before having midair 340 match Fluker won air time pilots worked hard feed opponent streamer Stels 36 imported Scott Newkirk Scaled-up version Stels 25 example runs about like good Fox strategy looks like going get cut anyway make sure big tactic begins lead pilot tries get models turning opposite directions fake turns directly front trailing model tries recover its done right trailing model gets too close has no place go its already fullcontrol loop cant turn tighter does nothing other model turns front gets killed turns other way flies through string gets kill tactic did generate quite few low-scoring matches cut counts 1-1 or2-1 very gentlemanly highscoring match Lany Driskill got up first lap Larry got small cut early pulled too close another pass able turn front him kill looked said dryly wasnt too smart probably cant win now Well did try make sure big cut now need couple said So went again Without streamer big speed advantage came charging up behind him managed updown pass two cuts leveled out discussed bit decided needed some insurance went again got third cut leaving foot flew way awhile discussing judges dont always see cuts pilots thought about some insurance started maneuvering again Mike Urban Circle Marshall said really three cuts two might want save equipment So leveled out again last 30 seconds Mack Henry Joe McKinzie recovered another great match early opposite sides circle Larry going McKinzie got up first Henry 88 Model Aviation Combat winners L-R McKinzie third Keeton fifth Mrs Fox Owen first Mears second Driskill fourth David Owen launches Junior Mike Carison Open SlowTim Sobolak starts Emily Cartier launches Ed Blairs Gotcha Mike wanted get some experience entered both500 plane slow Ed came Massachusetts likes eventsdecorate planes bit got first cut McKinzie came back got two quick cuts Mack got another back Henrys model little slower really work managed change direction anticipating McKinzies move got behind third cut some great flying get cut slower model avoid midair Often way slower model can get cut anticipate other pilot going turn slower pilot misjudges ends up midair instead cut As double eliminations worked out Cartier Chuck Schroll flew match see went top three places somewhat controversial because Chucks pit crew launched model before got handle did get back up streamer tangled Chuck finally won match 3-2 cuts score 443 429 Schroll lost Fluker upand-down air time battle some engine problems ending up third place Cartier ended up fifth after flying ground during match put David Owen fourth finals match between Joe McKinzie Tom Fluker started off like gangbusters Fluker used new Wiley engines McKinzie used Nelson traded big cuts started going knot McKinzies engine went lean after few thrilling seconds both models met spectacular midair collision Tom Fluker took first some fine flying Joe McKinzie second four FAT entries lined up Wednesday morning FAI Combat F2D officially called has faced steadily declining entries since first became official event two-models-per-match rule forces fliers use expensive equipment rules change significantly almost year complicated procedures rules interpretations required handle two models make difficult judges run clean match Despite new equipment available form former Eastern Bloc countries may fuel resurgence Decent engines available less $100 Czechoslovakian group mass producing ready-to-fly models $29 apiece strong fly well minor modifications required bolt fast engine Mack Henry David Owen used now-mandatory mufflers CD Mike Urban didnt require since other contestants Tom Fluker Joe McKinzie hadnt gotten yet mufflers add bit nose weight slow models down bit hardly reduce noise muffler knocks off bit high-pitched scream makes ears ring two models ready match still noisy engines turning 28000-30000 rpm sound like swarm angry hornets Mack Henry Tom Fluker memorable match Fluker got three cuts Henrys two point Flukers model picked up Henrys streamer its string pilots charged around some Henry also cut own streamer off Flukers model Tom pit point lost match air time Afterwards Mack admitted shamefacedly flown match prop backwards couldnt understand model suddenly wouldnt come around loops like should until looked prop after match Despite muffler still slightly faster level flight Final placings determined coin toss Neither guys Texas nor guys Nashville wanted break up team trials equipment just show Mack Henry ended up first David Owen second Joe McKinzie third Continued page 133 December 1993 89 Open Slow finals Rich Tupper launches Tom Fluker Joe Junior Slow Fliers L-R Skyler Skelly fourth Ryan Blair McKinzie gets air behind him All-Texas flyoff very third Matt Arunski second Mike Carlson first Allare gentlemanly affair ended shattering midair second-generation combat fliers Open Slow winners pit crews L Joe McKinzie second Charlie Melorcan Tom Fluker first Chuck Schroll third Phil Cartier fifth Mack Henry David Owen fourth slow portion John might have placed higher just few points off pace heat humidity large entry two classes deck busy flight after flight flight went off precision part event team Competitors working team 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Team Race awhile Ryan making up-and-down passes finally getting about half streamer chased some both pilots getting ambitious Ryan started doing some figure-eight passes did Alan Ryan put model dirt Ryan got back up faster setting after losing lot air time got another cut point Alans model started lean out managed cut crowd got started cheering Ryan got really aggressive started going third cut got bit line tangle Alan got second cut making 2-2 Ryan went again pit crew got him back up record time couldnt get lined up cut few seconds remaining Alan won rousing match 2-2 air time After three rounds rain delay Larry Driskill topped four-way tie three wins 1393 points Tom Fluker second 958 points David Owen came third 923 points Ed Blair fourth 893 total-points tiebreaker really worked Driskill stayed up full five minutes match scored five cuts never came close midair Continued page 178 142 Model Aviation ombat/Cartier Continued page 142 other fliers either didnt score cuts lost air time due midair Some interesting sidelights Senior Emily Cartier just kept air got few cuts scored points 1028 everyone except winner Larry Dnskill Joe McKinzie loss fact three kids outscored 10 Open pilots four midairs flyaway 30 matches flyaway came second round match between Chuck Schroll Iskandar Taib pilots got separated other Schroll cut Taib loose Eight 1/2A Combat fliers turned out Thursday morning Nats-required rain came rained rained rained until after lunch 1/2A fliers really hustled managed 16 matches about 2 hours just Super Slow crowd could finish Round Three Bad starts plagued everyone 1/2A best practiced fliers lot trouble getting one-flip starts two three guys using high-tech engines trouble match Roger Wheeler didnt get up bit mixup countdown pit crew got too much prime engine spent five minutes flipping barely popa frustrating way lose match Bob Mears used old reliable Tee Dee models flipper trailing edge take first Larry Driskill used new VA 049 some nose weight take second Pat Currier managed third using Tee Dees Fast Combat top-drawing event started Friday 1 pm Matt Arunski put flight Juniors 18 top fliers lined up Late afternoon dust setfied two rounds Combat didnt look good Midairs other match one-up one-down matches decided air time flyaway model snaprolled down lines broke bad starts good fliers going fast flying right front opponents two matches pilot scoring kill didnt maneuver until after kill faster pilot did wingover came down right front other guy killing himself did few loops figure eights untangle lines Everyone went back rooms clean up models plot strategy vowed better next day Saturdays flying better few midairs perhaps two no flyaways least half matches ended kills early going Roy Krupa put up new Wiley engines against Roys engine set too leantending quit outsides led him through some outsides picked up cut Roys engine finally quit match became one-up one-down affair got back up managed play keep-away minute Krupa finally got cut back lose air time David Owen Mack Henry continued use Russian models ready-built models Czechoslovakia large stabilators turning balancethey flew well Mack David switched among Foxes Nelson new Wiley engines good runs three As matches ground Dennis Keeton met second time flying fifth sixth Keeton won first match kill time got cut battle-worn wreck flying decided start some aerobatics its own barrel-rolled ground giving Dennis fifth place Bob Mears faced off against Joe McKinyzie got up first honking Nelson After Mears got up really mixed up MeKinizie obviously offensive Mears managed shake him off three times finally got behind him kill 40 seconds match Mears used some high-tech stuff including Fox Mark IV engine Mk III piston sleeve five-year-old models next match pitted Mears against Larry Driskill Dri skill got up first got cut Mears got him turning Larry just turned ground Driskill got back up Mears engine starting sag did quite bit maneuvering Driskill misjudged speed flew right front Mears slower model next match brought Mears 7-0 record up against David Owen 6-1 record Owen needed win twice flew great match Mears collecting two cuts against Davids Both pilots pitted Owen won four seconds Joe McKinzie Larry Driskill flew short match third fourth places Both pilots up same time after few maneuvers Driskill went ground destroying modelapparently victim stabilizer coming unhinged McKinzie took third Driskill fourth finals match everything Fast should Bob Mears up first almost two flips Owen came screaming after him using new Wiley engine Mears still used Fox much faster earlier matches mixed up about 15 seconds Owen appeared get kill leveled out judges everyone could see knot still hanging Mears model signal went again about five seconds thunderous midair destroyed both models David Owen took first cut Bob Mears came second fliers really appreciated great job judges did Mike Urban ran matches fairly made sure possible fliers determined outcome air some technicality rules number people helped count cuts run pits including Jim Doiron Roger Wheeler Pat Currier Jerry Hoovler Pam Kryza Ryan Blair Emily Cartier Paul Baluch Steve Kott Mike Evans Tom Fluker Dianne Doiron Walt Siedlecki Mary Cartier took over scoring table during 1/2A really helped move matches along probably missed somebody thanks others helpingthe Nats great contest Night Combat Iskandar Taib brought out some light sticks Wednesday evening Half-a-dozen fliers stayed out after midnight flying matches sticks strapped models Bert Allaire brought out some luminescent paint black light mark circle Everyone great time evening Technical Innovations Interesting Stuff saw some interesting new technical innovations big news Willy Wileys new engine ran well Fast Slow has big angular case reminiscent Fox Mark VI weighs same nine ounces Tom Fluker used got first place Slow against Joe McKinzie used Nelson top-placing Nelsons also ran well weigh about eight ounces Both top placers Slow used Mark Smith venturis Mark custom built half-dozen venturis different configurationsoffset venturi hole side-mounted needle valve needle valve through hole ran 178 Model Aviation 4 same get right down both Nelson Wiley performed well 950 heat 90% humidity Despite poor conditions Slow models running about 105 mph streamer timed David Owens Fast model about 119 mph towing piece streamer Wiley engine doesnt use hightech tricks other chrome-plated aluminum sleeve According Willy has reliable method keep plating 7075 aluminum sleeve engine has 15mm shaft fitted special extra-loose-fit riveted-cage bearings bore 800 stroke 7 15 timing similar standard Fox numbers key thing makes run well tight control fits squareness uses standard glow plug still gets excellent plug life about $175 makes excellent value Nelson engine has some high-tech features including standard 825-ounce weight uses shorter stroke 17mm shaft special thin-race main bearing AAC piston sleeve Henry Nelson has also done lot research spent considerable time locating suppliers piston sleeve materials Nelson uses Henrys custom glow plug/head insert plug seals tightly head no threads exposed combination worth 500 1000 rpm plugs durable boot Nelson has also built some engines chrome-plated titanium shafts weigh barely seven ounces around $275 Nelson gem custom engineering Larry Driskill used new VA 049 imported Dan Rutherford little gem features AAC construction aluminum piston running directly nickel-plated case weights 12 ounceshalf ounce lighter Tee Dee Larry really gave workout comes setup high-rpm bladder operation swings 425 x 3 cut-down Tornado prop about 28000 rpm 40% fuel unique threaded-in wristpin carrier allows timing head clearance operating rpm range adjusted some simple shims Speedwise didnt quite match Shuriken engines got air VA demonstrated better handling weighs ounce less Another big improvement Slow arrowshaft models top two placers didnt use properly built arrowshaft model strong easy build will matter time before everyone else uses Some people griping about saying wooden boom keeping rules will take specific rules change outlaw arrowshaft current profile rules mention thickness fuselage say has resemble full-size aircraft pod-and-boom arrowshaft model resembles full-scale aircraft least much maybe than wooden-boom model composite shafts sold kit stores some specialty suppliers common size 505-inch diameter special 524 size available stiffer Some final observations Slow models slow Current speeds Nelson new Wiley engine well over 100 mpheven heat humidity Nats Several top fliers have taken using Slow models Fast local contests matched against someone slower equipment top-notch Slow model will outfly older overweight Fast models matches decided knot times both fliers get streamer early spend several minutes chasing knots So Slow has turned Fast Combat kill worth hundred points Upward half matches ended midairs both fliers tried winning knot Super Slow rules seem work well fliers liked low speed scoring plane goes brought out some interesting new combinations Fliers tried choked-down Fast models 9 x 4 props FAT models Stunt 35 models detuned Slow models As usual experienced fliers got good runs models stayed out lines used skill win Unfortunately Stunt 35 models almost never got good engine runs almost always went up fat four-cycle gave away 5 10 mpha real killer level competition few times did get good runs seemed competitive FAT models did turn tight some problems lost air time uneven runs bladders pacifiers require lot care attention get consistent runs match-tomatch wind wasnt really factor rounds windier weather FAI models rich-running Stunt 35s would have big disadvantage Surprisingly speed limit worked well couple FAT models clocked right eight seconds streamerthats right edge match caused little grousing David Owen flew FAT model against Joe Kresnak Joe using Stunt 35 got rich run did about 55 mph Naturally Owens FAT model turning 28 gazillion rpm doing about 65 mph sounded like Fast model could fly rings around Joe biggest problem speed limit pit crews spectators timing somebody flying level 45 degrees shouting going too fast case pilot brought model down 12 15 feet legal usually half second wraps up year Next year going bring lot FAT Team Trials action least six bigmoney Fast contests including possibly Nats thousands Super Slow matches great Combat fun everyone joins peed/Lee Continued page 129 Wednesday afternoon ended Speed flying almost Speed fliers attended traditional banquet night perpetual trophies awarded three trophies High Time Award record ratio speed Junior High Point Award Open High Point Award High Time went Akeshi Kusumoto record flight Junior High Point went Bobby Fogg four first places Open High Point has dominated last few years Carlos Aloise year Tommy Brown edged him out less point Tommy some excellent flights certainly earned title Congratulations Akeshi Bobby Tommysee next year mber1993 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CONTROL LINE COMBAT MONDAY MORNING hot humid Combat action started earnest 10 am four Juniors entered started flyoff pilots may small flew some big matches Juniors sons veteran Combat fliers acts together equipment worked got good starts flew some fine matches Mike Carlson went way first place followed Mat Arunski second Ryan Blair third Skyler Skelly fourth Emily Cartier Senior show up elected fly Open rather put trophy flight herself made 22 fliers entered Slow Combatalmost good fliers good equipment Names like McKinzie Fluker Kott Driskill Owen Henry meant matches hotly contested Early Steve Kott Tom Fluker tremendous match Both models going fast Kott used Nelson Fluker used Fox Kott got first cut taking knot Fluker came back got good-sized cut spent another minute half chasing before having midair 340 match Fluker won air time pilots worked hard feed opponent streamer Stels 36 imported Scott Newkirk Scaled-up version Stels 25 example runs about like good Fox strategy looks like going get cut anyway make sure big tactic begins lead pilot tries get models turning opposite directions fake turns directly front trailing model tries recover its done right trailing model gets too close has no place go its already fullcontrol loop cant turn tighter does nothing other model turns front gets killed turns other way flies through string gets kill tactic did generate quite few low-scoring matches cut counts 1-1 or2-1 very gentlemanly highscoring match Lany Driskill got up first lap Larry got small cut early pulled too close another pass able turn front him kill looked said dryly wasnt too smart probably cant win now Well did try make sure big cut now need couple said So went again Without streamer big speed advantage came charging up behind him managed updown pass two cuts leveled out discussed bit decided needed some insurance went again got third cut leaving foot flew way awhile discussing judges dont always see cuts pilots thought about some insurance started maneuvering again Mike Urban Circle Marshall said really three cuts two might want save equipment So leveled out again last 30 seconds Mack Henry Joe McKinzie recovered another great match early opposite sides circle Larry going McKinzie got up first Henry 88 Model Aviation Combat winners L-R McKinzie third Keeton fifth Mrs Fox Owen first Mears second Driskill fourth David Owen launches Junior Mike Carison Open SlowTim Sobolak starts Emily Cartier launches Ed Blairs Gotcha Mike wanted get some experience entered both500 plane slow Ed came Massachusetts likes eventsdecorate planes bit got first cut McKinzie came back got two quick cuts Mack got another back Henrys model little slower really work managed change direction anticipating McKinzies move got behind third cut some great flying get cut slower model avoid midair Often way slower model can get cut anticipate other pilot going turn slower pilot misjudges ends up midair instead cut As double eliminations worked out Cartier Chuck Schroll flew match see went top three places somewhat controversial because Chucks pit crew launched model before got handle did get back up streamer tangled Chuck finally won match 3-2 cuts score 443 429 Schroll lost Fluker upand-down air time battle some engine problems ending up third place Cartier ended up fifth after flying ground during match put David Owen fourth finals match between Joe McKinzie Tom Fluker started off like gangbusters Fluker used new Wiley engines McKinzie used Nelson traded big cuts started going knot McKinzies engine went lean after few thrilling seconds both models met spectacular midair collision Tom Fluker took first some fine flying Joe McKinzie second four FAT entries lined up Wednesday morning FAI Combat F2D officially called has faced steadily declining entries since first became official event two-models-per-match rule forces fliers use expensive equipment rules change significantly almost year complicated procedures rules interpretations required handle two models make difficult judges run clean match Despite new equipment available form former Eastern Bloc countries may fuel resurgence Decent engines available less $100 Czechoslovakian group mass producing ready-to-fly models $29 apiece strong fly well minor modifications required bolt fast engine Mack Henry David Owen used now-mandatory mufflers CD Mike Urban didnt require since other contestants Tom Fluker Joe McKinzie hadnt gotten yet mufflers add bit nose weight slow models down bit hardly reduce noise muffler knocks off bit high-pitched scream makes ears ring two models ready match still noisy engines turning 28000-30000 rpm sound like swarm angry hornets Mack Henry Tom Fluker memorable match Fluker got three cuts Henrys two point Flukers model picked up Henrys streamer its string pilots charged around some Henry also cut own streamer off Flukers model Tom pit point lost match air time Afterwards Mack admitted shamefacedly flown match prop backwards couldnt understand model suddenly wouldnt come around loops like should until looked prop after match Despite muffler still slightly faster level flight Final placings determined coin toss Neither guys Texas nor guys Nashville wanted break up team trials equipment just show Mack Henry ended up first David Owen second Joe McKinzie third Continued page 133 December 1993 89 Open Slow finals Rich Tupper launches Tom Fluker Joe Junior Slow Fliers L-R Skyler Skelly fourth Ryan Blair McKinzie gets air behind him All-Texas flyoff very third Matt Arunski second Mike Carlson first Allare gentlemanly affair ended shattering midair second-generation combat fliers Open Slow winners pit crews L Joe McKinzie second Charlie Melorcan Tom Fluker first Chuck Schroll third Phil Cartier fifth Mack Henry David Owen fourth slow portion John might have placed higher just few points off pace heat humidity large entry two classes deck busy flight after flight flight went off precision part event team Competitors working team helped make day move along well end official flights obvious Pete Mazur again won NCS Eugene Ely Award award given year competitor garners highest cumulative scores three Carrier events seventh time Pete has won award Friday night membership guests Navy Carrier Society met its annual banquet business meeting Awards classes given out annual meeting its usual spirited manner brought Carrier fliers up date in-house issues Saturday met Carrier sitethis time laid back mode run unofficial Carrier events Sportsman Sig Skyray 15 Carrier contests hot again great deal help CL CombatlCartier Continued page 89 Tom Fluker fourth second year MACA Miniature Aircraft Combat Association Core House sponsored Super Slow Nats unofficial event year 20 fliers signed up flew Since intended Super Slow beginners sportsman-type event great see about one-third entries event ended before its appointed timeagain showing well Carrier committee can work together Finishing first Sportsman John Holliday Taking first 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Team Race awhile Ryan making up-and-down passes finally getting about half streamer chased some both pilots getting ambitious Ryan started doing some figure-eight passes did Alan Ryan put model dirt Ryan got back up faster setting after losing lot air time got another cut point Alans model started lean out managed cut crowd got started cheering Ryan got really aggressive started going third cut got bit line tangle Alan got second cut making 2-2 Ryan went again pit crew got him back up record time couldnt get lined up cut few seconds remaining Alan won rousing match 2-2 air time After three rounds rain delay Larry Driskill topped four-way tie three wins 1393 points Tom Fluker second 958 points David Owen came third 923 points Ed Blair fourth 893 total-points tiebreaker really worked Driskill stayed up full five minutes match scored five cuts never came close midair Continued page 178 142 Model Aviation ombat/Cartier Continued page 142 other fliers either didnt score cuts lost air time due midair Some interesting sidelights Senior Emily Cartier just kept air got few cuts scored points 1028 everyone except winner Larry Dnskill Joe McKinzie loss fact three kids outscored 10 Open pilots four midairs flyaway 30 matches flyaway came second round match between Chuck Schroll Iskandar Taib pilots got separated other Schroll cut Taib loose Eight 1/2A Combat fliers turned out Thursday morning Nats-required rain came rained rained rained until after lunch 1/2A fliers really hustled managed 16 matches about 2 hours just Super Slow crowd could finish Round Three Bad starts plagued everyone 1/2A best practiced fliers lot trouble getting one-flip starts two three guys using high-tech engines trouble match Roger Wheeler didnt get up bit mixup countdown pit crew got too much prime engine spent five minutes flipping barely popa frustrating way lose match Bob Mears used old reliable Tee Dee models flipper trailing edge take first Larry Driskill used new VA 049 some nose weight take second Pat Currier managed third using Tee Dees Fast Combat top-drawing event started Friday 1 pm Matt Arunski put flight Juniors 18 top fliers lined up Late afternoon dust setfied two rounds Combat didnt look good Midairs other match one-up one-down matches decided air time flyaway model snaprolled down lines broke bad starts good fliers going fast flying right front opponents two matches pilot scoring kill didnt maneuver until after kill faster pilot did wingover came down right front other guy killing himself did few loops figure eights untangle lines Everyone went back rooms clean up models plot strategy vowed better next day Saturdays flying better few midairs perhaps two no flyaways least half matches ended kills early going Roy Krupa put up new Wiley engines against Roys engine set too leantending quit outsides led him through some outsides picked up cut Roys engine finally quit match became one-up one-down affair got back up managed play keep-away minute Krupa finally got cut back lose air time David Owen Mack Henry continued use Russian models ready-built models Czechoslovakia large stabilators turning balancethey flew well Mack David switched among Foxes Nelson new Wiley engines good runs three As matches ground Dennis Keeton met second time flying fifth sixth Keeton won first match kill time got cut battle-worn wreck flying decided start some aerobatics its own barrel-rolled ground giving Dennis fifth place Bob Mears faced off against Joe McKinyzie got up first honking Nelson After Mears got up really mixed up MeKinizie obviously offensive Mears managed shake him off three times finally got behind him kill 40 seconds match Mears used some high-tech stuff including Fox Mark IV engine Mk III piston sleeve five-year-old models next match pitted Mears against Larry Driskill Dri skill got up first got cut Mears got him turning Larry just turned ground Driskill got back up Mears engine starting sag did quite bit maneuvering Driskill misjudged speed flew right front Mears slower model next match brought Mears 7-0 record up against David Owen 6-1 record Owen needed win twice flew great match Mears collecting two cuts against Davids Both pilots pitted Owen won four seconds Joe McKinzie Larry Driskill flew short match third fourth places Both pilots up same time after few maneuvers Driskill went ground destroying modelapparently victim stabilizer coming unhinged McKinzie took third Driskill fourth finals match everything Fast should Bob Mears up first almost two flips Owen came screaming after him using new Wiley engine Mears still used Fox much faster earlier matches mixed up about 15 seconds Owen appeared get kill leveled out judges everyone could see knot still hanging Mears model signal went again about five seconds thunderous midair destroyed both models David Owen took first cut Bob Mears came second fliers really appreciated great job judges did Mike Urban ran matches fairly made sure possible fliers determined outcome air some technicality rules number people helped count cuts run pits including Jim Doiron Roger Wheeler Pat Currier Jerry Hoovler Pam Kryza Ryan Blair Emily Cartier Paul Baluch Steve Kott Mike Evans Tom Fluker Dianne Doiron Walt Siedlecki Mary Cartier took over scoring table during 1/2A really helped move matches along probably missed somebody thanks others helpingthe Nats great contest Night Combat Iskandar Taib brought out some light sticks Wednesday evening Half-a-dozen fliers stayed out after midnight flying matches sticks strapped models Bert Allaire brought out some luminescent paint black light mark circle Everyone great time evening Technical Innovations Interesting Stuff saw some interesting new technical innovations big news Willy Wileys new engine ran well Fast Slow has big angular case reminiscent Fox Mark VI weighs same nine ounces Tom Fluker used got first place Slow against Joe McKinzie used Nelson top-placing Nelsons also ran well weigh about eight ounces Both top placers Slow used Mark Smith venturis Mark custom built half-dozen venturis different configurationsoffset venturi hole side-mounted needle valve needle valve through hole ran 178 Model Aviation 4 same get right down both Nelson Wiley performed well 950 heat 90% humidity Despite poor conditions Slow models running about 105 mph streamer timed David Owens Fast model about 119 mph towing piece streamer Wiley engine doesnt use hightech tricks other chrome-plated aluminum sleeve According Willy has reliable method keep plating 7075 aluminum sleeve engine has 15mm shaft fitted special extra-loose-fit riveted-cage bearings bore 800 stroke 7 15 timing similar standard Fox numbers key thing makes run well tight control fits squareness uses standard glow plug still gets excellent plug life about $175 makes excellent value Nelson engine has some high-tech features including standard 825-ounce weight uses shorter stroke 17mm shaft special thin-race main bearing AAC piston sleeve Henry Nelson has also done lot research spent considerable time locating suppliers piston sleeve materials Nelson uses Henrys custom glow plug/head insert plug seals tightly head no threads exposed combination worth 500 1000 rpm plugs durable boot Nelson has also built some engines chrome-plated titanium shafts weigh barely seven ounces around $275 Nelson gem custom engineering Larry Driskill used new VA 049 imported Dan Rutherford little gem features AAC construction aluminum piston running directly nickel-plated case weights 12 ounceshalf ounce lighter Tee Dee Larry really gave workout comes setup high-rpm bladder operation swings 425 x 3 cut-down Tornado prop about 28000 rpm 40% fuel unique threaded-in wristpin carrier allows timing head clearance operating rpm range adjusted some simple shims Speedwise didnt quite match Shuriken engines got air VA demonstrated better handling weighs ounce less Another big improvement Slow arrowshaft models top two placers didnt use properly built arrowshaft model strong easy build will matter time before everyone else uses Some people griping about saying wooden boom keeping rules will take specific rules change outlaw arrowshaft current profile rules mention thickness fuselage say has resemble full-size aircraft pod-and-boom arrowshaft model resembles full-scale aircraft least much maybe than wooden-boom model composite shafts sold kit stores some specialty suppliers common size 505-inch diameter special 524 size available stiffer Some final observations Slow models slow Current speeds Nelson new Wiley engine well over 100 mpheven heat humidity Nats Several top fliers have taken using Slow models Fast local contests matched against someone slower equipment top-notch Slow model will outfly older overweight Fast models matches decided knot times both fliers get streamer early spend several minutes chasing knots So Slow has turned Fast Combat kill worth hundred points Upward half matches ended midairs both fliers tried winning knot Super Slow rules seem work well fliers liked low speed scoring plane goes brought out some interesting new combinations Fliers tried choked-down Fast models 9 x 4 props FAT models Stunt 35 models detuned Slow models As usual experienced fliers got good runs models stayed out lines used skill win Unfortunately Stunt 35 models almost never got good engine runs almost always went up fat four-cycle gave away 5 10 mpha real killer level competition few times did get good runs seemed competitive FAT models did turn tight some problems lost air time uneven runs bladders pacifiers require lot care attention get consistent runs match-tomatch wind wasnt really factor rounds windier weather FAI models rich-running Stunt 35s would have big disadvantage Surprisingly speed limit worked well couple FAT models clocked right eight seconds streamerthats right edge match caused little grousing David Owen flew FAT model against Joe Kresnak Joe using Stunt 35 got rich run did about 55 mph Naturally Owens FAT model turning 28 gazillion rpm doing about 65 mph sounded like Fast model could fly rings around Joe biggest problem speed limit pit crews spectators timing somebody flying level 45 degrees shouting going too fast case pilot brought model down 12 15 feet legal usually half second wraps up year Next year going bring lot FAT Team Trials action least six bigmoney Fast contests including possibly Nats thousands Super Slow matches great Combat fun everyone joins peed/Lee Continued page 129 Wednesday afternoon ended Speed flying almost Speed fliers attended traditional banquet night perpetual trophies awarded three trophies High Time Award record ratio speed Junior High Point Award Open High Point Award High Time went Akeshi Kusumoto record flight Junior High Point went Bobby Fogg four first places Open High Point has dominated last few years Carlos Aloise year Tommy Brown edged him out less point Tommy some excellent flights certainly earned title Congratulations Akeshi Bobby Tommysee next year mber1993 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CONTROL LINE COMBAT MONDAY MORNING hot humid Combat action started earnest 10 am four Juniors entered started flyoff pilots may small flew some big matches Juniors sons veteran Combat fliers acts together equipment worked got good starts flew some fine matches Mike Carlson went way first place followed Mat Arunski second Ryan Blair third Skyler Skelly fourth Emily Cartier Senior show up elected fly Open rather put trophy flight herself made 22 fliers entered Slow Combatalmost good fliers good equipment Names like McKinzie Fluker Kott Driskill Owen Henry meant matches hotly contested Early Steve Kott Tom Fluker tremendous match Both models going fast Kott used Nelson Fluker used Fox Kott got first cut taking knot Fluker came back got good-sized cut spent another minute half chasing before having midair 340 match Fluker won air time pilots worked hard feed opponent streamer Stels 36 imported Scott Newkirk Scaled-up version Stels 25 example runs about like good Fox strategy looks like going get cut anyway make sure big tactic begins lead pilot tries get models turning opposite directions fake turns directly front trailing model tries recover its done right trailing model gets too close has no place go its already fullcontrol loop cant turn tighter does nothing other model turns front gets killed turns other way flies through string gets kill tactic did generate quite few low-scoring matches cut counts 1-1 or2-1 very gentlemanly highscoring match Lany Driskill got up first lap Larry got small cut early pulled too close another pass able turn front him kill looked said dryly wasnt too smart probably cant win now Well did try make sure big cut now need couple said So went again Without streamer big speed advantage came charging up behind him managed updown pass two cuts leveled out discussed bit decided needed some insurance went again got third cut leaving foot flew way awhile discussing judges dont always see cuts pilots thought about some insurance started maneuvering again Mike Urban Circle Marshall said really three cuts two might want save equipment So leveled out again last 30 seconds Mack Henry Joe McKinzie recovered another great match early opposite sides circle Larry going McKinzie got up first Henry 88 Model Aviation Combat winners L-R McKinzie third Keeton fifth Mrs Fox Owen first Mears second Driskill fourth David Owen launches Junior Mike Carison Open SlowTim Sobolak starts Emily Cartier launches Ed Blairs Gotcha Mike wanted get some experience entered both500 plane slow Ed came Massachusetts likes eventsdecorate planes bit got first cut McKinzie came back got two quick cuts Mack got another back Henrys model little slower really work managed change direction anticipating McKinzies move got behind third cut some great flying get cut slower model avoid midair Often way slower model can get cut anticipate other pilot going turn slower pilot misjudges ends up midair instead cut As double eliminations worked out Cartier Chuck Schroll flew match see went top three places somewhat controversial because Chucks pit crew launched model before got handle did get back up streamer tangled Chuck finally won match 3-2 cuts score 443 429 Schroll lost Fluker upand-down air time battle some engine problems ending up third place Cartier ended up fifth after flying ground during match put David Owen fourth finals match between Joe McKinzie Tom Fluker started off like gangbusters Fluker used new Wiley engines McKinzie used Nelson traded big cuts started going knot McKinzies engine went lean after few thrilling seconds both models met spectacular midair collision Tom Fluker took first some fine flying Joe McKinzie second four FAT entries lined up Wednesday morning FAI Combat F2D officially called has faced steadily declining entries since first became official event two-models-per-match rule forces fliers use expensive equipment rules change significantly almost year complicated procedures rules interpretations required handle two models make difficult judges run clean match Despite new equipment available form former Eastern Bloc countries may fuel resurgence Decent engines available less $100 Czechoslovakian group mass producing ready-to-fly models $29 apiece strong fly well minor modifications required bolt fast engine Mack Henry David Owen used now-mandatory mufflers CD Mike Urban didnt require since other contestants Tom Fluker Joe McKinzie hadnt gotten yet mufflers add bit nose weight slow models down bit hardly reduce noise muffler knocks off bit high-pitched scream makes ears ring two models ready match still noisy engines turning 28000-30000 rpm sound like swarm angry hornets Mack Henry Tom Fluker memorable match Fluker got three cuts Henrys two point Flukers model picked up Henrys streamer its string pilots charged around some Henry also cut own streamer off Flukers model Tom pit point lost match air time Afterwards Mack admitted shamefacedly flown match prop backwards couldnt understand model suddenly wouldnt come around loops like should until looked prop after match Despite muffler still slightly faster level flight Final placings determined coin toss Neither guys Texas nor guys Nashville wanted break up team trials equipment just show Mack Henry ended up first David Owen second Joe McKinzie third Continued page 133 December 1993 89 Open Slow finals Rich Tupper launches Tom Fluker Joe Junior Slow Fliers L-R Skyler Skelly fourth Ryan Blair McKinzie gets air behind him All-Texas flyoff very third Matt Arunski second Mike Carlson first Allare gentlemanly affair ended shattering midair second-generation combat fliers Open Slow winners pit crews L Joe McKinzie second Charlie Melorcan Tom Fluker first Chuck Schroll third Phil Cartier fifth Mack Henry David Owen fourth slow portion John might have placed higher just few points off pace heat humidity large entry two classes deck busy flight after flight flight went off precision part event team Competitors working team helped make day move along well end official flights obvious Pete Mazur again won NCS Eugene Ely Award award given year competitor garners highest cumulative scores three Carrier events seventh time Pete has won award Friday night membership guests Navy Carrier Society met its annual banquet business meeting Awards classes given out annual meeting its usual spirited manner brought Carrier fliers up date in-house issues Saturday met Carrier sitethis time laid back mode run unofficial Carrier events Sportsman Sig Skyray 15 Carrier contests hot again great deal help CL CombatlCartier Continued page 89 Tom Fluker fourth second year MACA Miniature Aircraft Combat Association Core House sponsored Super Slow Nats unofficial event year 20 fliers signed up flew Since intended Super Slow beginners sportsman-type event great see about one-third entries event ended before its appointed timeagain showing well Carrier committee can work together Finishing first Sportsman John Holliday Taking first hardfought Sig Skyray Carrier event Bill Bischoff Twelve fliers entered 15 Carrier eventthat may record Again popular 15 event won Bill Bischoff its yearly show comradeship entire group took few minutes tear down AMA s deck support equipment storage until 1994 Suddenly over heat frustrations forgotten remained Carrier events years Nats looking somewhat sad knowing over until 1994 unique feeling happens once year passing soon become memory met competition determination win few did win prizes didnt looked friends knowing wouldnt see together until next year As left could think comment young traveler briefly met beginning adventure .we because love arily Super Slow Two Juniors lone Senior also flew did well Super Slow speed limit 70 mph 75 seconds two laps modified scoring multiple rounds designed make event novices experts getting back sport could fly have fun speed limit set based survey about 15 Fox Stunt 35 models best examples could go bit faster high-average Stunt 35 would PRODUCTS T ncjcDMmbad minflel CU Complete Line Exhaust Systems * Tuned Pipes led Tuned Pipes Headers * Venturi Mufflers Expansion Mufflers copter Ball Mufflers ialized Exhaust Systems UnsupasSd Wnkahjn b PAiformanCe BATPLANE $44 & PREDATOR $4995 6~ NOTTOISale AlL GATOR $35 &It% 5psm 32 Area315sqin.Eog 15-2 & HSpan 53 744 sqin 32 Span 38Area38osqan.Eng 15-30 Radio 3elsWeiglst 3Ooz. 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Team Race awhile Ryan making up-and-down passes finally getting about half streamer chased some both pilots getting ambitious Ryan started doing some figure-eight passes did Alan Ryan put model dirt Ryan got back up faster setting after losing lot air time got another cut point Alans model started lean out managed cut crowd got started cheering Ryan got really aggressive started going third cut got bit line tangle Alan got second cut making 2-2 Ryan went again pit crew got him back up record time couldnt get lined up cut few seconds remaining Alan won rousing match 2-2 air time After three rounds rain delay Larry Driskill topped four-way tie three wins 1393 points Tom Fluker second 958 points David Owen came third 923 points Ed Blair fourth 893 total-points tiebreaker really worked Driskill stayed up full five minutes match scored five cuts never came close midair Continued page 178 142 Model Aviation ombat/Cartier Continued page 142 other fliers either didnt score cuts lost air time due midair Some interesting sidelights Senior Emily Cartier just kept air got few cuts scored points 1028 everyone except winner Larry Dnskill Joe McKinzie loss fact three kids outscored 10 Open pilots four midairs flyaway 30 matches flyaway came second round match between Chuck Schroll Iskandar Taib pilots got separated other Schroll cut Taib loose Eight 1/2A Combat fliers turned out Thursday morning Nats-required rain came rained rained rained until after lunch 1/2A fliers really hustled managed 16 matches about 2 hours just Super Slow crowd could finish Round Three Bad starts plagued everyone 1/2A best practiced fliers lot trouble getting one-flip starts two three guys using high-tech engines trouble match Roger Wheeler didnt get up bit mixup countdown pit crew got too much prime engine spent five minutes flipping barely popa frustrating way lose match Bob Mears used old reliable Tee Dee models flipper trailing edge take first Larry Driskill used new VA 049 some nose weight take second Pat Currier managed third using Tee Dees Fast Combat top-drawing event started Friday 1 pm Matt Arunski put flight Juniors 18 top fliers lined up Late afternoon dust setfied two rounds Combat didnt look good Midairs other match one-up one-down matches decided air time flyaway model snaprolled down lines broke bad starts good fliers going fast flying right front opponents two matches pilot scoring kill didnt maneuver until after kill faster pilot did wingover came down right front other guy killing himself did few loops figure eights untangle lines Everyone went back rooms clean up models plot strategy vowed better next day Saturdays flying better few midairs perhaps two no flyaways least half matches ended kills early going Roy Krupa put up new Wiley engines against Roys engine set too leantending quit outsides led him through some outsides picked up cut Roys engine finally quit match became one-up one-down affair got back up managed play keep-away minute Krupa finally got cut back lose air time David Owen Mack Henry continued use Russian models ready-built models Czechoslovakia large stabilators turning balancethey flew well Mack David switched among Foxes Nelson new Wiley engines good runs three As matches ground Dennis Keeton met second time flying fifth sixth Keeton won first match kill time got cut battle-worn wreck flying decided start some aerobatics its own barrel-rolled ground giving Dennis fifth place Bob Mears faced off against Joe McKinyzie got up first honking Nelson After Mears got up really mixed up MeKinizie obviously offensive Mears managed shake him off three times finally got behind him kill 40 seconds match Mears used some high-tech stuff including Fox Mark IV engine Mk III piston sleeve five-year-old models next match pitted Mears against Larry Driskill Dri skill got up first got cut Mears got him turning Larry just turned ground Driskill got back up Mears engine starting sag did quite bit maneuvering Driskill misjudged speed flew right front Mears slower model next match brought Mears 7-0 record up against David Owen 6-1 record Owen needed win twice flew great match Mears collecting two cuts against Davids Both pilots pitted Owen won four seconds Joe McKinzie Larry Driskill flew short match third fourth places Both pilots up same time after few maneuvers Driskill went ground destroying modelapparently victim stabilizer coming unhinged McKinzie took third Driskill fourth finals match everything Fast should Bob Mears up first almost two flips Owen came screaming after him using new Wiley engine Mears still used Fox much faster earlier matches mixed up about 15 seconds Owen appeared get kill leveled out judges everyone could see knot still hanging Mears model signal went again about five seconds thunderous midair destroyed both models David Owen took first cut Bob Mears came second fliers really appreciated great job judges did Mike Urban ran matches fairly made sure possible fliers determined outcome air some technicality rules number people helped count cuts run pits including Jim Doiron Roger Wheeler Pat Currier Jerry Hoovler Pam Kryza Ryan Blair Emily Cartier Paul Baluch Steve Kott Mike Evans Tom Fluker Dianne Doiron Walt Siedlecki Mary Cartier took over scoring table during 1/2A really helped move matches along probably missed somebody thanks others helpingthe Nats great contest Night Combat Iskandar Taib brought out some light sticks Wednesday evening Half-a-dozen fliers stayed out after midnight flying matches sticks strapped models Bert Allaire brought out some luminescent paint black light mark circle Everyone great time evening Technical Innovations Interesting Stuff saw some interesting new technical innovations big news Willy Wileys new engine ran well Fast Slow has big angular case reminiscent Fox Mark VI weighs same nine ounces Tom Fluker used got first place Slow against Joe McKinzie used Nelson top-placing Nelsons also ran well weigh about eight ounces Both top placers Slow used Mark Smith venturis Mark custom built half-dozen venturis different configurationsoffset venturi hole side-mounted needle valve needle valve through hole ran 178 Model Aviation 4 same get right down both Nelson Wiley performed well 950 heat 90% humidity Despite poor conditions Slow models running about 105 mph streamer timed David Owens Fast model about 119 mph towing piece streamer Wiley engine doesnt use hightech tricks other chrome-plated aluminum sleeve According Willy has reliable method keep plating 7075 aluminum sleeve engine has 15mm shaft fitted special extra-loose-fit riveted-cage bearings bore 800 stroke 7 15 timing similar standard Fox numbers key thing makes run well tight control fits squareness uses standard glow plug still gets excellent plug life about $175 makes excellent value Nelson engine has some high-tech features including standard 825-ounce weight uses shorter stroke 17mm shaft special thin-race main bearing AAC piston sleeve Henry Nelson has also done lot research spent considerable time locating suppliers piston sleeve materials Nelson uses Henrys custom glow plug/head insert plug seals tightly head no threads exposed combination worth 500 1000 rpm plugs durable boot Nelson has also built some engines chrome-plated titanium shafts weigh barely seven ounces around $275 Nelson gem custom engineering Larry Driskill used new VA 049 imported Dan Rutherford little gem features AAC construction aluminum piston running directly nickel-plated case weights 12 ounceshalf ounce lighter Tee Dee Larry really gave workout comes setup high-rpm bladder operation swings 425 x 3 cut-down Tornado prop about 28000 rpm 40% fuel unique threaded-in wristpin carrier allows timing head clearance operating rpm range adjusted some simple shims Speedwise didnt quite match Shuriken engines got air VA demonstrated better handling weighs ounce less Another big improvement Slow arrowshaft models top two placers didnt use properly built arrowshaft model strong easy build will matter time before everyone else uses Some people griping about saying wooden boom keeping rules will take specific rules change outlaw arrowshaft current profile rules mention thickness fuselage say has resemble full-size aircraft pod-and-boom arrowshaft model resembles full-scale aircraft least much maybe than wooden-boom model composite shafts sold kit stores some specialty suppliers common size 505-inch diameter special 524 size available stiffer Some final observations Slow models slow Current speeds Nelson new Wiley engine well over 100 mpheven heat humidity Nats Several top fliers have taken using Slow models Fast local contests matched against someone slower equipment top-notch Slow model will outfly older overweight Fast models matches decided knot times both fliers get streamer early spend several minutes chasing knots So Slow has turned Fast Combat kill worth hundred points Upward half matches ended midairs both fliers tried winning knot Super Slow rules seem work well fliers liked low speed scoring plane goes brought out some interesting new combinations Fliers tried choked-down Fast models 9 x 4 props FAT models Stunt 35 models detuned Slow models As usual experienced fliers got good runs models stayed out lines used skill win Unfortunately Stunt 35 models almost never got good engine runs almost always went up fat four-cycle gave away 5 10 mpha real killer level competition few times did get good runs seemed competitive FAT models did turn tight some problems lost air time uneven runs bladders pacifiers require lot care attention get consistent runs match-tomatch wind wasnt really factor rounds windier weather FAI models rich-running Stunt 35s would have big disadvantage Surprisingly speed limit worked well couple FAT models clocked right eight seconds streamerthats right edge match caused little grousing David Owen flew FAT model against Joe Kresnak Joe using Stunt 35 got rich run did about 55 mph Naturally Owens FAT model turning 28 gazillion rpm doing about 65 mph sounded like Fast model could fly rings around Joe biggest problem speed limit pit crews spectators timing somebody flying level 45 degrees shouting going too fast case pilot brought model down 12 15 feet legal usually half second wraps up year Next year going bring lot FAT Team Trials action least six bigmoney Fast contests including possibly Nats thousands Super Slow matches great Combat fun everyone joins peed/Lee Continued page 129 Wednesday afternoon ended Speed flying almost Speed fliers attended traditional banquet night perpetual trophies awarded three trophies High Time Award record ratio speed Junior High Point Award Open High Point Award High Time went Akeshi Kusumoto record flight Junior High Point went Bobby Fogg four first places Open High Point has dominated last few years Carlos Aloise year Tommy Brown edged him out less point Tommy some excellent flights certainly earned title Congratulations Akeshi Bobby Tommysee next year mber1993 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CONTROL LINE COMBAT MONDAY MORNING hot humid Combat action started earnest 10 am four Juniors entered started flyoff pilots may small flew some big matches Juniors sons veteran Combat fliers acts together equipment worked got good starts flew some fine matches Mike Carlson went way first place followed Mat Arunski second Ryan Blair third Skyler Skelly fourth Emily Cartier Senior show up elected fly Open rather put trophy flight herself made 22 fliers entered Slow Combatalmost good fliers good equipment Names like McKinzie Fluker Kott Driskill Owen Henry meant matches hotly contested Early Steve Kott Tom Fluker tremendous match Both models going fast Kott used Nelson Fluker used Fox Kott got first cut taking knot Fluker came back got good-sized cut spent another minute half chasing before having midair 340 match Fluker won air time pilots worked hard feed opponent streamer Stels 36 imported Scott Newkirk Scaled-up version Stels 25 example runs about like good Fox strategy looks like going get cut anyway make sure big tactic begins lead pilot tries get models turning opposite directions fake turns directly front trailing model tries recover its done right trailing model gets too close has no place go its already fullcontrol loop cant turn tighter does nothing other model turns front gets killed turns other way flies through string gets kill tactic did generate quite few low-scoring matches cut counts 1-1 or2-1 very gentlemanly highscoring match Lany Driskill got up first lap Larry got small cut early pulled too close another pass able turn front him kill looked said dryly wasnt too smart probably cant win now Well did try make sure big cut now need couple said So went again Without streamer big speed advantage came charging up behind him managed updown pass two cuts leveled out discussed bit decided needed some insurance went again got third cut leaving foot flew way awhile discussing judges dont always see cuts pilots thought about some insurance started maneuvering again Mike Urban Circle Marshall said really three cuts two might want save equipment So leveled out again last 30 seconds Mack Henry Joe McKinzie recovered another great match early opposite sides circle Larry going McKinzie got up first Henry 88 Model Aviation Combat winners L-R McKinzie third Keeton fifth Mrs Fox Owen first Mears second Driskill fourth David Owen launches Junior Mike Carison Open SlowTim Sobolak starts Emily Cartier launches Ed Blairs Gotcha Mike wanted get some experience entered both500 plane slow Ed came Massachusetts likes eventsdecorate planes bit got first cut McKinzie came back got two quick cuts Mack got another back Henrys model little slower really work managed change direction anticipating McKinzies move got behind third cut some great flying get cut slower model avoid midair Often way slower model can get cut anticipate other pilot going turn slower pilot misjudges ends up midair instead cut As double eliminations worked out Cartier Chuck Schroll flew match see went top three places somewhat controversial because Chucks pit crew launched model before got handle did get back up streamer tangled Chuck finally won match 3-2 cuts score 443 429 Schroll lost Fluker upand-down air time battle some engine problems ending up third place Cartier ended up fifth after flying ground during match put David Owen fourth finals match between Joe McKinzie Tom Fluker started off like gangbusters Fluker used new Wiley engines McKinzie used Nelson traded big cuts started going knot McKinzies engine went lean after few thrilling seconds both models met spectacular midair collision Tom Fluker took first some fine flying Joe McKinzie second four FAT entries lined up Wednesday morning FAI Combat F2D officially called has faced steadily declining entries since first became official event two-models-per-match rule forces fliers use expensive equipment rules change significantly almost year complicated procedures rules interpretations required handle two models make difficult judges run clean match Despite new equipment available form former Eastern Bloc countries may fuel resurgence Decent engines available less $100 Czechoslovakian group mass producing ready-to-fly models $29 apiece strong fly well minor modifications required bolt fast engine Mack Henry David Owen used now-mandatory mufflers CD Mike Urban didnt require since other contestants Tom Fluker Joe McKinzie hadnt gotten yet mufflers add bit nose weight slow models down bit hardly reduce noise muffler knocks off bit high-pitched scream makes ears ring two models ready match still noisy engines turning 28000-30000 rpm sound like swarm angry hornets Mack Henry Tom Fluker memorable match Fluker got three cuts Henrys two point Flukers model picked up Henrys streamer its string pilots charged around some Henry also cut own streamer off Flukers model Tom pit point lost match air time Afterwards Mack admitted shamefacedly flown match prop backwards couldnt understand model suddenly wouldnt come around loops like should until looked prop after match Despite muffler still slightly faster level flight Final placings determined coin toss Neither guys Texas nor guys Nashville wanted break up team trials equipment just show Mack Henry ended up first David Owen second Joe McKinzie third Continued page 133 December 1993 89 Open Slow finals Rich Tupper launches Tom Fluker Joe Junior Slow Fliers L-R Skyler Skelly fourth Ryan Blair McKinzie gets air behind him All-Texas flyoff very third Matt Arunski second Mike Carlson first Allare gentlemanly affair ended shattering midair second-generation combat fliers Open Slow winners pit crews L Joe McKinzie second Charlie Melorcan Tom Fluker first Chuck Schroll third Phil Cartier fifth Mack Henry David Owen fourth slow portion John might have placed higher just few points off pace heat humidity large entry two classes deck busy flight after flight flight went off precision part event team Competitors working team helped make day move along well end official flights obvious Pete Mazur again won NCS Eugene Ely Award award given year competitor garners highest cumulative scores three Carrier events seventh time Pete has won award Friday night membership guests Navy Carrier Society met its annual banquet business meeting Awards classes given out annual meeting its usual spirited manner brought Carrier fliers up date in-house issues Saturday met Carrier sitethis time laid back mode run unofficial Carrier events Sportsman Sig Skyray 15 Carrier contests hot again great deal help CL CombatlCartier Continued page 89 Tom Fluker fourth second year MACA Miniature Aircraft Combat Association Core House sponsored Super Slow Nats unofficial event year 20 fliers signed up flew Since intended Super Slow beginners sportsman-type event great see about one-third entries event ended before its appointed timeagain showing well Carrier committee can work together Finishing first Sportsman John Holliday Taking first 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opponent streamer both pilots discouraged making death-defying passes order get knot late match flying went multiple randomdraw rounds idea beginners sport fliers interested flying deciding exactly best luckiest most-prepared flier winners determined won-tie-loss record total points tiebreaker wanted fly five rounds rain second day pushed P2A back until afternoon three rounds flown Round started out wildly match between Roger Wheeler Joe McKinzie Joe using FAT Combat model 60-foot 018 lines screamed like crazy really went about 68 mph After about two loops Rogers model went crazy rolled over circle before crashing McKinzie won air time second match Bob Mears drew Emily Cartier Emily put up quite fight lot help crowd Everytime Bob attacked crowd booed Emily made pass cheered managed cut Bobs three Larry Driskill high-scoring match against Junior Ryan Blair Ryan didnt get much crowd help Emily did didnt manage cut Larry went win 596 285 Round Two started out bang Mike Evans flew Ryan 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Team Race awhile Ryan making up-and-down passes finally getting about half streamer chased some both pilots getting ambitious Ryan started doing some figure-eight passes did Alan Ryan put model dirt Ryan got back up faster setting after losing lot air time got another cut point Alans model started lean out managed cut crowd got started cheering Ryan got really aggressive started going third cut got bit line tangle Alan got second cut making 2-2 Ryan went again pit crew got him back up record time couldnt get lined up cut few seconds remaining Alan won rousing match 2-2 air time After three rounds rain delay Larry Driskill topped four-way tie three wins 1393 points Tom Fluker second 958 points David Owen came third 923 points Ed Blair fourth 893 total-points tiebreaker really worked Driskill stayed up full five minutes match scored five cuts never came close midair Continued page 178 142 Model Aviation ombat/Cartier Continued page 142 other fliers either didnt score cuts lost air time due midair Some interesting sidelights Senior Emily Cartier just kept air got few cuts scored points 1028 everyone except winner Larry Dnskill Joe McKinzie loss fact three kids outscored 10 Open pilots four midairs flyaway 30 matches flyaway came second round match between Chuck Schroll Iskandar Taib pilots got separated other Schroll cut Taib loose Eight 1/2A Combat fliers turned out Thursday morning Nats-required rain came rained rained rained until after lunch 1/2A fliers really hustled managed 16 matches about 2 hours just Super Slow crowd could finish Round Three Bad starts plagued everyone 1/2A best practiced fliers lot trouble getting one-flip starts two three guys using high-tech engines trouble match Roger Wheeler didnt get up bit mixup countdown pit crew got too much prime engine spent five minutes flipping barely popa frustrating way lose match Bob Mears used old reliable Tee Dee models flipper trailing edge take first Larry Driskill used new VA 049 some nose weight take second Pat Currier managed third using Tee Dees Fast Combat top-drawing event started Friday 1 pm Matt Arunski put flight Juniors 18 top fliers lined up Late afternoon dust setfied two rounds Combat didnt look good Midairs other match one-up one-down matches decided air time flyaway model snaprolled down lines broke bad starts good fliers going fast flying right front opponents two matches pilot scoring kill didnt maneuver until after kill faster pilot did wingover came down right front other guy killing himself did few loops figure eights untangle lines Everyone went back rooms clean up models plot strategy vowed better next day Saturdays flying better few midairs perhaps two no flyaways least half matches ended kills early going Roy Krupa put up new Wiley engines against Roys engine set too leantending quit outsides led him through some outsides picked up cut Roys engine finally quit match became one-up one-down affair got back up managed play keep-away minute Krupa finally got cut back lose air time David Owen Mack Henry continued use Russian models ready-built models Czechoslovakia large stabilators turning balancethey flew well Mack David switched among Foxes Nelson new Wiley engines good runs three As matches ground Dennis Keeton met second time flying fifth sixth Keeton won first match kill time got cut battle-worn wreck flying decided start some aerobatics its own barrel-rolled ground giving Dennis fifth place Bob Mears faced off against Joe McKinyzie got up first honking Nelson After Mears got up really mixed up MeKinizie obviously offensive Mears managed shake him off three times finally got behind him kill 40 seconds match Mears used some high-tech stuff including Fox Mark IV engine Mk III piston sleeve five-year-old models next match pitted Mears against Larry Driskill Dri skill got up first got cut Mears got him turning Larry just turned ground Driskill got back up Mears engine starting sag did quite bit maneuvering Driskill misjudged speed flew right front Mears slower model next match brought Mears 7-0 record up against David Owen 6-1 record Owen needed win twice flew great match Mears collecting two cuts against Davids Both pilots pitted Owen won four seconds Joe McKinzie Larry Driskill flew short match third fourth places Both pilots up same time after few maneuvers Driskill went ground destroying modelapparently victim stabilizer coming unhinged McKinzie took third Driskill fourth finals match everything Fast should Bob Mears up first almost two flips Owen came screaming after him using new Wiley engine Mears still used Fox much faster earlier matches mixed up about 15 seconds Owen appeared get kill leveled out judges everyone could see knot still hanging Mears model signal went again about five seconds thunderous midair destroyed both models David Owen took first cut Bob Mears came second fliers really appreciated great job judges did Mike Urban ran matches fairly made sure possible fliers determined outcome air some technicality rules number people helped count cuts run pits including Jim Doiron Roger Wheeler Pat Currier Jerry Hoovler Pam Kryza Ryan Blair Emily Cartier Paul Baluch Steve Kott Mike Evans Tom Fluker Dianne Doiron Walt Siedlecki Mary Cartier took over scoring table during 1/2A really helped move matches along probably missed somebody thanks others helpingthe Nats great contest Night Combat Iskandar Taib brought out some light sticks Wednesday evening Half-a-dozen fliers stayed out after midnight flying matches sticks strapped models Bert Allaire brought out some luminescent paint black light mark circle Everyone great time evening Technical Innovations Interesting Stuff saw some interesting new technical innovations big news Willy Wileys new engine ran well Fast Slow has big angular case reminiscent Fox Mark VI weighs same nine ounces Tom Fluker used got first place Slow against Joe McKinzie used Nelson top-placing Nelsons also ran well weigh about eight ounces Both top placers Slow used Mark Smith venturis Mark custom built half-dozen venturis different configurationsoffset venturi hole side-mounted needle valve needle valve through hole ran 178 Model Aviation 4 same get right down both Nelson Wiley performed well 950 heat 90% humidity Despite poor conditions Slow models running about 105 mph streamer timed David Owens Fast model about 119 mph towing piece streamer Wiley engine doesnt use hightech tricks other chrome-plated aluminum sleeve According Willy has reliable method keep plating 7075 aluminum sleeve engine has 15mm shaft fitted special extra-loose-fit riveted-cage bearings bore 800 stroke 7 15 timing similar standard Fox numbers key thing makes run well tight control fits squareness uses standard glow plug still gets excellent plug life about $175 makes excellent value Nelson engine has some high-tech features including standard 825-ounce weight uses shorter stroke 17mm shaft special thin-race main bearing AAC piston sleeve Henry Nelson has also done lot research spent considerable time locating suppliers piston sleeve materials Nelson uses Henrys custom glow plug/head insert plug seals tightly head no threads exposed combination worth 500 1000 rpm plugs durable boot Nelson has also built some engines chrome-plated titanium shafts weigh barely seven ounces around $275 Nelson gem custom engineering Larry Driskill used new VA 049 imported Dan Rutherford little gem features AAC construction aluminum piston running directly nickel-plated case weights 12 ounceshalf ounce lighter Tee Dee Larry really gave workout comes setup high-rpm bladder operation swings 425 x 3 cut-down Tornado prop about 28000 rpm 40% fuel unique threaded-in wristpin carrier allows timing head clearance operating rpm range adjusted some simple shims Speedwise didnt quite match Shuriken engines got air VA demonstrated better handling weighs ounce less Another big improvement Slow arrowshaft models top two placers didnt use properly built arrowshaft model strong easy build will matter time before everyone else uses Some people griping about saying wooden boom keeping rules will take specific rules change outlaw arrowshaft current profile rules mention thickness fuselage say has resemble full-size aircraft pod-and-boom arrowshaft model resembles full-scale aircraft least much maybe than wooden-boom model composite shafts sold kit stores some specialty suppliers common size 505-inch diameter special 524 size available stiffer Some final observations Slow models slow Current speeds Nelson new Wiley engine well over 100 mpheven heat humidity Nats Several top fliers have taken using Slow models Fast local contests matched against someone slower equipment top-notch Slow model will outfly older overweight Fast models matches decided knot times both fliers get streamer early spend several minutes chasing knots So Slow has turned Fast Combat kill worth hundred points Upward half matches ended midairs both fliers tried winning knot Super Slow rules seem work well fliers liked low speed scoring plane goes brought out some interesting new combinations Fliers tried choked-down Fast models 9 x 4 props FAT models Stunt 35 models detuned Slow models As usual experienced fliers got good runs models stayed out lines used skill win Unfortunately Stunt 35 models almost never got good engine runs almost always went up fat four-cycle gave away 5 10 mpha real killer level competition few times did get good runs seemed competitive FAT models did turn tight some problems lost air time uneven runs bladders pacifiers require lot care attention get consistent runs match-tomatch wind wasnt really factor rounds windier weather FAI models rich-running Stunt 35s would have big disadvantage Surprisingly speed limit worked well couple FAT models clocked right eight seconds streamerthats right edge match caused little grousing David Owen flew FAT model against Joe Kresnak Joe using Stunt 35 got rich run did about 55 mph Naturally Owens FAT model turning 28 gazillion rpm doing about 65 mph sounded like Fast model could fly rings around Joe biggest problem speed limit pit crews spectators timing somebody flying level 45 degrees shouting going too fast case pilot brought model down 12 15 feet legal usually half second wraps up year Next year going bring lot FAT Team Trials action least six bigmoney Fast contests including possibly Nats thousands Super Slow matches great Combat fun everyone joins peed/Lee Continued page 129 Wednesday afternoon ended Speed flying almost Speed fliers attended traditional banquet night perpetual trophies awarded three trophies High Time Award record ratio speed Junior High Point Award Open High Point Award High Time went Akeshi Kusumoto record flight Junior High Point went Bobby Fogg four first places Open High Point has dominated last few years Carlos Aloise year Tommy Brown edged him out less point Tommy some excellent flights certainly earned title Congratulations Akeshi Bobby Tommysee next year mber1993 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CONTROL LINE COMBAT MONDAY MORNING hot humid Combat action started earnest 10 am four Juniors entered started flyoff pilots may small flew some big matches Juniors sons veteran Combat fliers acts together equipment worked got good starts flew some fine matches Mike Carlson went way first place followed Mat Arunski second Ryan Blair third Skyler Skelly fourth Emily Cartier Senior show up elected fly Open rather put trophy flight herself made 22 fliers entered Slow Combatalmost good fliers good equipment Names like McKinzie Fluker Kott Driskill Owen Henry meant matches hotly contested Early Steve Kott Tom Fluker tremendous match Both models going fast Kott used Nelson Fluker used Fox Kott got first cut taking knot Fluker came back got good-sized cut spent another minute half chasing before having midair 340 match Fluker won air time pilots worked hard feed opponent streamer Stels 36 imported Scott Newkirk Scaled-up version Stels 25 example runs about like good Fox strategy looks like going get cut anyway make sure big tactic begins lead pilot tries get models turning opposite directions fake turns directly front trailing model tries recover its done right trailing model gets too close has no place go its already fullcontrol loop cant turn tighter does nothing other model turns front gets killed turns other way flies through string gets kill tactic did generate quite few low-scoring matches cut counts 1-1 or2-1 very gentlemanly highscoring match Lany Driskill got up first lap Larry got small cut early pulled too close another pass able turn front him kill looked said dryly wasnt too smart probably cant win now Well did try make sure big cut now need couple said So went again Without streamer big speed advantage came charging up behind him managed updown pass two cuts leveled out discussed bit decided needed some insurance went again got third cut leaving foot flew way awhile discussing judges dont always see cuts pilots thought about some insurance started maneuvering again Mike Urban Circle Marshall said really three cuts two might want save equipment So leveled out again last 30 seconds Mack Henry Joe McKinzie recovered another great match early opposite sides circle Larry going McKinzie got up first Henry 88 Model Aviation Combat winners L-R McKinzie third Keeton fifth Mrs Fox Owen first Mears second Driskill fourth David Owen launches Junior Mike Carison Open SlowTim Sobolak starts Emily Cartier launches Ed Blairs Gotcha Mike wanted get some experience entered both500 plane slow Ed came Massachusetts likes eventsdecorate planes bit got first cut McKinzie came back got two quick cuts Mack got another back Henrys model little slower really work managed change direction anticipating McKinzies move got behind third cut some great flying get cut slower model avoid midair Often way slower model can get cut anticipate other pilot going turn slower pilot misjudges ends up midair instead cut As double eliminations worked out Cartier Chuck Schroll flew match see went top three places somewhat controversial because Chucks pit crew launched model before got handle did get back up streamer tangled Chuck finally won match 3-2 cuts score 443 429 Schroll lost Fluker upand-down air time battle some engine problems ending up third place Cartier ended up fifth after flying ground during match put David Owen fourth finals match between Joe McKinzie Tom Fluker started off like gangbusters Fluker used new Wiley engines McKinzie used Nelson traded big cuts started going knot McKinzies engine went lean after few thrilling seconds both models met spectacular midair collision Tom Fluker took first some fine flying Joe McKinzie second four FAT entries lined up Wednesday morning FAI Combat F2D officially called has faced steadily declining entries since first became official event two-models-per-match rule forces fliers use expensive equipment rules change significantly almost year complicated procedures rules interpretations required handle two models make difficult judges run clean match Despite new equipment available form former Eastern Bloc countries may fuel resurgence Decent engines available less $100 Czechoslovakian group mass producing ready-to-fly models $29 apiece strong fly well minor modifications required bolt fast engine Mack Henry David Owen used now-mandatory mufflers CD Mike Urban didnt require since other contestants Tom Fluker Joe McKinzie hadnt gotten yet mufflers add bit nose weight slow models down bit hardly reduce noise muffler knocks off bit high-pitched scream makes ears ring two models ready match still noisy engines turning 28000-30000 rpm sound like swarm angry hornets Mack Henry Tom Fluker memorable match Fluker got three cuts Henrys two point Flukers model picked up Henrys streamer its string pilots charged around some Henry also cut own streamer off Flukers model Tom pit point lost match air time Afterwards Mack admitted shamefacedly flown match prop backwards couldnt understand model suddenly wouldnt come around loops like should until looked prop after match Despite muffler still slightly faster level flight Final placings determined coin toss Neither guys Texas nor guys Nashville wanted break up team trials equipment just show Mack Henry ended up first David Owen second Joe McKinzie third Continued page 133 December 1993 89 Open Slow finals Rich Tupper launches Tom Fluker Joe Junior Slow Fliers L-R Skyler Skelly fourth Ryan Blair McKinzie gets air behind him All-Texas flyoff very third Matt Arunski second Mike Carlson first Allare gentlemanly affair ended shattering midair second-generation combat fliers Open Slow winners pit crews L Joe McKinzie second Charlie Melorcan Tom Fluker first Chuck Schroll third Phil Cartier fifth Mack Henry David Owen fourth slow portion John might have placed higher just few points off pace heat humidity large entry two classes deck busy flight after flight flight went off precision part event team Competitors working team helped make day move along well end official flights obvious Pete Mazur again won NCS Eugene Ely Award award given year competitor garners highest cumulative scores three Carrier events seventh time Pete has won award Friday night membership guests Navy Carrier Society met its annual banquet business meeting Awards classes given out annual meeting its usual spirited manner brought Carrier fliers up date in-house issues Saturday met Carrier sitethis time laid back mode run unofficial Carrier events Sportsman Sig Skyray 15 Carrier contests hot again great deal help CL CombatlCartier Continued page 89 Tom Fluker fourth second year MACA Miniature Aircraft Combat Association Core House sponsored Super Slow Nats unofficial event year 20 fliers signed up flew Since intended Super Slow beginners sportsman-type event great see about one-third entries event ended before its appointed timeagain showing well Carrier committee can work together Finishing first Sportsman John Holliday Taking first 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opponent streamer both pilots discouraged making death-defying passes order get knot late match flying went multiple randomdraw rounds idea beginners sport fliers interested flying deciding exactly best luckiest most-prepared flier winners determined won-tie-loss record total points tiebreaker wanted fly five rounds rain second day pushed P2A back until afternoon three rounds flown Round started out wildly match between Roger Wheeler Joe McKinzie Joe using FAT Combat model 60-foot 018 lines screamed like crazy really went about 68 mph After about two loops Rogers model went crazy rolled over circle before crashing McKinzie won air time second match Bob Mears drew Emily Cartier Emily put up quite fight lot help crowd Everytime Bob attacked crowd booed Emily made pass cheered managed cut Bobs three Larry Driskill high-scoring match against Junior Ryan Blair Ryan didnt get much crowd help Emily did didnt manage cut Larry went win 596 285 Round Two started out bang Mike Evans flew Ryan Blair Mike got behind air time made up cut Late match both pilots completely lost track models hit solid head-on collision could heard over field Mike gone upside down get away pass Ryan models hit Ryan bringing airplane down normal level flight Three matches third round stand out Joe McKinzie beat Mike Evans event directors four cuts zero Continued poge 142 134 Model Aviation OM SIZES AVAIlABLE ALL BAlSA IS AAA GRADE ALL BAlSA SHEETS SANDED TO CLOSE TOLERANCES 1/43648 1/411/41722 1/413/81927 1/411/22031 1/413/43445 City..State ____ Zip Send Boca Bearing Dept C e 2304 7040W Palmeao Fork Rd Rotor FL 33433 good antenna could find good place crystal piece fine wire make diode Now diodes use germanium silicon rather galena hut work same way Crystal sets still sold kit form Radio Shack others use diode instead galena crystal application called detector because rectifies radio signal something can detected earphone item fills up space left receivers transmitters coil Coils used two waysas 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Team Race awhile Ryan making up-and-down passes finally getting about half streamer chased some both pilots getting ambitious Ryan started doing some figure-eight passes did Alan Ryan put model dirt Ryan got back up faster setting after losing lot air time got another cut point Alans model started lean out managed cut crowd got started cheering Ryan got really aggressive started going third cut got bit line tangle Alan got second cut making 2-2 Ryan went again pit crew got him back up record time couldnt get lined up cut few seconds remaining Alan won rousing match 2-2 air time After three rounds rain delay Larry Driskill topped four-way tie three wins 1393 points Tom Fluker second 958 points David Owen came third 923 points Ed Blair fourth 893 total-points tiebreaker really worked Driskill stayed up full five minutes match scored five cuts never came close midair Continued page 178 142 Model Aviation ombat/Cartier Continued page 142 other fliers either didnt score cuts lost air time due midair Some interesting sidelights Senior Emily Cartier just kept air got few cuts scored points 1028 everyone except winner Larry Dnskill Joe McKinzie loss fact three kids outscored 10 Open pilots four midairs flyaway 30 matches flyaway came second round match between Chuck Schroll Iskandar Taib pilots got separated other Schroll cut Taib loose Eight 1/2A Combat fliers turned out Thursday morning Nats-required rain came rained rained rained until after lunch 1/2A fliers really hustled managed 16 matches about 2 hours just Super Slow crowd could finish Round Three Bad starts plagued everyone 1/2A best practiced fliers lot trouble getting one-flip starts two three guys using high-tech engines trouble match Roger Wheeler didnt get up bit mixup countdown pit crew got too much prime engine spent five minutes flipping barely popa frustrating way lose match Bob Mears used old reliable Tee Dee models flipper trailing edge take first Larry Driskill used new VA 049 some nose weight take second Pat Currier managed third using Tee Dees Fast Combat top-drawing event started Friday 1 pm Matt Arunski put flight Juniors 18 top fliers lined up Late afternoon dust setfied two rounds Combat didnt look good Midairs other match one-up one-down matches decided air time flyaway model snaprolled down lines broke bad starts good fliers going fast flying right front opponents two matches pilot scoring kill didnt maneuver until after kill faster pilot did wingover came down right front other guy killing himself did few loops figure eights untangle lines Everyone went back rooms clean up models plot strategy vowed better next day Saturdays flying better few midairs perhaps two no flyaways least half matches ended kills early going Roy Krupa put up new Wiley engines against Roys engine set too leantending quit outsides led him through some outsides picked up cut Roys engine finally quit match became one-up one-down affair got back up managed play keep-away minute Krupa finally got cut back lose air time David Owen Mack Henry continued use Russian models ready-built models Czechoslovakia large stabilators turning balancethey flew well Mack David switched among Foxes Nelson new Wiley engines good runs three As matches ground Dennis Keeton met second time flying fifth sixth Keeton won first match kill time got cut battle-worn wreck flying decided start some aerobatics its own barrel-rolled ground giving Dennis fifth place Bob Mears faced off against Joe McKinyzie got up first honking Nelson After Mears got up really mixed up MeKinizie obviously offensive Mears managed shake him off three times finally got behind him kill 40 seconds match Mears used some high-tech stuff including Fox Mark IV engine Mk III piston sleeve five-year-old models next match pitted Mears against Larry Driskill Dri skill got up first got cut Mears got him turning Larry just turned ground Driskill got back up Mears engine starting sag did quite bit maneuvering Driskill misjudged speed flew right front Mears slower model next match brought Mears 7-0 record up against David Owen 6-1 record Owen needed win twice flew great match Mears collecting two cuts against Davids Both pilots pitted Owen won four seconds Joe McKinzie Larry Driskill flew short match third fourth places Both pilots up same time after few maneuvers Driskill went ground destroying modelapparently victim stabilizer coming unhinged McKinzie took third Driskill fourth finals match everything Fast should Bob Mears up first almost two flips Owen came screaming after him using new Wiley engine Mears still used Fox much faster earlier matches mixed up about 15 seconds Owen appeared get kill leveled out judges everyone could see knot still hanging Mears model signal went again about five seconds thunderous midair destroyed both models David Owen took first cut Bob Mears came second fliers really appreciated great job judges did Mike Urban ran matches fairly made sure possible fliers determined outcome air some technicality rules number people helped count cuts run pits including Jim Doiron Roger Wheeler Pat Currier Jerry Hoovler Pam Kryza Ryan Blair Emily Cartier Paul Baluch Steve Kott Mike Evans Tom Fluker Dianne Doiron Walt Siedlecki Mary Cartier took over scoring table during 1/2A really helped move matches along probably missed somebody thanks others helpingthe Nats great contest Night Combat Iskandar Taib brought out some light sticks Wednesday evening Half-a-dozen fliers stayed out after midnight flying matches sticks strapped models Bert Allaire brought out some luminescent paint black light mark circle Everyone great time evening Technical Innovations Interesting Stuff saw some interesting new technical innovations big news Willy Wileys new engine ran well Fast Slow has big angular case reminiscent Fox Mark VI weighs same nine ounces Tom Fluker used got first place Slow against Joe McKinzie used Nelson top-placing Nelsons also ran well weigh about eight ounces Both top placers Slow used Mark Smith venturis Mark custom built half-dozen venturis different configurationsoffset venturi hole side-mounted needle valve needle valve through hole ran 178 Model Aviation 4 same get right down both Nelson Wiley performed well 950 heat 90% humidity Despite poor conditions Slow models running about 105 mph streamer timed David Owens Fast model about 119 mph towing piece streamer Wiley engine doesnt use hightech tricks other chrome-plated aluminum sleeve According Willy has reliable method keep plating 7075 aluminum sleeve engine has 15mm shaft fitted special extra-loose-fit riveted-cage bearings bore 800 stroke 7 15 timing similar standard Fox numbers key thing makes run well tight control fits squareness uses standard glow plug still gets excellent plug life about $175 makes excellent value Nelson engine has some high-tech features including standard 825-ounce weight uses shorter stroke 17mm shaft special thin-race main bearing AAC piston sleeve Henry Nelson has also done lot research spent considerable time locating suppliers piston sleeve materials Nelson uses Henrys custom glow plug/head insert plug seals tightly head no threads exposed combination worth 500 1000 rpm plugs durable boot Nelson has also built some engines chrome-plated titanium shafts weigh barely seven ounces around $275 Nelson gem custom engineering Larry Driskill used new VA 049 imported Dan Rutherford little gem features AAC construction aluminum piston running directly nickel-plated case weights 12 ounceshalf ounce lighter Tee Dee Larry really gave workout comes setup high-rpm bladder operation swings 425 x 3 cut-down Tornado prop about 28000 rpm 40% fuel unique threaded-in wristpin carrier allows timing head clearance operating rpm range adjusted some simple shims Speedwise didnt quite match Shuriken engines got air VA demonstrated better handling weighs ounce less Another big improvement Slow arrowshaft models top two placers didnt use properly built arrowshaft model strong easy build will matter time before everyone else uses Some people griping about saying wooden boom keeping rules will take specific rules change outlaw arrowshaft current profile rules mention thickness fuselage say has resemble full-size aircraft pod-and-boom arrowshaft model resembles full-scale aircraft least much maybe than wooden-boom model composite shafts sold kit stores some specialty suppliers common size 505-inch diameter special 524 size available stiffer Some final observations Slow models slow Current speeds Nelson new Wiley engine well over 100 mpheven heat humidity Nats Several top fliers have taken using Slow models Fast local contests matched against someone slower equipment top-notch Slow model will outfly older overweight Fast models matches decided knot times both fliers get streamer early spend several minutes chasing knots So Slow has turned Fast Combat kill worth hundred points Upward half matches ended midairs both fliers tried winning knot Super Slow rules seem work well fliers liked low speed scoring plane goes brought out some interesting new combinations Fliers tried choked-down Fast models 9 x 4 props FAT models Stunt 35 models detuned Slow models As usual experienced fliers got good runs models stayed out lines used skill win Unfortunately Stunt 35 models almost never got good engine runs almost always went up fat four-cycle gave away 5 10 mpha real killer level competition few times did get good runs seemed competitive FAT models did turn tight some problems lost air time uneven runs bladders pacifiers require lot care attention get consistent runs match-tomatch wind wasnt really factor rounds windier weather FAI models rich-running Stunt 35s would have big disadvantage Surprisingly speed limit worked well couple FAT models clocked right eight seconds streamerthats right edge match caused little grousing David Owen flew FAT model against Joe Kresnak Joe using Stunt 35 got rich run did about 55 mph Naturally Owens FAT model turning 28 gazillion rpm doing about 65 mph sounded like Fast model could fly rings around Joe biggest problem speed limit pit crews spectators timing somebody flying level 45 degrees shouting going too fast case pilot brought model down 12 15 feet legal usually half second wraps up year Next year going bring lot FAT Team Trials action least six bigmoney Fast contests including possibly Nats thousands Super Slow matches great Combat fun everyone joins peed/Lee Continued page 129 Wednesday afternoon ended Speed flying almost Speed fliers attended traditional banquet night perpetual trophies awarded three trophies High Time Award record ratio speed Junior High Point Award Open High Point Award High Time went Akeshi Kusumoto record flight Junior High Point went Bobby Fogg four first places Open High Point has dominated last few years Carlos Aloise year Tommy Brown edged him out less point Tommy some excellent flights certainly earned title Congratulations Akeshi Bobby Tommysee next year mber1993 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CONTROL LINE COMBAT MONDAY MORNING hot humid Combat action started earnest 10 am four Juniors entered started flyoff pilots may small flew some big matches Juniors sons veteran Combat fliers acts together equipment worked got good starts flew some fine matches Mike Carlson went way first place followed Mat Arunski second Ryan Blair third Skyler Skelly fourth Emily Cartier Senior show up elected fly Open rather put trophy flight herself made 22 fliers entered Slow Combatalmost good fliers good equipment Names like McKinzie Fluker Kott Driskill Owen Henry meant matches hotly contested Early Steve Kott Tom Fluker tremendous match Both models going fast Kott used Nelson Fluker used Fox Kott got first cut taking knot Fluker came back got good-sized cut spent another minute half chasing before having midair 340 match Fluker won air time pilots worked hard feed opponent streamer Stels 36 imported Scott Newkirk Scaled-up version Stels 25 example runs about like good Fox strategy looks like going get cut anyway make sure big tactic begins lead pilot tries get models turning opposite directions fake turns directly front trailing model tries recover its done right trailing model gets too close has no place go its already fullcontrol loop cant turn tighter does nothing other model turns front gets killed turns other way flies through string gets kill tactic did generate quite few low-scoring matches cut counts 1-1 or2-1 very gentlemanly highscoring match Lany Driskill got up first lap Larry got small cut early pulled too close another pass able turn front him kill looked said dryly wasnt too smart probably cant win now Well did try make sure big cut now need couple said So went again Without streamer big speed advantage came charging up behind him managed updown pass two cuts leveled out discussed bit decided needed some insurance went again got third cut leaving foot flew way awhile discussing judges dont always see cuts pilots thought about some insurance started maneuvering again Mike Urban Circle Marshall said really three cuts two might want save equipment So leveled out again last 30 seconds Mack Henry Joe McKinzie recovered another great match early opposite sides circle Larry going McKinzie got up first Henry 88 Model Aviation Combat winners L-R McKinzie third Keeton fifth Mrs Fox Owen first Mears second Driskill fourth David Owen launches Junior Mike Carison Open SlowTim Sobolak starts Emily Cartier launches Ed Blairs Gotcha Mike wanted get some experience entered both500 plane slow Ed came Massachusetts likes eventsdecorate planes bit got first cut McKinzie came back got two quick cuts Mack got another back Henrys model little slower really work managed change direction anticipating McKinzies move got behind third cut some great flying get cut slower model avoid midair Often way slower model can get cut anticipate other pilot going turn slower pilot misjudges ends up midair instead cut As double eliminations worked out Cartier Chuck Schroll flew match see went top three places somewhat controversial because Chucks pit crew launched model before got handle did get back up streamer tangled Chuck finally won match 3-2 cuts score 443 429 Schroll lost Fluker upand-down air time battle some engine problems ending up third place Cartier ended up fifth after flying ground during match put David Owen fourth finals match between Joe McKinzie Tom Fluker started off like gangbusters Fluker used new Wiley engines McKinzie used Nelson traded big cuts started going knot McKinzies engine went lean after few thrilling seconds both models met spectacular midair collision Tom Fluker took first some fine flying Joe McKinzie second four FAT entries lined up Wednesday morning FAI Combat F2D officially called has faced steadily declining entries since first became official event two-models-per-match rule forces fliers use expensive equipment rules change significantly almost year complicated procedures rules interpretations required handle two models make difficult judges run clean match Despite new equipment available form former Eastern Bloc countries may fuel resurgence Decent engines available less $100 Czechoslovakian group mass producing ready-to-fly models $29 apiece strong fly well minor modifications required bolt fast engine Mack Henry David Owen used now-mandatory mufflers CD Mike Urban didnt require since other contestants Tom Fluker Joe McKinzie hadnt gotten yet mufflers add bit nose weight slow models down bit hardly reduce noise muffler knocks off bit high-pitched scream makes ears ring two models ready match still noisy engines turning 28000-30000 rpm sound like swarm angry hornets Mack Henry Tom Fluker memorable match Fluker got three cuts Henrys two point Flukers model picked up Henrys streamer its string pilots charged around some Henry also cut own streamer off Flukers model Tom pit point lost match air time Afterwards Mack admitted shamefacedly flown match prop backwards couldnt understand model suddenly wouldnt come around loops like should until looked prop after match Despite muffler still slightly faster level flight Final placings determined coin toss Neither guys Texas nor guys Nashville wanted break up team trials equipment just show Mack Henry ended up first David Owen second Joe McKinzie third Continued page 133 December 1993 89 Open Slow finals Rich Tupper launches Tom Fluker Joe Junior Slow Fliers L-R Skyler Skelly fourth Ryan Blair McKinzie gets air behind him All-Texas flyoff very third Matt Arunski second Mike Carlson first Allare gentlemanly affair ended shattering midair second-generation combat fliers Open Slow winners pit crews L Joe McKinzie second Charlie Melorcan Tom Fluker first Chuck Schroll third Phil Cartier fifth Mack Henry David Owen fourth slow portion John might have placed higher just few points off pace heat humidity large entry two classes deck busy flight after flight flight went off precision part event team Competitors working team helped make day move along well end official flights obvious Pete Mazur again won NCS Eugene Ely Award award given year competitor garners highest cumulative scores three Carrier events seventh time Pete has won award Friday night membership guests Navy Carrier Society met its annual banquet business meeting Awards classes given out annual meeting its usual spirited manner brought Carrier fliers up date in-house issues Saturday met Carrier sitethis time laid back mode run unofficial Carrier events Sportsman Sig Skyray 15 Carrier contests hot again great deal help CL CombatlCartier Continued page 89 Tom Fluker fourth second year MACA Miniature Aircraft Combat Association Core House sponsored Super Slow Nats unofficial event year 20 fliers signed up flew Since intended Super Slow beginners sportsman-type event great see about one-third entries event ended before its appointed timeagain showing well Carrier committee can work together Finishing first Sportsman John Holliday Taking first 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opponent streamer both pilots discouraged making death-defying passes order get knot late match flying went multiple randomdraw rounds idea beginners sport fliers interested flying deciding exactly best luckiest most-prepared flier winners determined won-tie-loss record total points tiebreaker wanted fly five rounds rain second day pushed P2A back until afternoon three rounds flown Round started out wildly match between Roger Wheeler Joe McKinzie Joe using FAT Combat model 60-foot 018 lines screamed like crazy really went about 68 mph After about two loops Rogers model went crazy rolled over circle before crashing McKinzie won air time second match Bob Mears drew Emily Cartier Emily put up quite fight lot help crowd Everytime Bob attacked crowd booed Emily made pass cheered managed cut Bobs three Larry Driskill high-scoring match against Junior Ryan Blair Ryan didnt get much crowd help Emily did didnt manage cut Larry went win 596 285 Round Two started out bang Mike Evans flew Ryan Blair Mike got behind air time made up cut Late match both pilots completely lost track models hit solid head-on collision could heard over field Mike gone upside down get away pass Ryan models hit Ryan bringing airplane down normal level flight Three matches third round stand out Joe McKinzie beat Mike Evans event directors four cuts zero Continued poge 142 134 Model Aviation OM SIZES AVAIlABLE ALL BAlSA IS AAA GRADE ALL BAlSA SHEETS SANDED TO CLOSE TOLERANCES 1/43648 1/411/41722 1/413/81927 1/411/22031 1/413/43445 City..State ____ Zip Send Boca Bearing Dept C e 2304 7040W Palmeao Fork Rd Rotor FL 33433 good antenna could find good place crystal piece fine wire make diode Now diodes use germanium silicon rather galena hut work same way Crystal sets still sold kit form Radio Shack others use diode instead galena crystal application called detector because rectifies radio signal something can detected earphone item fills up space left receivers transmitters coil Coils used two waysas chokes part tuned circuitand effect both jobs same coil just what name implies coil insulated wire around cylindrical form Like capacitors resistors coils come different sizes shapes Some have hundreds feet wire around some have just few inches both same job same way coils job act resistor radio waves audio waves alternating current current passes through coil sets up magnetic field coil Remember electromagnets part almost science-fair display grade school Well alternating current like radio waves passes through magnetic field builds direction other polarity current changes constant change makes coil unhappy tries react against changes blocking current flow other words acts choke flow handy because direct current will pass right through radio frequency gets cold shoulder coil capacitor connected parallelside side speakthey form tuned circuit coil doesnt like alternating current happy direct current capacitor doesnt like direct current happy alternating current Together find frequency 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Team Race awhile Ryan making up-and-down passes finally getting about half streamer chased some both pilots getting ambitious Ryan started doing some figure-eight passes did Alan Ryan put model dirt Ryan got back up faster setting after losing lot air time got another cut point Alans model started lean out managed cut crowd got started cheering Ryan got really aggressive started going third cut got bit line tangle Alan got second cut making 2-2 Ryan went again pit crew got him back up record time couldnt get lined up cut few seconds remaining Alan won rousing match 2-2 air time After three rounds rain delay Larry Driskill topped four-way tie three wins 1393 points Tom Fluker second 958 points David Owen came third 923 points Ed Blair fourth 893 total-points tiebreaker really worked Driskill stayed up full five minutes match scored five cuts never came close midair Continued page 178 142 Model Aviation ombat/Cartier Continued page 142 other fliers either didnt score cuts lost air time due midair Some interesting sidelights Senior Emily Cartier just kept air got few cuts scored points 1028 everyone except winner Larry Dnskill Joe McKinzie loss fact three kids outscored 10 Open pilots four midairs flyaway 30 matches flyaway came second round match between Chuck Schroll Iskandar Taib pilots got separated other Schroll cut Taib loose Eight 1/2A Combat fliers turned out Thursday morning Nats-required rain came rained rained rained until after lunch 1/2A fliers really hustled managed 16 matches about 2 hours just Super Slow crowd could finish Round Three Bad starts plagued everyone 1/2A best practiced fliers lot trouble getting one-flip starts two three guys using high-tech engines trouble match Roger Wheeler didnt get up bit mixup countdown pit crew got too much prime engine spent five minutes flipping barely popa frustrating way lose match Bob Mears used old reliable Tee Dee models flipper trailing edge take first Larry Driskill used new VA 049 some nose weight take second Pat Currier managed third using Tee Dees Fast Combat top-drawing event started Friday 1 pm Matt Arunski put flight Juniors 18 top fliers lined up Late afternoon dust setfied two rounds Combat didnt look good Midairs other match one-up one-down matches decided air time flyaway model snaprolled down lines broke bad starts good fliers going fast flying right front opponents two matches pilot scoring kill didnt maneuver until after kill faster pilot did wingover came down right front other guy killing himself did few loops figure eights untangle lines Everyone went back rooms clean up models plot strategy vowed better next day Saturdays flying better few midairs perhaps two no flyaways least half matches ended kills early going Roy Krupa put up new Wiley engines against Roys engine set too leantending quit outsides led him through some outsides picked up cut Roys engine finally quit match became one-up one-down affair got back up managed play keep-away minute Krupa finally got cut back lose air time David Owen Mack Henry continued use Russian models ready-built models Czechoslovakia large stabilators turning balancethey flew well Mack David switched among Foxes Nelson new Wiley engines good runs three As matches ground Dennis Keeton met second time flying fifth sixth Keeton won first match kill time got cut battle-worn wreck flying decided start some aerobatics its own barrel-rolled ground giving Dennis fifth place Bob Mears faced off against Joe McKinyzie got up first honking Nelson After Mears got up really mixed up MeKinizie obviously offensive Mears managed shake him off three times finally got behind him kill 40 seconds match Mears used some high-tech stuff including Fox Mark IV engine Mk III piston sleeve five-year-old models next match pitted Mears against Larry Driskill Dri skill got up first got cut Mears got him turning Larry just turned ground Driskill got back up Mears engine starting sag did quite bit maneuvering Driskill misjudged speed flew right front Mears slower model next match brought Mears 7-0 record up against David Owen 6-1 record Owen needed win twice flew great match Mears collecting two cuts against Davids Both pilots pitted Owen won four seconds Joe McKinzie Larry Driskill flew short match third fourth places Both pilots up same time after few maneuvers Driskill went ground destroying modelapparently victim stabilizer coming unhinged McKinzie took third Driskill fourth finals match everything Fast should Bob Mears up first almost two flips Owen came screaming after him using new Wiley engine Mears still used Fox much faster earlier matches mixed up about 15 seconds Owen appeared get kill leveled out judges everyone could see knot still hanging Mears model signal went again about five seconds thunderous midair destroyed both models David Owen took first cut Bob Mears came second fliers really appreciated great job judges did Mike Urban ran matches fairly made sure possible fliers determined outcome air some technicality rules number people helped count cuts run pits including Jim Doiron Roger Wheeler Pat Currier Jerry Hoovler Pam Kryza Ryan Blair Emily Cartier Paul Baluch Steve Kott Mike Evans Tom Fluker Dianne Doiron Walt Siedlecki Mary Cartier took over scoring table during 1/2A really helped move matches along probably missed somebody thanks others helpingthe Nats great contest Night Combat Iskandar Taib brought out some light sticks Wednesday evening Half-a-dozen fliers stayed out after midnight flying matches sticks strapped models Bert Allaire brought out some luminescent paint black light mark circle Everyone great time evening Technical Innovations Interesting Stuff saw some interesting new technical innovations big news Willy Wileys new engine ran well Fast Slow has big angular case reminiscent Fox Mark VI weighs same nine ounces Tom Fluker used got first place Slow against Joe McKinzie used Nelson top-placing Nelsons also ran well weigh about eight ounces Both top placers Slow used Mark Smith venturis Mark custom built half-dozen venturis different configurationsoffset venturi hole side-mounted needle valve needle valve through hole ran 178 Model Aviation 4 same get right down both Nelson Wiley performed well 950 heat 90% humidity Despite poor conditions Slow models running about 105 mph streamer timed David Owens Fast model about 119 mph towing piece streamer Wiley engine doesnt use hightech tricks other chrome-plated aluminum sleeve According Willy has reliable method keep plating 7075 aluminum sleeve engine has 15mm shaft fitted special extra-loose-fit riveted-cage bearings bore 800 stroke 7 15 timing similar standard Fox numbers key thing makes run well tight control fits squareness uses standard glow plug still gets excellent plug life about $175 makes excellent value Nelson engine has some high-tech features including standard 825-ounce weight uses shorter stroke 17mm shaft special thin-race main bearing AAC piston sleeve Henry Nelson has also done lot research spent considerable time locating suppliers piston sleeve materials Nelson uses Henrys custom glow plug/head insert plug seals tightly head no threads exposed combination worth 500 1000 rpm plugs durable boot Nelson has also built some engines chrome-plated titanium shafts weigh barely seven ounces around $275 Nelson gem custom engineering Larry Driskill used new VA 049 imported Dan Rutherford little gem features AAC construction aluminum piston running directly nickel-plated case weights 12 ounceshalf ounce lighter Tee Dee Larry really gave workout comes setup high-rpm bladder operation swings 425 x 3 cut-down Tornado prop about 28000 rpm 40% fuel unique threaded-in wristpin carrier allows timing head clearance operating rpm range adjusted some simple shims Speedwise didnt quite match Shuriken engines got air VA demonstrated better handling weighs ounce less Another big improvement Slow arrowshaft models top two placers didnt use properly built arrowshaft model strong easy build will matter time before everyone else uses Some people griping about saying wooden boom keeping rules will take specific rules change outlaw arrowshaft current profile rules mention thickness fuselage say has resemble full-size aircraft pod-and-boom arrowshaft model resembles full-scale aircraft least much maybe than wooden-boom model composite shafts sold kit stores some specialty suppliers common size 505-inch diameter special 524 size available stiffer Some final observations Slow models slow Current speeds Nelson new Wiley engine well over 100 mpheven heat humidity Nats Several top fliers have taken using Slow models Fast local contests matched against someone slower equipment top-notch Slow model will outfly older overweight Fast models matches decided knot times both fliers get streamer early spend several minutes chasing knots So Slow has turned Fast Combat kill worth hundred points Upward half matches ended midairs both fliers tried winning knot Super Slow rules seem work well fliers liked low speed scoring plane goes brought out some interesting new combinations Fliers tried choked-down Fast models 9 x 4 props FAT models Stunt 35 models detuned Slow models As usual experienced fliers got good runs models stayed out lines used skill win Unfortunately Stunt 35 models almost never got good engine runs almost always went up fat four-cycle gave away 5 10 mpha real killer level competition few times did get good runs seemed competitive FAT models did turn tight some problems lost air time uneven runs bladders pacifiers require lot care attention get consistent runs match-tomatch wind wasnt really factor rounds windier weather FAI models rich-running Stunt 35s would have big disadvantage Surprisingly speed limit worked well couple FAT models clocked right eight seconds streamerthats right edge match caused little grousing David Owen flew FAT model against Joe Kresnak Joe using Stunt 35 got rich run did about 55 mph Naturally Owens FAT model turning 28 gazillion rpm doing about 65 mph sounded like Fast model could fly rings around Joe biggest problem speed limit pit crews spectators timing somebody flying level 45 degrees shouting going too fast case pilot brought model down 12 15 feet legal usually half second wraps up year Next year going bring lot FAT Team Trials action least six bigmoney Fast contests including possibly Nats thousands Super Slow matches great Combat fun everyone joins peed/Lee Continued page 129 Wednesday afternoon ended Speed flying almost Speed fliers attended traditional banquet night perpetual trophies awarded three trophies High Time Award record ratio speed Junior High Point Award Open High Point Award High Time went Akeshi Kusumoto record flight Junior High Point went Bobby Fogg four first places Open High Point has dominated last few years Carlos Aloise year Tommy Brown edged him out less point Tommy some excellent flights certainly earned title Congratulations Akeshi Bobby Tommysee next year mber1993 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CONTROL LINE COMBAT MONDAY MORNING hot humid Combat action started earnest 10 am four Juniors entered started flyoff pilots may small flew some big matches Juniors sons veteran Combat fliers acts together equipment worked got good starts flew some fine matches Mike Carlson went way first place followed Mat Arunski second Ryan Blair third Skyler Skelly fourth Emily Cartier Senior show up elected fly Open rather put trophy flight herself made 22 fliers entered Slow Combatalmost good fliers good equipment Names like McKinzie Fluker Kott Driskill Owen Henry meant matches hotly contested Early Steve Kott Tom Fluker tremendous match Both models going fast Kott used Nelson Fluker used Fox Kott got first cut taking knot Fluker came back got good-sized cut spent another minute half chasing before having midair 340 match Fluker won air time pilots worked hard feed opponent streamer Stels 36 imported Scott Newkirk Scaled-up version Stels 25 example runs about like good Fox strategy looks like going get cut anyway make sure big tactic begins lead pilot tries get models turning opposite directions fake turns directly front trailing model tries recover its done right trailing model gets too close has no place go its already fullcontrol loop cant turn tighter does nothing other model turns front gets killed turns other way flies through string gets kill tactic did generate quite few low-scoring matches cut counts 1-1 or2-1 very gentlemanly highscoring match Lany Driskill got up first lap Larry got small cut early pulled too close another pass able turn front him kill looked said dryly wasnt too smart probably cant win now Well did try make sure big cut now need couple said So went again Without streamer big speed advantage came charging up behind him managed updown pass two cuts leveled out discussed bit decided needed some insurance went again got third cut leaving foot flew way awhile discussing judges dont always see cuts pilots thought about some insurance started maneuvering again Mike Urban Circle Marshall said really three cuts two might want save equipment So leveled out again last 30 seconds Mack Henry Joe McKinzie recovered another great match early opposite sides circle Larry going McKinzie got up first Henry 88 Model Aviation Combat winners L-R McKinzie third Keeton fifth Mrs Fox Owen first Mears second Driskill fourth David Owen launches Junior Mike Carison Open SlowTim Sobolak starts Emily Cartier launches Ed Blairs Gotcha Mike wanted get some experience entered both500 plane slow Ed came Massachusetts likes eventsdecorate planes bit got first cut McKinzie came back got two quick cuts Mack got another back Henrys model little slower really work managed change direction anticipating McKinzies move got behind third cut some great flying get cut slower model avoid midair Often way slower model can get cut anticipate other pilot going turn slower pilot misjudges ends up midair instead cut As double eliminations worked out Cartier Chuck Schroll flew match see went top three places somewhat controversial because Chucks pit crew launched model before got handle did get back up streamer tangled Chuck finally won match 3-2 cuts score 443 429 Schroll lost Fluker upand-down air time battle some engine problems ending up third place Cartier ended up fifth after flying ground during match put David Owen fourth finals match between Joe McKinzie Tom Fluker started off like gangbusters Fluker used new Wiley engines McKinzie used Nelson traded big cuts started going knot McKinzies engine went lean after few thrilling seconds both models met spectacular midair collision Tom Fluker took first some fine flying Joe McKinzie second four FAT entries lined up Wednesday morning FAI Combat F2D officially called has faced steadily declining entries since first became official event two-models-per-match rule forces fliers use expensive equipment rules change significantly almost year complicated procedures rules interpretations required handle two models make difficult judges run clean match Despite new equipment available form former Eastern Bloc countries may fuel resurgence Decent engines available less $100 Czechoslovakian group mass producing ready-to-fly models $29 apiece strong fly well minor modifications required bolt fast engine Mack Henry David Owen used now-mandatory mufflers CD Mike Urban didnt require since other contestants Tom Fluker Joe McKinzie hadnt gotten yet mufflers add bit nose weight slow models down bit hardly reduce noise muffler knocks off bit high-pitched scream makes ears ring two models ready match still noisy engines turning 28000-30000 rpm sound like swarm angry hornets Mack Henry Tom Fluker memorable match Fluker got three cuts Henrys two point Flukers model picked up Henrys streamer its string pilots charged around some Henry also cut own streamer off Flukers model Tom pit point lost match air time Afterwards Mack admitted shamefacedly flown match prop backwards couldnt understand model suddenly wouldnt come around loops like should until looked prop after match Despite muffler still slightly faster level flight Final placings determined coin toss Neither guys Texas nor guys Nashville wanted break up team trials equipment just show Mack Henry ended up first David Owen second Joe McKinzie third Continued page 133 December 1993 89 Open Slow finals Rich Tupper launches Tom Fluker Joe Junior Slow Fliers L-R Skyler Skelly fourth Ryan Blair McKinzie gets air behind him All-Texas flyoff very third Matt Arunski second Mike Carlson first Allare gentlemanly affair ended shattering midair second-generation combat fliers Open Slow winners pit crews L Joe McKinzie second Charlie Melorcan Tom Fluker first Chuck Schroll third Phil Cartier fifth Mack Henry David Owen fourth slow portion John might have placed higher just few points off pace heat humidity large entry two classes deck busy flight after flight flight went off precision part event team Competitors working team helped make day move along well end official flights obvious Pete Mazur again won NCS Eugene Ely Award award given year competitor garners highest cumulative scores three Carrier events seventh time Pete has won award Friday night membership guests Navy Carrier Society met its annual banquet business meeting Awards classes given out annual meeting its usual spirited manner brought Carrier fliers up date in-house issues Saturday met Carrier sitethis time laid back mode run unofficial Carrier events Sportsman Sig Skyray 15 Carrier contests hot again great deal help CL CombatlCartier Continued page 89 Tom Fluker fourth second year MACA Miniature Aircraft Combat Association Core House sponsored Super Slow Nats unofficial event year 20 fliers signed up flew Since intended Super Slow beginners sportsman-type event great see about one-third entries event ended before its appointed timeagain showing well Carrier committee can work together Finishing first Sportsman John Holliday Taking first 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TAPERED CORES IAL PASSIVE RESISTANCE CUTTING WIRE LATED STEEL FRAME CUTTING TECHNIDUES & OPERA TING INSTRUCflONS INCLUDED UP TO 41 SEND $500 FOR 60 PAGE CATALOG IL RESIDENTS ADD 7% TAX CALL 309-342-3009 VISA & MASTER CARD ACCEP TEDADD $500 SHIPPING IN USA WING MFG 306 E SIMMONS GALESBURG IL 61401 boxes now just heck build onekits available radios just like airplanes ombat/Cartier Continued page 134 contest-high score 614 274 Joe using FAT model Mike used Arrowshaft Slow Fox Stunt 35 Like just about other flier using Stunt 35 got rich run going about 55 60 mph other match Roy Krupa made outstanding flight against Iskandar Taib Taib got streamer except knot first pass Roy came back got two good-sized cuts leaving about six inches streamer Taib tried everything could keep away Krupa managed get three-inch cut six inches crepe winning 590 388 two Juniors Alan Cartier Ryan Blair real crowd-pleasing match Alan flying Fox 35 model got up first usual rich Fox 35 run Ryan little faster flew Team Race awhile Ryan making up-and-down passes finally getting about half streamer chased some both pilots getting ambitious Ryan started doing some figure-eight passes did Alan Ryan put model dirt Ryan got back up faster setting after losing lot air time got another cut point Alans model started lean out managed cut crowd got started cheering Ryan got really aggressive started going third cut got bit line tangle Alan got second cut making 2-2 Ryan went again pit crew got him back up record time couldnt get lined up cut few seconds remaining Alan won rousing match 2-2 air time After three rounds rain delay Larry Driskill topped four-way tie three wins 1393 points Tom Fluker second 958 points David Owen came third 923 points Ed Blair fourth 893 total-points tiebreaker really worked Driskill stayed up full five minutes match scored five cuts never came close midair Continued page 178 142 Model Aviation ombat/Cartier Continued page 142 other fliers either didnt score cuts lost air time due midair Some interesting sidelights Senior Emily Cartier just kept air got few cuts scored points 1028 everyone except winner Larry Dnskill Joe McKinzie loss fact three kids outscored 10 Open pilots four midairs flyaway 30 matches flyaway came second round match between Chuck Schroll Iskandar Taib pilots got separated other Schroll cut Taib loose Eight 1/2A Combat fliers turned out Thursday morning Nats-required rain came rained rained rained until after lunch 1/2A fliers really hustled managed 16 matches about 2 hours just Super Slow crowd could finish Round Three Bad starts plagued everyone 1/2A best practiced fliers lot trouble getting one-flip starts two three guys using high-tech engines trouble match Roger Wheeler didnt get up bit mixup countdown pit crew got too much prime engine spent five minutes flipping barely popa frustrating way lose match Bob Mears used old reliable Tee Dee models flipper trailing edge take first Larry Driskill used new VA 049 some nose weight take second Pat Currier managed third using Tee Dees Fast Combat top-drawing event started Friday 1 pm Matt Arunski put flight Juniors 18 top fliers lined up Late afternoon dust setfied two rounds Combat didnt look good Midairs other match one-up one-down matches decided air time flyaway model snaprolled down lines broke bad starts good fliers going fast flying right front opponents two matches pilot scoring kill didnt maneuver until after kill faster pilot did wingover came down right front other guy killing himself did few loops figure eights untangle lines Everyone went back rooms clean up models plot strategy vowed better next day Saturdays flying better few midairs perhaps two no flyaways least half matches ended kills early going Roy Krupa put up new Wiley engines against Roys engine set too leantending quit outsides led him through some outsides picked up cut Roys engine finally quit match became one-up one-down affair got back up managed play keep-away minute Krupa finally got cut back lose air time David Owen Mack Henry continued use Russian models ready-built models Czechoslovakia large stabilators turning balancethey flew well Mack David switched among Foxes Nelson new Wiley engines good runs three As matches ground Dennis Keeton met second time flying fifth sixth Keeton won first match kill time got cut battle-worn wreck flying decided start some aerobatics its own barrel-rolled ground giving Dennis fifth place Bob Mears faced off against Joe McKinyzie got up first honking Nelson After Mears got up really mixed up MeKinizie obviously offensive Mears managed shake him off three times finally got behind him kill 40 seconds match Mears used some high-tech stuff including Fox Mark IV engine Mk III piston sleeve five-year-old models next match pitted Mears against Larry Driskill Dri skill got up first got cut Mears got him turning Larry just turned ground Driskill got back up Mears engine starting sag did quite bit maneuvering Driskill misjudged speed flew right front Mears slower model next match brought Mears 7-0 record up against David Owen 6-1 record Owen needed win twice flew great match Mears collecting two cuts against Davids Both pilots pitted Owen won four seconds Joe McKinzie Larry Driskill flew short match third fourth places Both pilots up same time after few maneuvers Driskill went ground destroying modelapparently victim stabilizer coming unhinged McKinzie took third Driskill fourth finals match everything Fast should Bob Mears up first almost two flips Owen came screaming after him using new Wiley engine Mears still used Fox much faster earlier matches mixed up about 15 seconds Owen appeared get kill leveled out judges everyone could see knot still hanging Mears model signal went again about five seconds thunderous midair destroyed both models David Owen took first cut Bob Mears came second fliers really appreciated great job judges did Mike Urban ran matches fairly made sure possible fliers determined outcome air some technicality rules number people helped count cuts run pits including Jim Doiron Roger Wheeler Pat Currier Jerry Hoovler Pam Kryza Ryan Blair Emily Cartier Paul Baluch Steve Kott Mike Evans Tom Fluker Dianne Doiron Walt Siedlecki Mary Cartier took over scoring table during 1/2A really helped move matches along probably missed somebody thanks others helpingthe Nats great contest Night Combat Iskandar Taib brought out some light sticks Wednesday evening Half-a-dozen fliers stayed out after midnight flying matches sticks strapped models Bert Allaire brought out some luminescent paint black light mark circle Everyone great time evening Technical Innovations Interesting Stuff saw some interesting new technical innovations big news Willy Wileys new engine ran well Fast Slow has big angular case reminiscent Fox Mark VI weighs same nine ounces Tom Fluker used got first place Slow against Joe McKinzie used Nelson top-placing Nelsons also ran well weigh about eight ounces Both top placers Slow used Mark Smith venturis Mark custom built half-dozen venturis different configurationsoffset venturi hole side-mounted needle valve needle valve through hole ran 178 Model Aviation 4 same get right down both Nelson Wiley performed well 950 heat 90% humidity Despite poor conditions Slow models running about 105 mph streamer timed David Owens Fast model about 119 mph towing piece streamer Wiley engine doesnt use hightech tricks other chrome-plated aluminum sleeve According Willy has reliable method keep plating 7075 aluminum sleeve engine has 15mm shaft fitted special extra-loose-fit riveted-cage bearings bore 800 stroke 7 15 timing similar standard Fox numbers key thing makes run well tight control fits squareness uses standard glow plug still gets excellent plug life about $175 makes excellent value Nelson engine has some high-tech features including standard 825-ounce weight uses shorter stroke 17mm shaft special thin-race main bearing AAC piston sleeve Henry Nelson has also done lot research spent considerable time locating suppliers piston sleeve materials Nelson uses Henrys custom glow plug/head insert plug seals tightly head no threads exposed combination worth 500 1000 rpm plugs durable boot Nelson has also built some engines chrome-plated titanium shafts weigh barely seven ounces around $275 Nelson gem custom engineering Larry Driskill used new VA 049 imported Dan Rutherford little gem features AAC construction aluminum piston running directly nickel-plated case weights 12 ounceshalf ounce lighter Tee Dee Larry really gave workout comes setup high-rpm bladder operation swings 425 x 3 cut-down Tornado prop about 28000 rpm 40% fuel unique threaded-in wristpin carrier allows timing head clearance operating rpm range adjusted some simple shims Speedwise didnt quite match Shuriken engines got air VA demonstrated better handling weighs ounce less Another big improvement Slow arrowshaft models top two placers didnt use properly built arrowshaft model strong easy build will matter time before everyone else uses Some people griping about saying wooden boom keeping rules will take specific rules change outlaw arrowshaft current profile rules mention thickness fuselage say has resemble full-size aircraft pod-and-boom arrowshaft model resembles full-scale aircraft least much maybe than wooden-boom model composite shafts sold kit stores some specialty suppliers common size 505-inch diameter special 524 size available stiffer Some final observations Slow models slow Current speeds Nelson new Wiley engine well over 100 mpheven heat humidity Nats Several top fliers have taken using Slow models Fast local contests matched against someone slower equipment top-notch Slow model will outfly older overweight Fast models matches decided knot times both fliers get streamer early spend several minutes chasing knots So Slow has turned Fast Combat kill worth hundred points Upward half matches ended midairs both fliers tried winning knot Super Slow rules seem work well fliers liked low speed scoring plane goes brought out some interesting new combinations Fliers tried choked-down Fast models 9 x 4 props FAT models Stunt 35 models detuned Slow models As usual experienced fliers got good runs models stayed out lines used skill win Unfortunately Stunt 35 models almost never got good engine runs almost always went up fat four-cycle gave away 5 10 mpha real killer level competition few times did get good runs seemed competitive FAT models did turn tight some problems lost air time uneven runs bladders pacifiers require lot care attention get consistent runs match-tomatch wind wasnt really factor rounds windier weather FAI models rich-running Stunt 35s would have big disadvantage Surprisingly speed limit worked well couple FAT models clocked right eight seconds streamerthats right edge match caused little grousing David Owen flew FAT model against Joe Kresnak Joe using Stunt 35 got rich run did about 55 mph Naturally Owens FAT model turning 28 gazillion rpm doing about 65 mph sounded like Fast model could fly rings around Joe biggest problem speed limit pit crews spectators timing somebody flying level 45 degrees shouting going too fast case pilot brought model down 12 15 feet legal usually half second wraps up year Next year going bring lot FAT Team Trials action least six bigmoney Fast contests including possibly Nats thousands Super Slow matches great Combat fun everyone joins peed/Lee Continued page 129 Wednesday afternoon ended Speed flying almost Speed fliers attended traditional banquet night perpetual trophies awarded three trophies High Time Award record ratio speed Junior High Point Award Open High Point Award High Time went Akeshi Kusumoto record flight Junior High Point went Bobby Fogg four first places Open High Point has dominated last few years Carlos Aloise year Tommy Brown edged him out less point Tommy some excellent flights certainly earned title Congratulations Akeshi Bobby Tommysee next year mber1993 179