CONTROL LINE RACING TRAGEDY coupled recordsetting Control Line Racing performances hailmarked 67th National Aeromodeling Championships Mid-America Aircenter Lawrenceville Illinois included fringe severeweather front flooded much midwest first three days competition marked intense humidity searing heat occasional storm cells heavy rain lightning scheduling Racing events unfortunate Racing competitors Racing equipment requires on-site tuning mandatory safety net erected until 3 pm Friday primarily result flooding removal parked aircraft near site Standing water negated use electric drills post installation requiring improvisation event directorsthey utilized fork lifts trucks campers maintain net schedule Scale Racing Saturday Mouse Racing Sunday Slow Rat Monday Fast Rat Team Racing Tuesday Event Director Melvin Schuette assisted longtime partner John Holliday Scale Racing Most competitors arrived Thursday Several utilized high-school parking lot edge Lawrenceville testing Thunderstorms Thursday evening Friday morning halted further practice Saturday 630 am practice times 140to- 145-second speed range Stewart Willoughby ultra-light Little Quickie running steady 14 flat Power plants year predominantly GP-modified Rossi 15 Mark III few Nelson 15s Several new Australian Bolly carbon-fiber/epoxy propellers different configurations produced overall improved speeds props come pitch length close blades must thinned obtain 25000 27000 ground rpm airspeed mid 14s Juniors Seniors first Bobby Fogg Jr won Junior Scale Race time 611 140 lapsa great improvement over 1992 time 630 Senior Scale Race winner Joseph Rice flew well pitting problems slowing time 848 Sixteen entrants flew Open best two 70-lap preliminary heats recorded eight qualified finals Willoughby set new 70-lap record 24 1 tragedy struck Larry Dziak passed away heart attack pitting 70lap preliminary heat Scale race Dr Jerry Thomas several racing competitors administered CPR 18 minutes until ambulance arrived site 970 temperature humidity thunderstorms no wind resulted heat index 1200 events large percentage modeling competitors aging mandates equipped-and-staffed emergency vehicles site Larry passed away engaged sport loved best surrounded friends Open Scale Racing L-R B Fogg fifth J Ballard fourth 1 Dziak Jr third S Willoughby second C Dziak first family Over years competition became institution could always count Larry dispensing cold drink choice assorted snacks would always aid fellow competitor whatever repair equipment required lead truism Wizard doesnt have ityou dont need Larry fostered rookies Control Line Racing supplied everything knowledge rent-a-racer fuel lines battery support encouragement will missed never forgotten Later week control line category vice president Bev Wisniewski became dehydrated fainted Speed circles Fortunately recovered quickly hospital remote flying December 1993 79 Gabe Manfredi pits Mouse entry Lefthand crank propeller prevent torque rolls Hat has solar-powered fan suit weather conditions Dick Lambert mixes precise amounts kerosene oil ether amyl nitrate Team Race fuel areas further punctuate necessity adequately equipped emergency vehicles After two-hour hiatus remaining preliminary heats completed top event times ranging 241 300 Event Director Schuette suggested completing four 140-lap final races early Sunday morning Sunday 140-lap fast time Oge/Willoughby super 540 Larry Dziak Jr followed 543 Lambert/Ballard 547 times substantially better 1992 final times ranged 551 616 Larry Dziak Sr posthumously awarded first place Mouse Racing temperamental Cox 049 reed-valve-powered racers took circle consistent engine run 33 34 laps decent airspeed difficult obtain weather cooperated low wind lightweight racers handful control under best conditions Junior Mouse won Bobby Fogg Jr time 613 Nineyear-old Skyler Skelley got second 952 DJ Parr third Mr Open Mouse Paul Gibeault took first place back Canada time 516 John Todd Ballard second third 531 540 respectively Slow Rat Monday brought out 300-square-inch high-tech Slow Rat Racers Dick Lambert best airspeed 132 135 seconds rear-intake Nelson 35 Most other competitors running 138 146 seconds rear-intake SuperTigre X-40 reduced bore 36 displacement number four five APC competition-series propellers 87 x 8 low-cost alternative expensive carbon-fiber counterpart Nelson 36 requires intake/exhaust timing adjustment pull large 85 x 90 props fuel tanks divided between outboard/inboard chicken-hopper Texas outboard unifiow/ swingweight carburetor type Senior entry Howell Pugh did outstanding flying job first place Open racing saw Mike Greb stall takeoffrequiring restart foiling chances another win Byron Bednar fast heavily-modified Fox 36 engine blew practice Ballard took first 530 Lambert second 557 Todd Ballard came third 602 Mike Greb fourth 605 Lamberts tank developed transfer problems requiring four pit final race fuel-transfer problem can corrected new national record could forthcoming Rat Race intense speeds pilot stamina required Open Rat past competitors elected skip event Hopefully new 1994 -inch-carburetor rule will slow speeds bring entrants back years field headed Fogg/Shahan team class themselves airspeed ran 1100-112 K&B 40-powered fiberglass/metal pan creation Bob Fogg has spent hours developing airplane design tank configuration Rookie Dave McDonald another fast inverted-engine airplane needle valve came loose K&B 40 went extremely rich Ballard team could muster 116 119 airspeed practice eight entries flying agreed have 140-lap Continued nope 94 80 Model Aviation rry Meyer North Aurora IL adjusts needle valve Scale Racer Note Velcro armband hold GloBee Fireplug Al Bob Whitney heats Russian FAI engine Junior Scale Racing winner Bobby Fogg flying-wing design prior 30- Jr center Joseph Rice Senior second engine-off countdown winner ED Melvin Schuette Larry Dziak opens fuel shutoff Little Quickie Power GP-modif led Rossi 15 dominated event CL RacinglBallard Continued paqe 80 final race Bob Fogg managed great 431 Howard Shahan second 437 Todd Ballard distant third 453 Engines wer split year between K&B 40 SuperTigre X- 40 Plugs exclusively GloBee #lL funny plugs Most props Kelly 8 x 8 fiberglass McCollum 8 x 8 carbon- fiber FAI Team Race closely contested event large number entries numerous new tricks hallmarked F2C Racing Tuesday Monday evening 18 entries practiced fuel engine propeller combinations availability first-class equipmentincluding complete kits engines wires etc has brought event virtual obscurity notable prominence Entry level increasing performance has improved dramatically Kenn Smith acted Jury foreman assisted John Holliday Melvin Schuette 100-lap qualifying times 1992 part around 400 qualify semifinals year required times 340 350 range first round saw 338 Canadian team Kelley Parent Oge Willoughby team 333 Other times ranged 340 355 weather presented 780 850 day entire week 940 heat Mondays practice session gone compression settings safety-net circle teams used qualifying races regain setting MacleanJerabek team videotaped race unit allowed immediate post-race viewing case disputes six semifinalists included Kelly/Parent Fairey/Fairey Oge Willoughby Lambert/Ballard Newkirk/Gibeault Ascher/ Ascher semifinals Ascher team finally got setting posted 331 Fairey team actually strongest engine semifinals pitting problem foiled chances finals Kelly/Parent broke prop tangle Newkirk/Gibeault pitting problems 200-lap finals found weather conditions cooler morning Ballard/Lambert off compression ran 192 196 finals Oge/Willoughby Ascher/Ascher running 184 190 getting 34 37 laps Ascher & Lambert teams used Russian kit model Russian engine Willoughby used scratch-designed airplane Russian engine Ascher team won 720 Oge/Willoughby placed second 733 Ballard Lambert team came third 750 future competitors officials suggested having entire day F2C Race moving Fast Rat same day Slow Rat second safety-net circle necessary addition Obviously Team Racing highlight CL Racing 1993 thanks order officials timers competitors assistance aspects national event Also thank K&B Manufacturing 10% nitro fuel Other modeling special interest groups have formed own organizations monitor react unit dealing AMA noticeable Stunt Speed societies Racing fraternity formed National Control Line Racing Association during Nats presently have 58 members secretary lives Muncie Indiana area newsletter bylaws etc process welcome members $10 year Please write call Dave McDonald PO Box 384 Daleville IN 47934 Tel 317 378-7228 Cant Reinvent Wheel greatest enemy accurate balancing friction balancer s shaft touches wheels. wheels touch hubs.they actually fight AGAINST finding correct balance Wheel-type balancers produce friction eight separate points theyre perfect condition wont balance correctly design theyre incapable accuracy found Top Flites Power Point Precision Magnetic Balancer WHEEL-TYPE BALANCER Friction created eight locations Friction haft contacts wheels 00 0o Friction hubs Top Flites new magnetic balancer eliminates 7 out 8 friction points Top Flite s Precision Magnetic Balancer takes entirely different approach balancer design Suspended firmly between powerful Ceramic-8 magnets shaft touches surfacefor NEARLY FRICTIONLESS operation TOP FLITE PRECISION MAGNETIC BALANCER Achieves truest balance reduc ing friction absolute minimum shaft end floats end touches hard Lexan surface fine point almost no friction precise balancingwith accuracy approaches perfection ask hobby dealer unique Top Flite Precision Patent Pending 94 Model Aviation
Edition: Model Aviation - 1993/12
Page Numbers: 79, 80, 94
CONTROL LINE RACING TRAGEDY coupled recordsetting Control Line Racing performances hailmarked 67th National Aeromodeling Championships Mid-America Aircenter Lawrenceville Illinois included fringe severeweather front flooded much midwest first three days competition marked intense humidity searing heat occasional storm cells heavy rain lightning scheduling Racing events unfortunate Racing competitors Racing equipment requires on-site tuning mandatory safety net erected until 3 pm Friday primarily result flooding removal parked aircraft near site Standing water negated use electric drills post installation requiring improvisation event directorsthey utilized fork lifts trucks campers maintain net schedule Scale Racing Saturday Mouse Racing Sunday Slow Rat Monday Fast Rat Team Racing Tuesday Event Director Melvin Schuette assisted longtime partner John Holliday Scale Racing Most competitors arrived Thursday Several utilized high-school parking lot edge Lawrenceville testing Thunderstorms Thursday evening Friday morning halted further practice Saturday 630 am practice times 140to- 145-second speed range Stewart Willoughby ultra-light Little Quickie running steady 14 flat Power plants year predominantly GP-modified Rossi 15 Mark III few Nelson 15s Several new Australian Bolly carbon-fiber/epoxy propellers different configurations produced overall improved speeds props come pitch length close blades must thinned obtain 25000 27000 ground rpm airspeed mid 14s Juniors Seniors first Bobby Fogg Jr won Junior Scale Race time 611 140 lapsa great improvement over 1992 time 630 Senior Scale Race winner Joseph Rice flew well pitting problems slowing time 848 Sixteen entrants flew Open best two 70-lap preliminary heats recorded eight qualified finals Willoughby set new 70-lap record 24 1 tragedy struck Larry Dziak passed away heart attack pitting 70lap preliminary heat Scale race Dr Jerry Thomas several racing competitors administered CPR 18 minutes until ambulance arrived site 970 temperature humidity thunderstorms no wind resulted heat index 1200 events large percentage modeling competitors aging mandates equipped-and-staffed emergency vehicles site Larry passed away engaged sport loved best surrounded friends Open Scale Racing L-R B Fogg fifth J Ballard fourth 1 Dziak Jr third S Willoughby second C Dziak first family Over years competition became institution could always count Larry dispensing cold drink choice assorted snacks would always aid fellow competitor whatever repair equipment required lead truism Wizard doesnt have ityou dont need Larry fostered rookies Control Line Racing supplied everything knowledge rent-a-racer fuel lines battery support encouragement will missed never forgotten Later week control line category vice president Bev Wisniewski became dehydrated fainted Speed circles Fortunately recovered quickly hospital remote flying December 1993 79 Gabe Manfredi pits Mouse entry Lefthand crank propeller prevent torque rolls Hat has solar-powered fan suit weather conditions Dick Lambert mixes precise amounts kerosene oil ether amyl nitrate Team Race fuel areas further punctuate necessity adequately equipped emergency vehicles After two-hour hiatus remaining preliminary heats completed top event times ranging 241 300 Event Director Schuette suggested completing four 140-lap final races early Sunday morning Sunday 140-lap fast time Oge/Willoughby super 540 Larry Dziak Jr followed 543 Lambert/Ballard 547 times substantially better 1992 final times ranged 551 616 Larry Dziak Sr posthumously awarded first place Mouse Racing temperamental Cox 049 reed-valve-powered racers took circle consistent engine run 33 34 laps decent airspeed difficult obtain weather cooperated low wind lightweight racers handful control under best conditions Junior Mouse won Bobby Fogg Jr time 613 Nineyear-old Skyler Skelley got second 952 DJ Parr third Mr Open Mouse Paul Gibeault took first place back Canada time 516 John Todd Ballard second third 531 540 respectively Slow Rat Monday brought out 300-square-inch high-tech Slow Rat Racers Dick Lambert best airspeed 132 135 seconds rear-intake Nelson 35 Most other competitors running 138 146 seconds rear-intake SuperTigre X-40 reduced bore 36 displacement number four five APC competition-series propellers 87 x 8 low-cost alternative expensive carbon-fiber counterpart Nelson 36 requires intake/exhaust timing adjustment pull large 85 x 90 props fuel tanks divided between outboard/inboard chicken-hopper Texas outboard unifiow/ swingweight carburetor type Senior entry Howell Pugh did outstanding flying job first place Open racing saw Mike Greb stall takeoffrequiring restart foiling chances another win Byron Bednar fast heavily-modified Fox 36 engine blew practice Ballard took first 530 Lambert second 557 Todd Ballard came third 602 Mike Greb fourth 605 Lamberts tank developed transfer problems requiring four pit final race fuel-transfer problem can corrected new national record could forthcoming Rat Race intense speeds pilot stamina required Open Rat past competitors elected skip event Hopefully new 1994 -inch-carburetor rule will slow speeds bring entrants back years field headed Fogg/Shahan team class themselves airspeed ran 1100-112 K&B 40-powered fiberglass/metal pan creation Bob Fogg has spent hours developing airplane design tank configuration Rookie Dave McDonald another fast inverted-engine airplane needle valve came loose K&B 40 went extremely rich Ballard team could muster 116 119 airspeed practice eight entries flying agreed have 140-lap Continued nope 94 80 Model Aviation rry Meyer North Aurora IL adjusts needle valve Scale Racer Note Velcro armband hold GloBee Fireplug Al Bob Whitney heats Russian FAI engine Junior Scale Racing winner Bobby Fogg flying-wing design prior 30- Jr center Joseph Rice Senior second engine-off countdown winner ED Melvin Schuette Larry Dziak opens fuel shutoff Little Quickie Power GP-modif led Rossi 15 dominated event CL RacinglBallard Continued paqe 80 final race Bob Fogg managed great 431 Howard Shahan second 437 Todd Ballard distant third 453 Engines wer split year between K&B 40 SuperTigre X- 40 Plugs exclusively GloBee #lL funny plugs Most props Kelly 8 x 8 fiberglass McCollum 8 x 8 carbon- fiber FAI Team Race closely contested event large number entries numerous new tricks hallmarked F2C Racing Tuesday Monday evening 18 entries practiced fuel engine propeller combinations availability first-class equipmentincluding complete kits engines wires etc has brought event virtual obscurity notable prominence Entry level increasing performance has improved dramatically Kenn Smith acted Jury foreman assisted John Holliday Melvin Schuette 100-lap qualifying times 1992 part around 400 qualify semifinals year required times 340 350 range first round saw 338 Canadian team Kelley Parent Oge Willoughby team 333 Other times ranged 340 355 weather presented 780 850 day entire week 940 heat Mondays practice session gone compression settings safety-net circle teams used qualifying races regain setting MacleanJerabek team videotaped race unit allowed immediate post-race viewing case disputes six semifinalists included Kelly/Parent Fairey/Fairey Oge Willoughby Lambert/Ballard Newkirk/Gibeault Ascher/ Ascher semifinals Ascher team finally got setting posted 331 Fairey team actually strongest engine semifinals pitting problem foiled chances finals Kelly/Parent broke prop tangle Newkirk/Gibeault pitting problems 200-lap finals found weather conditions cooler morning Ballard/Lambert off compression ran 192 196 finals Oge/Willoughby Ascher/Ascher running 184 190 getting 34 37 laps Ascher & Lambert teams used Russian kit model Russian engine Willoughby used scratch-designed airplane Russian engine Ascher team won 720 Oge/Willoughby placed second 733 Ballard Lambert team came third 750 future competitors officials suggested having entire day F2C Race moving Fast Rat same day Slow Rat second safety-net circle necessary addition Obviously Team Racing highlight CL Racing 1993 thanks order officials timers competitors assistance aspects national event Also thank K&B Manufacturing 10% nitro fuel Other modeling special interest groups have formed own organizations monitor react unit dealing AMA noticeable Stunt Speed societies Racing fraternity formed National Control Line Racing Association during Nats presently have 58 members secretary lives Muncie Indiana area newsletter bylaws etc process welcome members $10 year Please write call Dave McDonald PO Box 384 Daleville IN 47934 Tel 317 378-7228 Cant Reinvent Wheel greatest enemy accurate balancing friction balancer s shaft touches wheels. wheels touch hubs.they actually fight AGAINST finding correct balance Wheel-type balancers produce friction eight separate points theyre perfect condition wont balance correctly design theyre incapable accuracy found Top Flites Power Point Precision Magnetic Balancer WHEEL-TYPE BALANCER Friction created eight locations Friction haft contacts wheels 00 0o Friction hubs Top Flites new magnetic balancer eliminates 7 out 8 friction points Top Flite s Precision Magnetic Balancer takes entirely different approach balancer design Suspended firmly between powerful Ceramic-8 magnets shaft touches surfacefor NEARLY FRICTIONLESS operation TOP FLITE PRECISION MAGNETIC BALANCER Achieves truest balance reduc ing friction absolute minimum shaft end floats end touches hard Lexan surface fine point almost no friction precise balancingwith accuracy approaches perfection ask hobby dealer unique Top Flite Precision Patent Pending 94 Model Aviation
Edition: Model Aviation - 1993/12
Page Numbers: 79, 80, 94
CONTROL LINE RACING TRAGEDY coupled recordsetting Control Line Racing performances hailmarked 67th National Aeromodeling Championships Mid-America Aircenter Lawrenceville Illinois included fringe severeweather front flooded much midwest first three days competition marked intense humidity searing heat occasional storm cells heavy rain lightning scheduling Racing events unfortunate Racing competitors Racing equipment requires on-site tuning mandatory safety net erected until 3 pm Friday primarily result flooding removal parked aircraft near site Standing water negated use electric drills post installation requiring improvisation event directorsthey utilized fork lifts trucks campers maintain net schedule Scale Racing Saturday Mouse Racing Sunday Slow Rat Monday Fast Rat Team Racing Tuesday Event Director Melvin Schuette assisted longtime partner John Holliday Scale Racing Most competitors arrived Thursday Several utilized high-school parking lot edge Lawrenceville testing Thunderstorms Thursday evening Friday morning halted further practice Saturday 630 am practice times 140to- 145-second speed range Stewart Willoughby ultra-light Little Quickie running steady 14 flat Power plants year predominantly GP-modified Rossi 15 Mark III few Nelson 15s Several new Australian Bolly carbon-fiber/epoxy propellers different configurations produced overall improved speeds props come pitch length close blades must thinned obtain 25000 27000 ground rpm airspeed mid 14s Juniors Seniors first Bobby Fogg Jr won Junior Scale Race time 611 140 lapsa great improvement over 1992 time 630 Senior Scale Race winner Joseph Rice flew well pitting problems slowing time 848 Sixteen entrants flew Open best two 70-lap preliminary heats recorded eight qualified finals Willoughby set new 70-lap record 24 1 tragedy struck Larry Dziak passed away heart attack pitting 70lap preliminary heat Scale race Dr Jerry Thomas several racing competitors administered CPR 18 minutes until ambulance arrived site 970 temperature humidity thunderstorms no wind resulted heat index 1200 events large percentage modeling competitors aging mandates equipped-and-staffed emergency vehicles site Larry passed away engaged sport loved best surrounded friends Open Scale Racing L-R B Fogg fifth J Ballard fourth 1 Dziak Jr third S Willoughby second C Dziak first family Over years competition became institution could always count Larry dispensing cold drink choice assorted snacks would always aid fellow competitor whatever repair equipment required lead truism Wizard doesnt have ityou dont need Larry fostered rookies Control Line Racing supplied everything knowledge rent-a-racer fuel lines battery support encouragement will missed never forgotten Later week control line category vice president Bev Wisniewski became dehydrated fainted Speed circles Fortunately recovered quickly hospital remote flying December 1993 79 Gabe Manfredi pits Mouse entry Lefthand crank propeller prevent torque rolls Hat has solar-powered fan suit weather conditions Dick Lambert mixes precise amounts kerosene oil ether amyl nitrate Team Race fuel areas further punctuate necessity adequately equipped emergency vehicles After two-hour hiatus remaining preliminary heats completed top event times ranging 241 300 Event Director Schuette suggested completing four 140-lap final races early Sunday morning Sunday 140-lap fast time Oge/Willoughby super 540 Larry Dziak Jr followed 543 Lambert/Ballard 547 times substantially better 1992 final times ranged 551 616 Larry Dziak Sr posthumously awarded first place Mouse Racing temperamental Cox 049 reed-valve-powered racers took circle consistent engine run 33 34 laps decent airspeed difficult obtain weather cooperated low wind lightweight racers handful control under best conditions Junior Mouse won Bobby Fogg Jr time 613 Nineyear-old Skyler Skelley got second 952 DJ Parr third Mr Open Mouse Paul Gibeault took first place back Canada time 516 John Todd Ballard second third 531 540 respectively Slow Rat Monday brought out 300-square-inch high-tech Slow Rat Racers Dick Lambert best airspeed 132 135 seconds rear-intake Nelson 35 Most other competitors running 138 146 seconds rear-intake SuperTigre X-40 reduced bore 36 displacement number four five APC competition-series propellers 87 x 8 low-cost alternative expensive carbon-fiber counterpart Nelson 36 requires intake/exhaust timing adjustment pull large 85 x 90 props fuel tanks divided between outboard/inboard chicken-hopper Texas outboard unifiow/ swingweight carburetor type Senior entry Howell Pugh did outstanding flying job first place Open racing saw Mike Greb stall takeoffrequiring restart foiling chances another win Byron Bednar fast heavily-modified Fox 36 engine blew practice Ballard took first 530 Lambert second 557 Todd Ballard came third 602 Mike Greb fourth 605 Lamberts tank developed transfer problems requiring four pit final race fuel-transfer problem can corrected new national record could forthcoming Rat Race intense speeds pilot stamina required Open Rat past competitors elected skip event Hopefully new 1994 -inch-carburetor rule will slow speeds bring entrants back years field headed Fogg/Shahan team class themselves airspeed ran 1100-112 K&B 40-powered fiberglass/metal pan creation Bob Fogg has spent hours developing airplane design tank configuration Rookie Dave McDonald another fast inverted-engine airplane needle valve came loose K&B 40 went extremely rich Ballard team could muster 116 119 airspeed practice eight entries flying agreed have 140-lap Continued nope 94 80 Model Aviation rry Meyer North Aurora IL adjusts needle valve Scale Racer Note Velcro armband hold GloBee Fireplug Al Bob Whitney heats Russian FAI engine Junior Scale Racing winner Bobby Fogg flying-wing design prior 30- Jr center Joseph Rice Senior second engine-off countdown winner ED Melvin Schuette Larry Dziak opens fuel shutoff Little Quickie Power GP-modif led Rossi 15 dominated event CL RacinglBallard Continued paqe 80 final race Bob Fogg managed great 431 Howard Shahan second 437 Todd Ballard distant third 453 Engines wer split year between K&B 40 SuperTigre X- 40 Plugs exclusively GloBee #lL funny plugs Most props Kelly 8 x 8 fiberglass McCollum 8 x 8 carbon- fiber FAI Team Race closely contested event large number entries numerous new tricks hallmarked F2C Racing Tuesday Monday evening 18 entries practiced fuel engine propeller combinations availability first-class equipmentincluding complete kits engines wires etc has brought event virtual obscurity notable prominence Entry level increasing performance has improved dramatically Kenn Smith acted Jury foreman assisted John Holliday Melvin Schuette 100-lap qualifying times 1992 part around 400 qualify semifinals year required times 340 350 range first round saw 338 Canadian team Kelley Parent Oge Willoughby team 333 Other times ranged 340 355 weather presented 780 850 day entire week 940 heat Mondays practice session gone compression settings safety-net circle teams used qualifying races regain setting MacleanJerabek team videotaped race unit allowed immediate post-race viewing case disputes six semifinalists included Kelly/Parent Fairey/Fairey Oge Willoughby Lambert/Ballard Newkirk/Gibeault Ascher/ Ascher semifinals Ascher team finally got setting posted 331 Fairey team actually strongest engine semifinals pitting problem foiled chances finals Kelly/Parent broke prop tangle Newkirk/Gibeault pitting problems 200-lap finals found weather conditions cooler morning Ballard/Lambert off compression ran 192 196 finals Oge/Willoughby Ascher/Ascher running 184 190 getting 34 37 laps Ascher & Lambert teams used Russian kit model Russian engine Willoughby used scratch-designed airplane Russian engine Ascher team won 720 Oge/Willoughby placed second 733 Ballard Lambert team came third 750 future competitors officials suggested having entire day F2C Race moving Fast Rat same day Slow Rat second safety-net circle necessary addition Obviously Team Racing highlight CL Racing 1993 thanks order officials timers competitors assistance aspects national event Also thank K&B Manufacturing 10% nitro fuel Other modeling special interest groups have formed own organizations monitor react unit dealing AMA noticeable Stunt Speed societies Racing fraternity formed National Control Line Racing Association during Nats presently have 58 members secretary lives Muncie Indiana area newsletter bylaws etc process welcome members $10 year Please write call Dave McDonald PO Box 384 Daleville IN 47934 Tel 317 378-7228 Cant Reinvent Wheel greatest enemy accurate balancing friction balancer s shaft touches wheels. wheels touch hubs.they actually fight AGAINST finding correct balance Wheel-type balancers produce friction eight separate points theyre perfect condition wont balance correctly design theyre incapable accuracy found Top Flites Power Point Precision Magnetic Balancer WHEEL-TYPE BALANCER Friction created eight locations Friction haft contacts wheels 00 0o Friction hubs Top Flites new magnetic balancer eliminates 7 out 8 friction points Top Flite s Precision Magnetic Balancer takes entirely different approach balancer design Suspended firmly between powerful Ceramic-8 magnets shaft touches surfacefor NEARLY FRICTIONLESS operation TOP FLITE PRECISION MAGNETIC BALANCER Achieves truest balance reduc ing friction absolute minimum shaft end floats end touches hard Lexan surface fine point almost no friction precise balancingwith accuracy approaches perfection ask hobby dealer unique Top Flite Precision Patent Pending 94 Model Aviation