CONTROL LINE Racing Speed Phill Bussell SPEED AND RACING EVENTS 1975 National Contest run Jill Bussell Dallas Bill Lee Hous ton respectively first time out National Event Directors either two both sported much local regional experience respective events observations both performed admirably deserve stand ing ovation competing Speed Racing Lake Charles rained off day Monday everyone holding breath August getting close hurri cane season around Southern coast weather can very turbulent dur ing time could have very easily rained entire week After Monday generally weather good temperature starting out morning mid-70s working its way up low 90s mid-afternoon humidity high surprisingly area country usually does sport high humidity especially time year thing have noticed competing Lake Charles two years dont have much trouble wind case Speed fly officially want can gen erally pick temperature humidity feel equipment can best perform does hold true Rac ing obviously adds another dimension Racing enthusiast cope RACING have observed Racing very closely last two three years becomes obvious time passes peo ple consistently come out top Racing ones have experi ence ability cope elements necessarily ones fastest engines observed timed Rats Goodyears tuned race surprisingly enough except few obviously competitive reason another clock ing about same air became obvious quickly consistency relia bility state tune would play big part final outcome both Good year Rat thing qualify 700 tempera ture 85% humidity quite another race finals 950 tem perature 75% humidity though racers nature thought hottest combination field personally saw no completely outclass other Some clocked running slow cool am came like gangbusters day wore Others obviously tuned run near peak efficiency cool mornings trouble temperatures went up Goodyear Most outstanding Goodyears year sported megaphonetuned exhaust systems top entries front-induction Rossi 15s RPM increases 1000 1500 range can obtained use mega phone-tuned exhaust system obvious ly intend compete Goodyear future least National level will need incorporate some sort exhaust tuning system ie Y4-wave length straight section tuned length wave length megaphone system fullwave length full-tuned pipe average Goodyears faster last year though re sults did confirm checked 110 115 mph bracket tuned race John Ballard Louisville Ky John Kilsdonk Northville Mich sporting new GloBee racing plug 18 ModelAviation Tom Gillotts Open Rat all-wood Construction inverted engine Below left Frank Garzon Bob Vuarte prepare Franks C ship Below right Sue Plaunt prepares race two entries qualified Sue husband Jim quickly established themselves ones beat Goodyear revolutionary GloBee plug sporting flat spiral glow element setting high temperature glass seal allowed higher engine tempera tures consequently allowed Ballard Kilsdonk run nitro high compression still substantially crease plug life obvious think GloBee gave pair edge Jim Sue Plaunt Tex running 102 109 mph traffic finals Goodyear Ballard Kils donk just hair faster both ships Kilsdonk appeared lose tune last 80 laps race engine started overheat curious see GloBee could handle obvious heat ing problem did Kilsdonk went finish 631 Ballard running lot better Kilsdonk just barely man aged edge him out first place just fraction under 631 might add both Ballard Kilsdonk ably pitted Gary Fentress Sellerberg md Gary did excellent job obviously top pitmen country Third place Goodyear went team Turner/Wheeler Dallas like Kilsdonk Ballard run ning megaphone-tuned Rossi 15s Kerry Turner ably does flying Mike Wheeler handles pitting qualified two ships #1 ship just fast field clocked entire race running very consistent ly 101 104 mph time frac tion over 636 think both agree lost race pits After first pit stop very good became obvious having trouble restarting end race close examina tion plug showed reason glow element completely broken two element pieces moved down over side plug cavity shorted together just barely good enough Wheeler re start engine some difficulty engine probably would have re started last two pit stops except fact Mike hits prop extremely hard restarting sends pis ton through several complete revolutions flip Turner/Wheeler team used 7-6 Bartel prop blank cut 6 long left 6 pitch blade area thinned considerably like have en gine running about 23000 23500 rpm ground flying prop fuel running 60% nitro 20% synthet ic oil 20% alcohol fuel meg aphone length 6 measured cen ter glow plug end megaphone run normal standard open-faced timing sleeve exhaust port raised approximately 030 Most megaphone-equipped engines sport tuned-pipe sleeves much longer ex haust port duration SPEED segment control line well attended already commented weather good could ex continued page 79 November1975 19 Racing Director Dill Lee explains ruling Dick Stubblefield Right Gene Patrick Hempel Below Brent Bussell piped 1/2A Bottom left Japan Akesh Kusomoto Bottom right Larry Newton Stan Simpson Mike Schmeider low qualifying time Rat Nats/C LIBusseII continued page 19 pected except Tuesday front accompanied wind rain passed through about 400 pm Speed shut down about 30 minutes re opened time contestants get final flights Profile Proto Proto Speed Being Tex saw front coming long before hit pit area completely cleaned up gear stored before wind hit good thing wind quite violent much equipment field could never have recovered Since complete breakdown National results contained elsewhere Model Aviation will try hold repetitions bare minimum Junior Speed Junior interest Speed definitely up showed Nation als three events won Juniors over National Record Speeds actu ally four Junior Records bested Brent Russell Dallas broke own /2A Profile Proto Record winning event excellent time 9237 mph Brent Junior member Poo hawk Racing Team Dallas Tex did attempt back new record therefore record remains 9194 mph Second place went Eric Stegans Cleveland Ohio turned 8646 mph Barry Pailet Brookville NY took third place 8540 mph speed HalfA Profile very popular hotly contested Junior events Hope fully further restrictions will placed event winter CLCB event will once again attractive beginners Half-A Proto Speed won 8-year-old Quay Barber Jr Ohio Quay 7-year-old brother David two youngest Speed Flyers com peting Lake Charles have watched young Barbers just pass ing interest last three years would mean Quay has competing since five years old entire fam ily has become involved Speed both competitive social standpoint truly inspiration watch completely self-sufficient Quay David ably assisted father Quay Sr also competes limited basis Open age group Mrs Barber can always found somewhere close entire family including family dog travels contests self-contained camper Barber family good example what can accomplished Speed effort patience Obviously Speed family affair Junior B Speed hotly contested Tommy Giertz Houston broke Junior National B Record have current Junior B Record holder Mark Seigler also Houston come back best Tommys record later day kind competition keeps young guys coming back Both Tommy Mark flying Poohawk Powered DJS 29s Tommys fastest flight 18065 mph Marks 18156 mph bad Juniors Both Tommy Mark will seniors competition 1976 B Proto won Patrick Hempel Garland Tex Junior C Speed won Mark Seigler set new National Record 16769 mph using Super Tigre X40 mini-pipe Mark clocked test circle 178 mph should formidable competition Class C well B moves Senior age group next year Patrick Hempel broke own Junior Jet Record recorded speed 17797 mph Brent Bussell rounded out Junior events won Speed time 121 14870 mph Brent cur rently holds Junior Record 15797 mph using Super Tigre X-15 6-7/2 Rev-Up prop GloBee racing plug fuel 75% nitro 5% propyl lene oxide 20% PooLube Becky Snyder won FAI Speed speed 11798 mph Beckyquite little charmer Fresno Califis credit fairer sex especially Speed competitor monoline pilot Senior Speed Competition Senior Speed seemed off both numbers performances past years Only National Speed Record broken some speeds turned Seniors very impressive event combined flyers Mike Langlois Senior took first place almost 8 mph Half-A Proto also won Mike Langlois 9480 mph flight Brian Pardue claiming second place speed 8224 mph Both young men live Greensboro NC consistently turn top speeds Glen Vansant Dale Elder Greg Simon took next three places event Speed same two young men NC took first two places Only two official speeds recorded Senior C Speed Glen Vansants 15660 mph Mike Bussells 14821 mph little slow considering speeds turned Junior flyers Mike does however hold Senior C record well over 165 mph did turn 160s test circle come back lose last two official flights due tank failure Jet Speed combined flyers 15 entries won Senior Mike Langlois flying own Super Burp November1975 79 N PRODUCTS INC 535 DavIaville Rd Willow Grove Pa 19090 659-3900 PDQ MOLDED WING CORES. 10 times strength cut foam wings Score another first Sullivan t molded wing core world addition its incredible strength its quicker complete construction lighter because use less balsa far economical fits 8 out 10 pattern aircraft designed 40 60 powered aircraft fully elliptical can use modern iron-on coverings Hurry over dealers take look only$S Nats/CI/Bussell continued 19816 mph flight about 2 mph below own Jet Record Mikes speed almost 8 mph better second place speed turned Open flyer Another Senior Dennis Mc Graw Memphis Tenn recorded 16327 mph flight good enough place event Second Third Place Jet went Charlie Geneva Davis Hallsville Tex turned 19040 mph 18762 mph respec tively really family affair sometimes Charlie too sure wants beat Geneva Nats because 364 other days year Senior B Speed won Mike Bussell Senior member Poohawk Racing Team bettered own na tional record over 5 mph time 18435 mph Mike Langlois took second Max Snyder Fresno Calif took third speed 14611 mph turned Max Snyder take first place B Proto also took first place FAT speed 12204 mph Haas/Murphy team Calif claimed First Place Speed time 13621 mph Senior participation off several prominent Junior Speed flyers moving up next year 1976 promises much competitive Senior Age group Open Speed Competition Open level usual fast furious HalfA Speed typical example first place going team Bussell/Jett near record speed 11699 mph Warren Kurth took second 11373 mph Al Stegans 11231 mph placed third Bussell/Jett team using home-built 3-port cylinder tuned exhaust system Cox TD lower end Both Kurth Stegans running production Cox TD parts no exhaust tuning Half-A Proto won Al Stegans Cleveland Ohio followed Kim Newton team Los Angeles area Warren Kurth placed third Speed won Glenn Lee Super Tigre X-l5 powered ship turned 16831 mph less off Open record event real tug war teams Finn/McDonald Arlington Tex finished second 16769 mph Kim/Newton Calif finished third 16599 tried throughout day catch Mr Lee Bussell/Jett team stayed test circle entire day just seemed might mount threat beset minor problems truth never did record official flight think Glenn Lee happy over fact won Speed Super Tigre X-15 winning kept referring fact speed turned $25 en gine $4 hop-up Evidentlyhe replace shaft bearings engine some other relatively minor part rate X-15 won first both Junior Open Speed Open C Speed dominated Arlie Fridley/Richard Shannon team using own VHP 65 engine rear exhaust tuned pipe mill featuring aluminum piston pikes ring turned 19621 mph barely edge out Richards DadDoc Shannon turned 19579 mph also using VHP 65 Finn/McDonald team took Third speed 189 mph Open B B Proto won Bussell/Jett team Open members Poohawk Racing Team Dallas turned 19285 mph B 16290 mph B Proto using own Poohawk Powered DJS 29s B using Top Flite 7-10 prop 75% nitro 5% pro pylene 20% Poo Lube fuel using GloBee racing plug Rossi 29 pipe stretched 14 center plug end pipe surgical tubing tank B Proto set up same except used 7-10 Top Flite prop GloBee plug gives us leeway needle settings stays us longer feel consistency effort result Formula 40 Speed drew 32 entries very much up 1974 does indeed seem catching event won Bob Brogdon using new K&B 40 reportedly engine unbolted right off Formula Pylon Racer bolted right Bobs Formula 40 Speed Ship record 15051 mph speed Second Place went Turner/Wheeler team using Super Tigre X-40 new design mid-range tuned pipe scaled down Yamaha motorcycle expansion chamber look way fourth place before could find Speed flyer listed rather embarrassing hopefully some Speed flyers partici pating event will take seri ously 1976less Pylon flyers get big head Open FAI Speed drew 13 entries first place going Akesh Kusumoto Tokyo Japan time 13443 mph RAT RACE Open Rat Race won Harold Dick Lambert Daytona Beach Fla 4355 Harold worked pits Dick did flying running HP 40 8-8 Bartel prop pitched constant 7 pitch prop stations fuel 55% nitro 20% alcohol 20% MA2270 oil 5% castor oil using Fireball Cool glow plug own design head Dick advised double-squish type much like Su per Tigre X-40 running 015 head clearance airframe original design called Snake built around own glass top weighed 33 ounces Dick especially proud engine quick show off metal impregnated piston impregna tion process opposed Teflon coating supposed penetrate some 040 deep Dick said moving parts impregnated special process claims 25% reduction heat re sult process Second Rat went Tim Gillott Salinas Calif ship flown John Ballard Tim turned 4414 using K&B 40S power turn ing Bartel 8-8 prop pitched 6 hub 8 center 7 tip K&B running 50% nitro 18% MA2270 oil 32% alcohol Fire ball standard heat range short-base plug airframe original design sport ing inverted engine im pressed Tims all-wood airframe uses little area wing Rat flyers lot area stab makes much better fly ing ship especially passing opinion Tims ship superior design other Ratsat least ones saw finals Third place Rat won John Kilsdonk pitted Gary Fentress John running good ca pable am sure disap pointed time low qualifying time Rat 2218 2244 two-flight total 4462 registered Larry Newton pilot Stan Simpson Mike Schmeider pits group Jacksonville Fla flying Swamp Rat wlich also flown 1st 3rd place Senior Rat Brian Smith 5182 Haas/Murphy team 5457 Larry Newton running reworked HP 40 Bartel 8-6 glass prop 55% nitro 20% synthetic oil 25% alcohol fuel along Fireball plug fire checked Larry turning low qualifying time running 122 126 142 mph 147 mph traf fic 150 mph Rats widely publicized again just did materialize appeared good time participants Speed Racing 1975 Nationals Lake Charles La 80 Model Aviation TRY SCALE ACCESSORIES KITS INE GUN KITS ENGINE KITS & CYLINDERS PILOTS LS PROPS & HANGERS SPINNERS INGS CANOPIES K COWLS ASK FOR OUR PRODUCTS AT YOUR DEALER OR SEND 25 FOR OUR CATALOG WILLIAMS BROS DEPT M 181 PAWNEE ST SAN MARCOS cA 92069
Edition: Model Aviation - 1975/11
Page Numbers: 18, 19, 79, 80
CONTROL LINE Racing Speed Phill Bussell SPEED AND RACING EVENTS 1975 National Contest run Jill Bussell Dallas Bill Lee Hous ton respectively first time out National Event Directors either two both sported much local regional experience respective events observations both performed admirably deserve stand ing ovation competing Speed Racing Lake Charles rained off day Monday everyone holding breath August getting close hurri cane season around Southern coast weather can very turbulent dur ing time could have very easily rained entire week After Monday generally weather good temperature starting out morning mid-70s working its way up low 90s mid-afternoon humidity high surprisingly area country usually does sport high humidity especially time year thing have noticed competing Lake Charles two years dont have much trouble wind case Speed fly officially want can gen erally pick temperature humidity feel equipment can best perform does hold true Rac ing obviously adds another dimension Racing enthusiast cope RACING have observed Racing very closely last two three years becomes obvious time passes peo ple consistently come out top Racing ones have experi ence ability cope elements necessarily ones fastest engines observed timed Rats Goodyears tuned race surprisingly enough except few obviously competitive reason another clock ing about same air became obvious quickly consistency relia bility state tune would play big part final outcome both Good year Rat thing qualify 700 tempera ture 85% humidity quite another race finals 950 tem perature 75% humidity though racers nature thought hottest combination field personally saw no completely outclass other Some clocked running slow cool am came like gangbusters day wore Others obviously tuned run near peak efficiency cool mornings trouble temperatures went up Goodyear Most outstanding Goodyears year sported megaphonetuned exhaust systems top entries front-induction Rossi 15s RPM increases 1000 1500 range can obtained use mega phone-tuned exhaust system obvious ly intend compete Goodyear future least National level will need incorporate some sort exhaust tuning system ie Y4-wave length straight section tuned length wave length megaphone system fullwave length full-tuned pipe average Goodyears faster last year though re sults did confirm checked 110 115 mph bracket tuned race John Ballard Louisville Ky John Kilsdonk Northville Mich sporting new GloBee racing plug 18 ModelAviation Tom Gillotts Open Rat all-wood Construction inverted engine Below left Frank Garzon Bob Vuarte prepare Franks C ship Below right Sue Plaunt prepares race two entries qualified Sue husband Jim quickly established themselves ones beat Goodyear revolutionary GloBee plug sporting flat spiral glow element setting high temperature glass seal allowed higher engine tempera tures consequently allowed Ballard Kilsdonk run nitro high compression still substantially crease plug life obvious think GloBee gave pair edge Jim Sue Plaunt Tex running 102 109 mph traffic finals Goodyear Ballard Kils donk just hair faster both ships Kilsdonk appeared lose tune last 80 laps race engine started overheat curious see GloBee could handle obvious heat ing problem did Kilsdonk went finish 631 Ballard running lot better Kilsdonk just barely man aged edge him out first place just fraction under 631 might add both Ballard Kilsdonk ably pitted Gary Fentress Sellerberg md Gary did excellent job obviously top pitmen country Third place Goodyear went team Turner/Wheeler Dallas like Kilsdonk Ballard run ning megaphone-tuned Rossi 15s Kerry Turner ably does flying Mike Wheeler handles pitting qualified two ships #1 ship just fast field clocked entire race running very consistent ly 101 104 mph time frac tion over 636 think both agree lost race pits After first pit stop very good became obvious having trouble restarting end race close examina tion plug showed reason glow element completely broken two element pieces moved down over side plug cavity shorted together just barely good enough Wheeler re start engine some difficulty engine probably would have re started last two pit stops except fact Mike hits prop extremely hard restarting sends pis ton through several complete revolutions flip Turner/Wheeler team used 7-6 Bartel prop blank cut 6 long left 6 pitch blade area thinned considerably like have en gine running about 23000 23500 rpm ground flying prop fuel running 60% nitro 20% synthet ic oil 20% alcohol fuel meg aphone length 6 measured cen ter glow plug end megaphone run normal standard open-faced timing sleeve exhaust port raised approximately 030 Most megaphone-equipped engines sport tuned-pipe sleeves much longer ex haust port duration SPEED segment control line well attended already commented weather good could ex continued page 79 November1975 19 Racing Director Dill Lee explains ruling Dick Stubblefield Right Gene Patrick Hempel Below Brent Bussell piped 1/2A Bottom left Japan Akesh Kusomoto Bottom right Larry Newton Stan Simpson Mike Schmeider low qualifying time Rat Nats/C LIBusseII continued page 19 pected except Tuesday front accompanied wind rain passed through about 400 pm Speed shut down about 30 minutes re opened time contestants get final flights Profile Proto Proto Speed Being Tex saw front coming long before hit pit area completely cleaned up gear stored before wind hit good thing wind quite violent much equipment field could never have recovered Since complete breakdown National results contained elsewhere Model Aviation will try hold repetitions bare minimum Junior Speed Junior interest Speed definitely up showed Nation als three events won Juniors over National Record Speeds actu ally four Junior Records bested Brent Russell Dallas broke own /2A Profile Proto Record winning event excellent time 9237 mph Brent Junior member Poo hawk Racing Team Dallas Tex did attempt back new record therefore record remains 9194 mph Second place went Eric Stegans Cleveland Ohio turned 8646 mph Barry Pailet Brookville NY took third place 8540 mph speed HalfA Profile very popular hotly contested Junior events Hope fully further restrictions will placed event winter CLCB event will once again attractive beginners Half-A Proto Speed won 8-year-old Quay Barber Jr Ohio Quay 7-year-old brother David two youngest Speed Flyers com peting Lake Charles have watched young Barbers just pass ing interest last three years would mean Quay has competing since five years old entire fam ily has become involved Speed both competitive social standpoint truly inspiration watch completely self-sufficient Quay David ably assisted father Quay Sr also competes limited basis Open age group Mrs Barber can always found somewhere close entire family including family dog travels contests self-contained camper Barber family good example what can accomplished Speed effort patience Obviously Speed family affair Junior B Speed hotly contested Tommy Giertz Houston broke Junior National B Record have current Junior B Record holder Mark Seigler also Houston come back best Tommys record later day kind competition keeps young guys coming back Both Tommy Mark flying Poohawk Powered DJS 29s Tommys fastest flight 18065 mph Marks 18156 mph bad Juniors Both Tommy Mark will seniors competition 1976 B Proto won Patrick Hempel Garland Tex Junior C Speed won Mark Seigler set new National Record 16769 mph using Super Tigre X40 mini-pipe Mark clocked test circle 178 mph should formidable competition Class C well B moves Senior age group next year Patrick Hempel broke own Junior Jet Record recorded speed 17797 mph Brent Bussell rounded out Junior events won Speed time 121 14870 mph Brent cur rently holds Junior Record 15797 mph using Super Tigre X-15 6-7/2 Rev-Up prop GloBee racing plug fuel 75% nitro 5% propyl lene oxide 20% PooLube Becky Snyder won FAI Speed speed 11798 mph Beckyquite little charmer Fresno Califis credit fairer sex especially Speed competitor monoline pilot Senior Speed Competition Senior Speed seemed off both numbers performances past years Only National Speed Record broken some speeds turned Seniors very impressive event combined flyers Mike Langlois Senior took first place almost 8 mph Half-A Proto also won Mike Langlois 9480 mph flight Brian Pardue claiming second place speed 8224 mph Both young men live Greensboro NC consistently turn top speeds Glen Vansant Dale Elder Greg Simon took next three places event Speed same two young men NC took first two places Only two official speeds recorded Senior C Speed Glen Vansants 15660 mph Mike Bussells 14821 mph little slow considering speeds turned Junior flyers Mike does however hold Senior C record well over 165 mph did turn 160s test circle come back lose last two official flights due tank failure Jet Speed combined flyers 15 entries won Senior Mike Langlois flying own Super Burp November1975 79 N PRODUCTS INC 535 DavIaville Rd Willow Grove Pa 19090 659-3900 PDQ MOLDED WING CORES. 10 times strength cut foam wings Score another first Sullivan t molded wing core world addition its incredible strength its quicker complete construction lighter because use less balsa far economical fits 8 out 10 pattern aircraft designed 40 60 powered aircraft fully elliptical can use modern iron-on coverings Hurry over dealers take look only$S Nats/CI/Bussell continued 19816 mph flight about 2 mph below own Jet Record Mikes speed almost 8 mph better second place speed turned Open flyer Another Senior Dennis Mc Graw Memphis Tenn recorded 16327 mph flight good enough place event Second Third Place Jet went Charlie Geneva Davis Hallsville Tex turned 19040 mph 18762 mph respec tively really family affair sometimes Charlie too sure wants beat Geneva Nats because 364 other days year Senior B Speed won Mike Bussell Senior member Poohawk Racing Team bettered own na tional record over 5 mph time 18435 mph Mike Langlois took second Max Snyder Fresno Calif took third speed 14611 mph turned Max Snyder take first place B Proto also took first place FAT speed 12204 mph Haas/Murphy team Calif claimed First Place Speed time 13621 mph Senior participation off several prominent Junior Speed flyers moving up next year 1976 promises much competitive Senior Age group Open Speed Competition Open level usual fast furious HalfA Speed typical example first place going team Bussell/Jett near record speed 11699 mph Warren Kurth took second 11373 mph Al Stegans 11231 mph placed third Bussell/Jett team using home-built 3-port cylinder tuned exhaust system Cox TD lower end Both Kurth Stegans running production Cox TD parts no exhaust tuning Half-A Proto won Al Stegans Cleveland Ohio followed Kim Newton team Los Angeles area Warren Kurth placed third Speed won Glenn Lee Super Tigre X-l5 powered ship turned 16831 mph less off Open record event real tug war teams Finn/McDonald Arlington Tex finished second 16769 mph Kim/Newton Calif finished third 16599 tried throughout day catch Mr Lee Bussell/Jett team stayed test circle entire day just seemed might mount threat beset minor problems truth never did record official flight think Glenn Lee happy over fact won Speed Super Tigre X-15 winning kept referring fact speed turned $25 en gine $4 hop-up Evidentlyhe replace shaft bearings engine some other relatively minor part rate X-15 won first both Junior Open Speed Open C Speed dominated Arlie Fridley/Richard Shannon team using own VHP 65 engine rear exhaust tuned pipe mill featuring aluminum piston pikes ring turned 19621 mph barely edge out Richards DadDoc Shannon turned 19579 mph also using VHP 65 Finn/McDonald team took Third speed 189 mph Open B B Proto won Bussell/Jett team Open members Poohawk Racing Team Dallas turned 19285 mph B 16290 mph B Proto using own Poohawk Powered DJS 29s B using Top Flite 7-10 prop 75% nitro 5% pro pylene 20% Poo Lube fuel using GloBee racing plug Rossi 29 pipe stretched 14 center plug end pipe surgical tubing tank B Proto set up same except used 7-10 Top Flite prop GloBee plug gives us leeway needle settings stays us longer feel consistency effort result Formula 40 Speed drew 32 entries very much up 1974 does indeed seem catching event won Bob Brogdon using new K&B 40 reportedly engine unbolted right off Formula Pylon Racer bolted right Bobs Formula 40 Speed Ship record 15051 mph speed Second Place went Turner/Wheeler team using Super Tigre X-40 new design mid-range tuned pipe scaled down Yamaha motorcycle expansion chamber look way fourth place before could find Speed flyer listed rather embarrassing hopefully some Speed flyers partici pating event will take seri ously 1976less Pylon flyers get big head Open FAI Speed drew 13 entries first place going Akesh Kusumoto Tokyo Japan time 13443 mph RAT RACE Open Rat Race won Harold Dick Lambert Daytona Beach Fla 4355 Harold worked pits Dick did flying running HP 40 8-8 Bartel prop pitched constant 7 pitch prop stations fuel 55% nitro 20% alcohol 20% MA2270 oil 5% castor oil using Fireball Cool glow plug own design head Dick advised double-squish type much like Su per Tigre X-40 running 015 head clearance airframe original design called Snake built around own glass top weighed 33 ounces Dick especially proud engine quick show off metal impregnated piston impregna tion process opposed Teflon coating supposed penetrate some 040 deep Dick said moving parts impregnated special process claims 25% reduction heat re sult process Second Rat went Tim Gillott Salinas Calif ship flown John Ballard Tim turned 4414 using K&B 40S power turn ing Bartel 8-8 prop pitched 6 hub 8 center 7 tip K&B running 50% nitro 18% MA2270 oil 32% alcohol Fire ball standard heat range short-base plug airframe original design sport ing inverted engine im pressed Tims all-wood airframe uses little area wing Rat flyers lot area stab makes much better fly ing ship especially passing opinion Tims ship superior design other Ratsat least ones saw finals Third place Rat won John Kilsdonk pitted Gary Fentress John running good ca pable am sure disap pointed time low qualifying time Rat 2218 2244 two-flight total 4462 registered Larry Newton pilot Stan Simpson Mike Schmeider pits group Jacksonville Fla flying Swamp Rat wlich also flown 1st 3rd place Senior Rat Brian Smith 5182 Haas/Murphy team 5457 Larry Newton running reworked HP 40 Bartel 8-6 glass prop 55% nitro 20% synthetic oil 25% alcohol fuel along Fireball plug fire checked Larry turning low qualifying time running 122 126 142 mph 147 mph traf fic 150 mph Rats widely publicized again just did materialize appeared good time participants Speed Racing 1975 Nationals Lake Charles La 80 Model Aviation TRY SCALE ACCESSORIES KITS INE GUN KITS ENGINE KITS & CYLINDERS PILOTS LS PROPS & HANGERS SPINNERS INGS CANOPIES K COWLS ASK FOR OUR PRODUCTS AT YOUR DEALER OR SEND 25 FOR OUR CATALOG WILLIAMS BROS DEPT M 181 PAWNEE ST SAN MARCOS cA 92069
Edition: Model Aviation - 1975/11
Page Numbers: 18, 19, 79, 80
CONTROL LINE Racing Speed Phill Bussell SPEED AND RACING EVENTS 1975 National Contest run Jill Bussell Dallas Bill Lee Hous ton respectively first time out National Event Directors either two both sported much local regional experience respective events observations both performed admirably deserve stand ing ovation competing Speed Racing Lake Charles rained off day Monday everyone holding breath August getting close hurri cane season around Southern coast weather can very turbulent dur ing time could have very easily rained entire week After Monday generally weather good temperature starting out morning mid-70s working its way up low 90s mid-afternoon humidity high surprisingly area country usually does sport high humidity especially time year thing have noticed competing Lake Charles two years dont have much trouble wind case Speed fly officially want can gen erally pick temperature humidity feel equipment can best perform does hold true Rac ing obviously adds another dimension Racing enthusiast cope RACING have observed Racing very closely last two three years becomes obvious time passes peo ple consistently come out top Racing ones have experi ence ability cope elements necessarily ones fastest engines observed timed Rats Goodyears tuned race surprisingly enough except few obviously competitive reason another clock ing about same air became obvious quickly consistency relia bility state tune would play big part final outcome both Good year Rat thing qualify 700 tempera ture 85% humidity quite another race finals 950 tem perature 75% humidity though racers nature thought hottest combination field personally saw no completely outclass other Some clocked running slow cool am came like gangbusters day wore Others obviously tuned run near peak efficiency cool mornings trouble temperatures went up Goodyear Most outstanding Goodyears year sported megaphonetuned exhaust systems top entries front-induction Rossi 15s RPM increases 1000 1500 range can obtained use mega phone-tuned exhaust system obvious ly intend compete Goodyear future least National level will need incorporate some sort exhaust tuning system ie Y4-wave length straight section tuned length wave length megaphone system fullwave length full-tuned pipe average Goodyears faster last year though re sults did confirm checked 110 115 mph bracket tuned race John Ballard Louisville Ky John Kilsdonk Northville Mich sporting new GloBee racing plug 18 ModelAviation Tom Gillotts Open Rat all-wood Construction inverted engine Below left Frank Garzon Bob Vuarte prepare Franks C ship Below right Sue Plaunt prepares race two entries qualified Sue husband Jim quickly established themselves ones beat Goodyear revolutionary GloBee plug sporting flat spiral glow element setting high temperature glass seal allowed higher engine tempera tures consequently allowed Ballard Kilsdonk run nitro high compression still substantially crease plug life obvious think GloBee gave pair edge Jim Sue Plaunt Tex running 102 109 mph traffic finals Goodyear Ballard Kils donk just hair faster both ships Kilsdonk appeared lose tune last 80 laps race engine started overheat curious see GloBee could handle obvious heat ing problem did Kilsdonk went finish 631 Ballard running lot better Kilsdonk just barely man aged edge him out first place just fraction under 631 might add both Ballard Kilsdonk ably pitted Gary Fentress Sellerberg md Gary did excellent job obviously top pitmen country Third place Goodyear went team Turner/Wheeler Dallas like Kilsdonk Ballard run ning megaphone-tuned Rossi 15s Kerry Turner ably does flying Mike Wheeler handles pitting qualified two ships #1 ship just fast field clocked entire race running very consistent ly 101 104 mph time frac tion over 636 think both agree lost race pits After first pit stop very good became obvious having trouble restarting end race close examina tion plug showed reason glow element completely broken two element pieces moved down over side plug cavity shorted together just barely good enough Wheeler re start engine some difficulty engine probably would have re started last two pit stops except fact Mike hits prop extremely hard restarting sends pis ton through several complete revolutions flip Turner/Wheeler team used 7-6 Bartel prop blank cut 6 long left 6 pitch blade area thinned considerably like have en gine running about 23000 23500 rpm ground flying prop fuel running 60% nitro 20% synthet ic oil 20% alcohol fuel meg aphone length 6 measured cen ter glow plug end megaphone run normal standard open-faced timing sleeve exhaust port raised approximately 030 Most megaphone-equipped engines sport tuned-pipe sleeves much longer ex haust port duration SPEED segment control line well attended already commented weather good could ex continued page 79 November1975 19 Racing Director Dill Lee explains ruling Dick Stubblefield Right Gene Patrick Hempel Below Brent Bussell piped 1/2A Bottom left Japan Akesh Kusomoto Bottom right Larry Newton Stan Simpson Mike Schmeider low qualifying time Rat Nats/C LIBusseII continued page 19 pected except Tuesday front accompanied wind rain passed through about 400 pm Speed shut down about 30 minutes re opened time contestants get final flights Profile Proto Proto Speed Being Tex saw front coming long before hit pit area completely cleaned up gear stored before wind hit good thing wind quite violent much equipment field could never have recovered Since complete breakdown National results contained elsewhere Model Aviation will try hold repetitions bare minimum Junior Speed Junior interest Speed definitely up showed Nation als three events won Juniors over National Record Speeds actu ally four Junior Records bested Brent Russell Dallas broke own /2A Profile Proto Record winning event excellent time 9237 mph Brent Junior member Poo hawk Racing Team Dallas Tex did attempt back new record therefore record remains 9194 mph Second place went Eric Stegans Cleveland Ohio turned 8646 mph Barry Pailet Brookville NY took third place 8540 mph speed HalfA Profile very popular hotly contested Junior events Hope fully further restrictions will placed event winter CLCB event will once again attractive beginners Half-A Proto Speed won 8-year-old Quay Barber Jr Ohio Quay 7-year-old brother David two youngest Speed Flyers com peting Lake Charles have watched young Barbers just pass ing interest last three years would mean Quay has competing since five years old entire fam ily has become involved Speed both competitive social standpoint truly inspiration watch completely self-sufficient Quay David ably assisted father Quay Sr also competes limited basis Open age group Mrs Barber can always found somewhere close entire family including family dog travels contests self-contained camper Barber family good example what can accomplished Speed effort patience Obviously Speed family affair Junior B Speed hotly contested Tommy Giertz Houston broke Junior National B Record have current Junior B Record holder Mark Seigler also Houston come back best Tommys record later day kind competition keeps young guys coming back Both Tommy Mark flying Poohawk Powered DJS 29s Tommys fastest flight 18065 mph Marks 18156 mph bad Juniors Both Tommy Mark will seniors competition 1976 B Proto won Patrick Hempel Garland Tex Junior C Speed won Mark Seigler set new National Record 16769 mph using Super Tigre X40 mini-pipe Mark clocked test circle 178 mph should formidable competition Class C well B moves Senior age group next year Patrick Hempel broke own Junior Jet Record recorded speed 17797 mph Brent Bussell rounded out Junior events won Speed time 121 14870 mph Brent cur rently holds Junior Record 15797 mph using Super Tigre X-15 6-7/2 Rev-Up prop GloBee racing plug fuel 75% nitro 5% propyl lene oxide 20% PooLube Becky Snyder won FAI Speed speed 11798 mph Beckyquite little charmer Fresno Califis credit fairer sex especially Speed competitor monoline pilot Senior Speed Competition Senior Speed seemed off both numbers performances past years Only National Speed Record broken some speeds turned Seniors very impressive event combined flyers Mike Langlois Senior took first place almost 8 mph Half-A Proto also won Mike Langlois 9480 mph flight Brian Pardue claiming second place speed 8224 mph Both young men live Greensboro NC consistently turn top speeds Glen Vansant Dale Elder Greg Simon took next three places event Speed same two young men NC took first two places Only two official speeds recorded Senior C Speed Glen Vansants 15660 mph Mike Bussells 14821 mph little slow considering speeds turned Junior flyers Mike does however hold Senior C record well over 165 mph did turn 160s test circle come back lose last two official flights due tank failure Jet Speed combined flyers 15 entries won Senior Mike Langlois flying own Super Burp November1975 79 N PRODUCTS INC 535 DavIaville Rd Willow Grove Pa 19090 659-3900 PDQ MOLDED WING CORES. 10 times strength cut foam wings Score another first Sullivan t molded wing core world addition its incredible strength its quicker complete construction lighter because use less balsa far economical fits 8 out 10 pattern aircraft designed 40 60 powered aircraft fully elliptical can use modern iron-on coverings Hurry over dealers take look only$S Nats/CI/Bussell continued 19816 mph flight about 2 mph below own Jet Record Mikes speed almost 8 mph better second place speed turned Open flyer Another Senior Dennis Mc Graw Memphis Tenn recorded 16327 mph flight good enough place event Second Third Place Jet went Charlie Geneva Davis Hallsville Tex turned 19040 mph 18762 mph respec tively really family affair sometimes Charlie too sure wants beat Geneva Nats because 364 other days year Senior B Speed won Mike Bussell Senior member Poohawk Racing Team bettered own na tional record over 5 mph time 18435 mph Mike Langlois took second Max Snyder Fresno Calif took third speed 14611 mph turned Max Snyder take first place B Proto also took first place FAT speed 12204 mph Haas/Murphy team Calif claimed First Place Speed time 13621 mph Senior participation off several prominent Junior Speed flyers moving up next year 1976 promises much competitive Senior Age group Open Speed Competition Open level usual fast furious HalfA Speed typical example first place going team Bussell/Jett near record speed 11699 mph Warren Kurth took second 11373 mph Al Stegans 11231 mph placed third Bussell/Jett team using home-built 3-port cylinder tuned exhaust system Cox TD lower end Both Kurth Stegans running production Cox TD parts no exhaust tuning Half-A Proto won Al Stegans Cleveland Ohio followed Kim Newton team Los Angeles area Warren Kurth placed third Speed won Glenn Lee Super Tigre X-l5 powered ship turned 16831 mph less off Open record event real tug war teams Finn/McDonald Arlington Tex finished second 16769 mph Kim/Newton Calif finished third 16599 tried throughout day catch Mr Lee Bussell/Jett team stayed test circle entire day just seemed might mount threat beset minor problems truth never did record official flight think Glenn Lee happy over fact won Speed Super Tigre X-15 winning kept referring fact speed turned $25 en gine $4 hop-up Evidentlyhe replace shaft bearings engine some other relatively minor part rate X-15 won first both Junior Open Speed Open C Speed dominated Arlie Fridley/Richard Shannon team using own VHP 65 engine rear exhaust tuned pipe mill featuring aluminum piston pikes ring turned 19621 mph barely edge out Richards DadDoc Shannon turned 19579 mph also using VHP 65 Finn/McDonald team took Third speed 189 mph Open B B Proto won Bussell/Jett team Open members Poohawk Racing Team Dallas turned 19285 mph B 16290 mph B Proto using own Poohawk Powered DJS 29s B using Top Flite 7-10 prop 75% nitro 5% pro pylene 20% Poo Lube fuel using GloBee racing plug Rossi 29 pipe stretched 14 center plug end pipe surgical tubing tank B Proto set up same except used 7-10 Top Flite prop GloBee plug gives us leeway needle settings stays us longer feel consistency effort result Formula 40 Speed drew 32 entries very much up 1974 does indeed seem catching event won Bob Brogdon using new K&B 40 reportedly engine unbolted right off Formula Pylon Racer bolted right Bobs Formula 40 Speed Ship record 15051 mph speed Second Place went Turner/Wheeler team using Super Tigre X-40 new design mid-range tuned pipe scaled down Yamaha motorcycle expansion chamber look way fourth place before could find Speed flyer listed rather embarrassing hopefully some Speed flyers partici pating event will take seri ously 1976less Pylon flyers get big head Open FAI Speed drew 13 entries first place going Akesh Kusumoto Tokyo Japan time 13443 mph RAT RACE Open Rat Race won Harold Dick Lambert Daytona Beach Fla 4355 Harold worked pits Dick did flying running HP 40 8-8 Bartel prop pitched constant 7 pitch prop stations fuel 55% nitro 20% alcohol 20% MA2270 oil 5% castor oil using Fireball Cool glow plug own design head Dick advised double-squish type much like Su per Tigre X-40 running 015 head clearance airframe original design called Snake built around own glass top weighed 33 ounces Dick especially proud engine quick show off metal impregnated piston impregna tion process opposed Teflon coating supposed penetrate some 040 deep Dick said moving parts impregnated special process claims 25% reduction heat re sult process Second Rat went Tim Gillott Salinas Calif ship flown John Ballard Tim turned 4414 using K&B 40S power turn ing Bartel 8-8 prop pitched 6 hub 8 center 7 tip K&B running 50% nitro 18% MA2270 oil 32% alcohol Fire ball standard heat range short-base plug airframe original design sport ing inverted engine im pressed Tims all-wood airframe uses little area wing Rat flyers lot area stab makes much better fly ing ship especially passing opinion Tims ship superior design other Ratsat least ones saw finals Third place Rat won John Kilsdonk pitted Gary Fentress John running good ca pable am sure disap pointed time low qualifying time Rat 2218 2244 two-flight total 4462 registered Larry Newton pilot Stan Simpson Mike Schmeider pits group Jacksonville Fla flying Swamp Rat wlich also flown 1st 3rd place Senior Rat Brian Smith 5182 Haas/Murphy team 5457 Larry Newton running reworked HP 40 Bartel 8-6 glass prop 55% nitro 20% synthetic oil 25% alcohol fuel along Fireball plug fire checked Larry turning low qualifying time running 122 126 142 mph 147 mph traf fic 150 mph Rats widely publicized again just did materialize appeared good time participants Speed Racing 1975 Nationals Lake Charles La 80 Model Aviation TRY SCALE ACCESSORIES KITS INE GUN KITS ENGINE KITS & CYLINDERS PILOTS LS PROPS & HANGERS SPINNERS INGS CANOPIES K COWLS ASK FOR OUR PRODUCTS AT YOUR DEALER OR SEND 25 FOR OUR CATALOG WILLIAMS BROS DEPT M 181 PAWNEE ST SAN MARCOS cA 92069
Edition: Model Aviation - 1975/11
Page Numbers: 18, 19, 79, 80
CONTROL LINE Racing Speed Phill Bussell SPEED AND RACING EVENTS 1975 National Contest run Jill Bussell Dallas Bill Lee Hous ton respectively first time out National Event Directors either two both sported much local regional experience respective events observations both performed admirably deserve stand ing ovation competing Speed Racing Lake Charles rained off day Monday everyone holding breath August getting close hurri cane season around Southern coast weather can very turbulent dur ing time could have very easily rained entire week After Monday generally weather good temperature starting out morning mid-70s working its way up low 90s mid-afternoon humidity high surprisingly area country usually does sport high humidity especially time year thing have noticed competing Lake Charles two years dont have much trouble wind case Speed fly officially want can gen erally pick temperature humidity feel equipment can best perform does hold true Rac ing obviously adds another dimension Racing enthusiast cope RACING have observed Racing very closely last two three years becomes obvious time passes peo ple consistently come out top Racing ones have experi ence ability cope elements necessarily ones fastest engines observed timed Rats Goodyears tuned race surprisingly enough except few obviously competitive reason another clock ing about same air became obvious quickly consistency relia bility state tune would play big part final outcome both Good year Rat thing qualify 700 tempera ture 85% humidity quite another race finals 950 tem perature 75% humidity though racers nature thought hottest combination field personally saw no completely outclass other Some clocked running slow cool am came like gangbusters day wore Others obviously tuned run near peak efficiency cool mornings trouble temperatures went up Goodyear Most outstanding Goodyears year sported megaphonetuned exhaust systems top entries front-induction Rossi 15s RPM increases 1000 1500 range can obtained use mega phone-tuned exhaust system obvious ly intend compete Goodyear future least National level will need incorporate some sort exhaust tuning system ie Y4-wave length straight section tuned length wave length megaphone system fullwave length full-tuned pipe average Goodyears faster last year though re sults did confirm checked 110 115 mph bracket tuned race John Ballard Louisville Ky John Kilsdonk Northville Mich sporting new GloBee racing plug 18 ModelAviation Tom Gillotts Open Rat all-wood Construction inverted engine Below left Frank Garzon Bob Vuarte prepare Franks C ship Below right Sue Plaunt prepares race two entries qualified Sue husband Jim quickly established themselves ones beat Goodyear revolutionary GloBee plug sporting flat spiral glow element setting high temperature glass seal allowed higher engine tempera tures consequently allowed Ballard Kilsdonk run nitro high compression still substantially crease plug life obvious think GloBee gave pair edge Jim Sue Plaunt Tex running 102 109 mph traffic finals Goodyear Ballard Kils donk just hair faster both ships Kilsdonk appeared lose tune last 80 laps race engine started overheat curious see GloBee could handle obvious heat ing problem did Kilsdonk went finish 631 Ballard running lot better Kilsdonk just barely man aged edge him out first place just fraction under 631 might add both Ballard Kilsdonk ably pitted Gary Fentress Sellerberg md Gary did excellent job obviously top pitmen country Third place Goodyear went team Turner/Wheeler Dallas like Kilsdonk Ballard run ning megaphone-tuned Rossi 15s Kerry Turner ably does flying Mike Wheeler handles pitting qualified two ships #1 ship just fast field clocked entire race running very consistent ly 101 104 mph time frac tion over 636 think both agree lost race pits After first pit stop very good became obvious having trouble restarting end race close examina tion plug showed reason glow element completely broken two element pieces moved down over side plug cavity shorted together just barely good enough Wheeler re start engine some difficulty engine probably would have re started last two pit stops except fact Mike hits prop extremely hard restarting sends pis ton through several complete revolutions flip Turner/Wheeler team used 7-6 Bartel prop blank cut 6 long left 6 pitch blade area thinned considerably like have en gine running about 23000 23500 rpm ground flying prop fuel running 60% nitro 20% synthet ic oil 20% alcohol fuel meg aphone length 6 measured cen ter glow plug end megaphone run normal standard open-faced timing sleeve exhaust port raised approximately 030 Most megaphone-equipped engines sport tuned-pipe sleeves much longer ex haust port duration SPEED segment control line well attended already commented weather good could ex continued page 79 November1975 19 Racing Director Dill Lee explains ruling Dick Stubblefield Right Gene Patrick Hempel Below Brent Bussell piped 1/2A Bottom left Japan Akesh Kusomoto Bottom right Larry Newton Stan Simpson Mike Schmeider low qualifying time Rat Nats/C LIBusseII continued page 19 pected except Tuesday front accompanied wind rain passed through about 400 pm Speed shut down about 30 minutes re opened time contestants get final flights Profile Proto Proto Speed Being Tex saw front coming long before hit pit area completely cleaned up gear stored before wind hit good thing wind quite violent much equipment field could never have recovered Since complete breakdown National results contained elsewhere Model Aviation will try hold repetitions bare minimum Junior Speed Junior interest Speed definitely up showed Nation als three events won Juniors over National Record Speeds actu ally four Junior Records bested Brent Russell Dallas broke own /2A Profile Proto Record winning event excellent time 9237 mph Brent Junior member Poo hawk Racing Team Dallas Tex did attempt back new record therefore record remains 9194 mph Second place went Eric Stegans Cleveland Ohio turned 8646 mph Barry Pailet Brookville NY took third place 8540 mph speed HalfA Profile very popular hotly contested Junior events Hope fully further restrictions will placed event winter CLCB event will once again attractive beginners Half-A Proto Speed won 8-year-old Quay Barber Jr Ohio Quay 7-year-old brother David two youngest Speed Flyers com peting Lake Charles have watched young Barbers just pass ing interest last three years would mean Quay has competing since five years old entire fam ily has become involved Speed both competitive social standpoint truly inspiration watch completely self-sufficient Quay David ably assisted father Quay Sr also competes limited basis Open age group Mrs Barber can always found somewhere close entire family including family dog travels contests self-contained camper Barber family good example what can accomplished Speed effort patience Obviously Speed family affair Junior B Speed hotly contested Tommy Giertz Houston broke Junior National B Record have current Junior B Record holder Mark Seigler also Houston come back best Tommys record later day kind competition keeps young guys coming back Both Tommy Mark flying Poohawk Powered DJS 29s Tommys fastest flight 18065 mph Marks 18156 mph bad Juniors Both Tommy Mark will seniors competition 1976 B Proto won Patrick Hempel Garland Tex Junior C Speed won Mark Seigler set new National Record 16769 mph using Super Tigre X40 mini-pipe Mark clocked test circle 178 mph should formidable competition Class C well B moves Senior age group next year Patrick Hempel broke own Junior Jet Record recorded speed 17797 mph Brent Bussell rounded out Junior events won Speed time 121 14870 mph Brent cur rently holds Junior Record 15797 mph using Super Tigre X-15 6-7/2 Rev-Up prop GloBee racing plug fuel 75% nitro 5% propyl lene oxide 20% PooLube Becky Snyder won FAI Speed speed 11798 mph Beckyquite little charmer Fresno Califis credit fairer sex especially Speed competitor monoline pilot Senior Speed Competition Senior Speed seemed off both numbers performances past years Only National Speed Record broken some speeds turned Seniors very impressive event combined flyers Mike Langlois Senior took first place almost 8 mph Half-A Proto also won Mike Langlois 9480 mph flight Brian Pardue claiming second place speed 8224 mph Both young men live Greensboro NC consistently turn top speeds Glen Vansant Dale Elder Greg Simon took next three places event Speed same two young men NC took first two places Only two official speeds recorded Senior C Speed Glen Vansants 15660 mph Mike Bussells 14821 mph little slow considering speeds turned Junior flyers Mike does however hold Senior C record well over 165 mph did turn 160s test circle come back lose last two official flights due tank failure Jet Speed combined flyers 15 entries won Senior Mike Langlois flying own Super Burp November1975 79 N PRODUCTS INC 535 DavIaville Rd Willow Grove Pa 19090 659-3900 PDQ MOLDED WING CORES. 10 times strength cut foam wings Score another first Sullivan t molded wing core world addition its incredible strength its quicker complete construction lighter because use less balsa far economical fits 8 out 10 pattern aircraft designed 40 60 powered aircraft fully elliptical can use modern iron-on coverings Hurry over dealers take look only$S Nats/CI/Bussell continued 19816 mph flight about 2 mph below own Jet Record Mikes speed almost 8 mph better second place speed turned Open flyer Another Senior Dennis Mc Graw Memphis Tenn recorded 16327 mph flight good enough place event Second Third Place Jet went Charlie Geneva Davis Hallsville Tex turned 19040 mph 18762 mph respec tively really family affair sometimes Charlie too sure wants beat Geneva Nats because 364 other days year Senior B Speed won Mike Bussell Senior member Poohawk Racing Team bettered own na tional record over 5 mph time 18435 mph Mike Langlois took second Max Snyder Fresno Calif took third speed 14611 mph turned Max Snyder take first place B Proto also took first place FAT speed 12204 mph Haas/Murphy team Calif claimed First Place Speed time 13621 mph Senior participation off several prominent Junior Speed flyers moving up next year 1976 promises much competitive Senior Age group Open Speed Competition Open level usual fast furious HalfA Speed typical example first place going team Bussell/Jett near record speed 11699 mph Warren Kurth took second 11373 mph Al Stegans 11231 mph placed third Bussell/Jett team using home-built 3-port cylinder tuned exhaust system Cox TD lower end Both Kurth Stegans running production Cox TD parts no exhaust tuning Half-A Proto won Al Stegans Cleveland Ohio followed Kim Newton team Los Angeles area Warren Kurth placed third Speed won Glenn Lee Super Tigre X-l5 powered ship turned 16831 mph less off Open record event real tug war teams Finn/McDonald Arlington Tex finished second 16769 mph Kim/Newton Calif finished third 16599 tried throughout day catch Mr Lee Bussell/Jett team stayed test circle entire day just seemed might mount threat beset minor problems truth never did record official flight think Glenn Lee happy over fact won Speed Super Tigre X-15 winning kept referring fact speed turned $25 en gine $4 hop-up Evidentlyhe replace shaft bearings engine some other relatively minor part rate X-15 won first both Junior Open Speed Open C Speed dominated Arlie Fridley/Richard Shannon team using own VHP 65 engine rear exhaust tuned pipe mill featuring aluminum piston pikes ring turned 19621 mph barely edge out Richards DadDoc Shannon turned 19579 mph also using VHP 65 Finn/McDonald team took Third speed 189 mph Open B B Proto won Bussell/Jett team Open members Poohawk Racing Team Dallas turned 19285 mph B 16290 mph B Proto using own Poohawk Powered DJS 29s B using Top Flite 7-10 prop 75% nitro 5% pro pylene 20% Poo Lube fuel using GloBee racing plug Rossi 29 pipe stretched 14 center plug end pipe surgical tubing tank B Proto set up same except used 7-10 Top Flite prop GloBee plug gives us leeway needle settings stays us longer feel consistency effort result Formula 40 Speed drew 32 entries very much up 1974 does indeed seem catching event won Bob Brogdon using new K&B 40 reportedly engine unbolted right off Formula Pylon Racer bolted right Bobs Formula 40 Speed Ship record 15051 mph speed Second Place went Turner/Wheeler team using Super Tigre X-40 new design mid-range tuned pipe scaled down Yamaha motorcycle expansion chamber look way fourth place before could find Speed flyer listed rather embarrassing hopefully some Speed flyers partici pating event will take seri ously 1976less Pylon flyers get big head Open FAI Speed drew 13 entries first place going Akesh Kusumoto Tokyo Japan time 13443 mph RAT RACE Open Rat Race won Harold Dick Lambert Daytona Beach Fla 4355 Harold worked pits Dick did flying running HP 40 8-8 Bartel prop pitched constant 7 pitch prop stations fuel 55% nitro 20% alcohol 20% MA2270 oil 5% castor oil using Fireball Cool glow plug own design head Dick advised double-squish type much like Su per Tigre X-40 running 015 head clearance airframe original design called Snake built around own glass top weighed 33 ounces Dick especially proud engine quick show off metal impregnated piston impregna tion process opposed Teflon coating supposed penetrate some 040 deep Dick said moving parts impregnated special process claims 25% reduction heat re sult process Second Rat went Tim Gillott Salinas Calif ship flown John Ballard Tim turned 4414 using K&B 40S power turn ing Bartel 8-8 prop pitched 6 hub 8 center 7 tip K&B running 50% nitro 18% MA2270 oil 32% alcohol Fire ball standard heat range short-base plug airframe original design sport ing inverted engine im pressed Tims all-wood airframe uses little area wing Rat flyers lot area stab makes much better fly ing ship especially passing opinion Tims ship superior design other Ratsat least ones saw finals Third place Rat won John Kilsdonk pitted Gary Fentress John running good ca pable am sure disap pointed time low qualifying time Rat 2218 2244 two-flight total 4462 registered Larry Newton pilot Stan Simpson Mike Schmeider pits group Jacksonville Fla flying Swamp Rat wlich also flown 1st 3rd place Senior Rat Brian Smith 5182 Haas/Murphy team 5457 Larry Newton running reworked HP 40 Bartel 8-6 glass prop 55% nitro 20% synthetic oil 25% alcohol fuel along Fireball plug fire checked Larry turning low qualifying time running 122 126 142 mph 147 mph traf fic 150 mph Rats widely publicized again just did materialize appeared good time participants Speed Racing 1975 Nationals Lake Charles La 80 Model Aviation TRY SCALE ACCESSORIES KITS INE GUN KITS ENGINE KITS & CYLINDERS PILOTS LS PROPS & HANGERS SPINNERS INGS CANOPIES K COWLS ASK FOR OUR PRODUCTS AT YOUR DEALER OR SEND 25 FOR OUR CATALOG WILLIAMS BROS DEPT M 181 PAWNEE ST SAN MARCOS cA 92069