ory vith part port advice alacrity grace housing arrangements although ex cellent physically seemed have Siberian plan several team mem m body came late eveninj times y calm ram being pressi osaauer regulator December 1978 29 nUj 1977 got cle Race ms ob Hu S icti Bob NO OCR TEXT nals Lt out ractice uite clo Con red arrival t want LI asheJi NO OCR TEXT compei proce ir fact its kn ips b Lthdrawal ox learned th Ufltrjes c rotest over Sou Czechs Bulgarians Yugoslavs compete Tl uctions South Africa ray Sovi d Rumanians rn sing done ev lule o ading postpor weather 2 pr lear Most unofficial pra Woodvale field sample air wind effects ere launching p s official meeting wa get involved ussions n ig flyix iassle conc 1977 rules v se thi wc 11 rule uly b chair romW wing Spe us meu p help Keith Trostle Stunt team Paul Smith Com bat team Sunday broke gray downpour Woodvale affecting events causing delays Speed F2A de layed two hours first attempt because cool air poor conditions ata good speed Charlie Lieber e turn came up third ting order harlle develooe4 s wii tank ut-ott switel ire down time iitl ho ergiass side pe r Chuck instant FdOflO later wind took its toll current World Champion came dolly too steeply crashed circle severely damaging tiw Enfroy France good fli teammate Patrick Constant very fast stir immediate C versy As circulating qi over 248 kph several onlookers no handle grouper line landing told flight woi disallowedwould have neveras go tingfollowed withor second lie Gordon end sixth il flying Chuck Scr tat fuel f Speed isy top ten Only few lastr probably d fly the round improve up dir Td ith ranc 4 Ricci Italy k annoying Aerobatics pron US team fliers Les McDon individual World i team mci Rabe U strong event 10 years before v usi championship almost become corn championship occasional forgott e things up y relaxed 76 om practice fli either Les mt besi flying order didn tant because per tems made predictioi g two qw read over three 60 fliers e n Rabe Gies air early fix ir late thu ald got pretty gou ci day first jather poor air cmiv last oar 01 ig epa gro ina should ed rue felt ropress outn ice flights o natelv ni ills er tdc newf calm S hims duplicated 2551 rui Charlie n ul Enfroy B appcar~l nels Gabrisfast tight somewhat jerky sharp corners judges re warded him 2905 good second place So first round ended Al first Compostella second Les third Gieseke fourth Billon France fifth Bob Hunt sixth second round swept al ternating bad awful weather got some wind got rain well Rabe Gieseke got blusterly weather Al handled 2954 Bobs older ship did penetrate well slipped 2833 fifth standings Compostella slid third Bob Hunt came up third day fairly gusty wind airplane/engine combina tion powered through very calmly put flight planned Genesis responded cutting through poor air score 2963 high first two rounds second Les McDonaldslaterscoreinround 3 Les himself saddled worst conditions have ever seen Stunt flier accept last flight fore Stunt jury capitulated weather flown wind downpour stood drenched disbe lief watched him struggle through what must have awful experi ence lines wet vi olent control worked times airplane must have picked up unwanted weight rain overheads flown looking straight downpour must have nearly impossible starting cloverleaf pulled up first loop ship came loosely over top circle seemed headed certain crash managed regain control across other side flew back around ginal side circle completed clover fairly well flight lost turned out chances defending title score 2848 left him nearly impos sible distance make up As team finished round two Hunt first Rabe second McDonald fourth Gieseke fifth positions switched briefly following day re turned exact places finish final two rounds top 15 fliers nearly anticlimactic Im sure Bob Hunt wouldnt say seemed things nearly cast cement beginning round 3 round 3 Rabe Gieseke Compo stella slipped somewhat scores 2880 Hunt maintained number 1 spot 2921 Billon France began catch judges eyes scored 2957 began charac teristic late charge Les McDonald put smoothest flight contest-high score 2966 knew high enough little hope improving round 4 afternoon round 4 first seven fliers recorded scores 2900 bet ter no positions changed first two days except Billon Hara switching sixth seventh Huntin sured win solidly flown 2955 Rabe nailed down second nice 2949 let everyone take turn flying Mustang Compostella cele brated 2953 third spot Les put another nice flight 2961 no help overall score Gieseke packed nice 2922 Continued page 104 . Bust times also ran finally broke through second place flying Rumpel type Insider ship asymmetrical craft has Flying asymmetrical ships German Speed team finished close second France Ito H Ingo both wing tail inside circle Schmidt Emil Rumpel Jurgen Lanzen became individual champion December1978 37 1976 World Champ 1977 European champ Emil Rumpel West Germany miseries Speed could reach 240 kph What sorry Canadas Sam Burke shows off realistically styled speed job com pletely enclosed tuned pipe 17th place weight required plus usual blade track ing pitch adjustments necessary new machine preparing first flight Revolution II Rigid Rotor similar machine word advicedo give cyclic control machine until off ground Unlike teetering head type helicopters cyclic control just point lift off absolute im mediateto give command would invite tip-over After familiarity control re sponse gained same quickness response will offer advantages both hover forward flight ma chine capable recovery almost flight attitude primary limiting factor being pilots ability recognize necessary control inputs recovery have found Revolution II Rigid Rotor difficult control dif ferent anything have previously flown last caution regarding aero batic helicopters appears aerobatics easily accomplished precision hovering maneuvers remind yourself heli copter flights begin end hover dont neglect hover practice Other developments relative aerobatic helicopters concerning radio equip ment almost four-channel propositional radio can used teresting note least two radio manufacturers advertising radios options specifically helicopter fliers Westpost International Milford CT offers Custom Variant elec tronic mix within transmitter throt tle collective tail rotor channels well dual rotes cyclic controls Custom Variant available both single dual stick configurations SLK Elec tronics Greensboro NC markets OMEGA system also offers throttle collective tail rotor mix well non-linear control flight functions non-linear function similar benefit dual rates will interesting see intro duction special helicopter radios will spur kind controversy among interest group Super Radios did among pattern fliers Well thats about month Next month Ill talk again about beginner techniques report about local ginners attempts learning fly Mean drop line regarding subjects would like see covered column Dave Chesney Rt 9 Box 621A Greensboro NC 27409 CL World Champs/Jackson continued page 37 two sauntered off murmuring something about next time F2C Team Race event US hasnt scored well several years have honest contender championship since Herb Stock ton discovered RC boats things werent change 78 ray sunshine Henry Nelsons engine virtually dominated semifinal finishers knew quick times would predominate watched low 4-minute times required semifinal berth probably under 4 minutes make final Nobody ex pected ante stiff 359 semifinal spot 352 finals thats first round heats fast company Dodge Nelson up early against Wakker man/Weerd Holland Henry lit up fairly quick first tank seemed reasonably fast cut-off bit wild Carl thrilled crowd swooping dive pits Henry deftly speared Pelican short hop stylish catch As throng gasped appropriately calmly lit off second tank Carl motored away Alas brief moment glory repeated during meeting time 4031 fast enough top Wakkermans 424 knew precarious matched expected times Sure enough British soon gan tear up 4-minute rule Clarkson/Woodside recorded 3534 almost flawless pitting Heaton/ Ross returned 354 trail slight ly Smith/Brown completed British attack 3586 used Nelson engines add insult injury Hutton Oddy Julius Reichart Australia zipped off 3563 Nel son Metkemeyer brothers Hol land retired Nelson engine meeting trotted out own FMV Flores-Metkemeyer-Visser engine motor confidently 3495 top first round Albritton/Joy quick start US slight ly overcooked setting 4044 park right behind Dodge/Nelson 11th place Jolly/Kusik showed lack practice difficulties set tings down list 4393 Most top teams done expected exception two Danish teams Geschwendt ner twins neither running Round two saw few changes Some significant Nelson tried new starting technique dry en gine failed impress onlookers tried recoup loss second circus catch flounder slipped away did time team got 420 Jolly/Kusik im proved 4153 Albritton/Joy did So US again out semi final berth British decided rest laurels Clarkson went far play airplane center circle light comic relief except Fontana kept getting leg chewed prop didnt help time British failed im provebut didnt have Semifinals berths shuffled little Perrachi/Cipolla made under 4minute wire using Cipolla engine 3594 Hans Visser turned 3591 partner Eep Buys using Nelson Hans Geschwendtner piloted John Mau calmly lit off one-stopper Nelson record 3497 Theo Georgiadis stayed legal long enough him Dennis Prior Australia rip off 3487 high time heats again Nelson engine semis first heat matched Georgiadis/Prior Smith/Brown Geschwendtner/Mau Theo Dennis took 3535 Hans John Mau trailing 3562 Smitty Colin Brown bringing up rear 4016 Aussies looked good finals berth Next heat saw Derek Heaton Mal com Ross narrowly beat Oddy/Reichart 355 3556 Visser/Buys tucked close 3574 best final heat first semi round saw Metkies blow away 3 44 flat new competition record Per rachi/Cipolia DQedand Clarkson/ Woodside nowhere 4016no 401 final round semis squeezed everybody top little tighter Heat preview final Metkemeyers went against Heaton/Ross Geschwendtner/Mau Metkies skidded Geschwendtner/Mau came 3499 meetings fifth sub-350 time Heaton/Ross skipped third finals berth 3529 Heat two produced sub-4 time Peracchi/Cipolla turned 3593 Heat three saw Oddy/Reichart take hard charge finals spot just fall short 3534 satisfaction being team record un broken string four sub-4-minute times moment silence departed Team Race engine builder Paul Bugl pre ceded final race finals have recently letdown 104 Model Aviation *SCALE CLASICS Plans & Construction Manual CURTISS HAWK POE STINSONRELIANT SRO Scala 94aSpan 220V Scala 126 Span62500 2Scala 63 Span 12602Scala 84 Span61500 1/a Scala 47VdSpan 10801Scala 63 Span120 CURTISS GOSHAWI Filca 2 Scala 63 SpanS1590 CURTISS GULFHAWK lA . 2Scal 63 Span SISOd Scala 94Ii Span S3050 PlacaS Add 6180 Pa 0da ta Pcsaaa Handling. Odlalda US Add 8300Make PaynaH Richard G Barron1213 Hal ly Sping Ln 0and Blanc MIchIgan 48439 S0d SIOClO C00P6t8 10f0natlO compared fine heat races ear lier Team Race jury relaxed bit too much allowed fouls final would have condoned during heats Bert Metkemeyer particu lar pushed flying style further should have allowed took what jury willing give him may have due part early retirement Heaton/ Ross unwillingness jury scratch race fouling out two remaining teams marred event rate race ear ly-on Derek Bert Hans up center Heaton/Ross retired along about second tank Metkemeyer ship speed edge required finishing time 7325 reflected relaxed jury Geschwendtner/Maus time 7418 realistic take anything away Metkemeyer win richly deserved fol lows years consistent work competition achievement Doing own engine must have doubly satisfying Combat Gary Frost can tell FAI event know least about Dur ing running event seemed times alone various problems came up perhaps avoidable end though best fliers winners lot good combat show four days flying US didnt look good after first part first round survivor Chuck Rudner Rudner beat Cliff Gibson Canada close match move up second round Gibson eventually wound up higher results list Rudner would come later Both Cleve land Frost lost first matches Cleveland out-flew opponent called dropping handle last 10 seconds match George gotten line tangle try ing release throwing handle over other fliers lines after ship grounded thought pro tested circle marshalls decision stood George went losers round flyoff Gary Frost joined him also dropped first match Andersson Sweden close match Garys 50-point penalty stepping outside fliers circle decided match afternoon losers round flown both George Gary won George drew Vernon Hunt good British Combat fliers expected rather hairy match Hunt may have shaken recent fire home destroyed work shop fleet Combat models equipment committed errors match law allows pitting troubles picked up handle upside down crashed takeU iol ARocrns FOUR NEW RACE READY DESIGNS JOIN THE MIDWEST COMPLETE KIT LINE SEND COUPON AND 25 FOR YOUR CATALOG TODAY off real bundle nerves So George walked off relatively easy victory Frost flew Lehmann Switzer land touch-and-go match Leh mann cut up Gary down pits official timer informed pitmen Charlie Johnson Mike Strieter 10 seconds left match Charlie stopped flip ping prop disgust Mike liever miracles yelled Charlie start anyway Chuck Rudner stepped saved day point ing out timing match himself really minute 10 seconds left ficial way off mark So Charlie Mike got Gary up won match last minute second round George may have sandbagged little maybe outguessed ourselves Anyway book team keeping opposition said Edslev Denmark wasnt too fast George Jim Ong crew decided drop nitro little George wouldnt overrun poor Dane turned out tac tical error Edslev used much faster ship expected George found him self trouble still got first cuts ahead early part match Unfortunately found him self position kept recurring Combat fliers two cuts up Dane 21 taken off Danes streamer Maybe happens because sort reflex fliers go kill doesnt occur FAI flying Anyway other guy has no streamer you can fly defensively tough order against quality op position need stay away 2-25 minutes Anyway Dane finalPlease Print Name Address City StateZip Send MIDWEST PRODUCTS CO 400 South Indiana St Hobart Indiana 46342 MA ly got George general feeling outfiew him George protest going other guy did fact release handle after tangle motor cut long swan across top circle Hammersly didnt see wasnt watching fliers admitted job watch fliers Combat jury saw either raised point assigned duties jury etc maybe will resolved before future Champs Chuck Gary both survived second round Rudner fairly easy match other flier having lots engine trouble spending majori ty time ground wasnt much air action Gary Frost also fairly dull match spectators viewpoint first minute saw plenty action Gary getting three cuts two Australias Holman point kills having no streamer left just flew straight level 25 minutes fin ish match third round US hopes put away another year Chuck fell victim Edslev bested George round 2 Maybe same trouble bit Chuck got early cut got almost whole streamer nothing left go So tried defensive low inverted flying routine pretty successful time bit ground once though switch wooden props hurt him spent time pits prop changes eventually lost cut apiece Edslev points air time Gary got Stu Holland Ireland Gary got two early cuts first 30 seconds again second cut kill leaving him December1978 105 PLUMB CRAZY Kit No 254W MISS SAN BERNARDINO Kit No 255 SUPER MOUSE Kit No 256 LIL QUICKIE Kit No 257 U defensive routine Holland bell cranked Garys ship later Frost left circle retrieve stream er doing first clearing ship circleresult 50 points penalty Gary fly remainder match full streamer ouldnt keep away Holland long enough final matches bit tidimactic especially championship bout dust settled Fraisse France took third over Mittler Bel gum Mick Tiernan took World Champions crown Wood second both Great Britain Engllsh took team title expected little disappointed little tired drove back Liverpool cleaned up evenings festivi ties prize-giving eating sharing some fun new old friends Things didnt exactly proceed expect ed First lot new friends rapidly came old rriends standing around parking lot University waiting busses almost never came Some people arrived banquet two half hours after started seated various places allowed savor hunger pains longer before being served gross Other fun things happened Keith Trostle won minor diplomacy award retrieving Al Rabe per suading him stay until received award Stunt Sandy Pimenoff gave quadrennial speech Presidents chair no-no using World Championships point out world particular political policies like dont like Sundry officials gave out awards Sport Scale like managed screw up official FAI medals didnt have certifi cates second third place team awards No credit given origin perpetual awards official FAI classes fact class what affair seemed lack case appropriateness entire aura fit occasion larger less elegant room hold wished attend allow mingle cele brate toast another shout carry little together pace air encourage just would have welcome ended trials tribula tions 1978 Control Line World Championships CL Scale/Gretz continued page 38 past year second Westland Whirlwind know what confess Ill have some re search come up little background info use next month Dicks photo Hintits military twin-engined fighter P-51 Mustang certainly needs no troduction model builders Without doubt several times models have built flown popular air craft actually built full size 14819 versions production ceased outstanding example built Phillip Castelli Centereach New York Phil informs us letter Mustang scratch-built model using Model Airplane News plans de signed Homer Hudson ship powered Supertigre G4ORR Some working systems flaps bomb drop ailerons brakes course throttle control ship flies like dream have always placed contest has entered present has taken three firsts second way ground crew mechanic happens Action Jackson doll fits scale per fectly Wing spans out 48 ship also selected winning five Hobbypoxy finish award contest Jeffrey Perez sent accompanying sketch bomb tank drop mech anism used 77 Nats winning P-6 1 Black Widow see photo Septem ber 1978 Model viation ingenious aspect Perezs system two 1 /32w hook-shaped wires epoxied way down center bomb tank allows wires springy Due flexibility hook wires bombs just click place main retainer wire built side wing retainer wires natu rally have lock onto other hook-shaped wires due over lap hope drawing will make clear hard explain youve ever tried hold two bombs tanks place trying operate control mechanism same time will recognize advan tage Jeffs method main retainer wire wing actuated fourth line release spring-loaded return Perezs Black Widow indi vidual retainer wires different lengths fourth line pulled bombs will drop Pull line further tanks drop Castle Graphics PO Box AD Greenbank WA 98253 excellent source b&w photos scale model documenta tion offer widest selection aircraft photos privately operated non-government photo service know Quoting catalog #78-1 Castle Graphics mail-order aircraft photo service operated collectors over quarter century involvement photo collecting have arranged print 50000-plus negative file Mr Peter M Bowers Mr Bowers col lection also contains original negs taken other long-time collectors like Gordon S Williams Eugene Sommerich William Larkins Gordon Swanborough name few $175 can get sample photo sampler catalog #78-1 lists 1 some 2000 select photos have pre-printed have stock two week delivery 2 dozens indi vidual photo lists aircraft company country have literally hun dreds photos available two four week delivery detailed indi vidual photo lists l0 acpiece refund able first order photo described lists specific aircraft photo angle photo prices prints range 35 2 x 4 print $125 5 X 7 $200 8 X 10 feel photo service new could become important sources available us due big-name collectors photos available Mike Gretz Box 162 Montezuma IA 50171 CL Aerobatics/Paul continued page 39 up 11-6 EW Zinger 11-6 12-6 13-5 can find Max 45 also good same venturi Old Max 40 stunt can fitted engine venturi size about 295 Perennial Nats qualifier Bill Simons using 45 season using Rev-up 13-6 prop Although weighing about 10 oz engine may good have heard about changes engine run caused varying tank and/or engine height relative other have never thought too much about idea let suggest exper iment couple stunt fliers Lexington Kentucky inadvertently stumbled breaking couple 049s Half-A stunt event Nats using very makeshift arrangement Ed Robbert holding tank found very small movements tank relative spray bar would change rpm appreciatively Move tank inch down will lean out quite bit move tank up inch will richen mixture course 049s much sensitive tank changes should certainly prove once 106 Model Aviation 7060 HOLLYWOOD ELVD LOS ANGELES GA 90028
Edition: Model Aviation - 1978/12
Page Numbers: 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 104, 105, 106
ory vith part port advice alacrity grace housing arrangements although ex cellent physically seemed have Siberian plan several team mem m body came late eveninj times y calm ram being pressi osaauer regulator December 1978 29 nUj 1977 got cle Race ms ob Hu S icti Bob NO OCR TEXT nals Lt out ractice uite clo Con red arrival t want LI asheJi NO OCR TEXT compei proce ir fact its kn ips b Lthdrawal ox learned th Ufltrjes c rotest over Sou Czechs Bulgarians Yugoslavs compete Tl uctions South Africa ray Sovi d Rumanians rn sing done ev lule o ading postpor weather 2 pr lear Most unofficial pra Woodvale field sample air wind effects ere launching p s official meeting wa get involved ussions n ig flyix iassle conc 1977 rules v se thi wc 11 rule uly b chair romW wing Spe us meu p help Keith Trostle Stunt team Paul Smith Com bat team Sunday broke gray downpour Woodvale affecting events causing delays Speed F2A de layed two hours first attempt because cool air poor conditions ata good speed Charlie Lieber e turn came up third ting order harlle develooe4 s wii tank ut-ott switel ire down time iitl ho ergiass side pe r Chuck instant FdOflO later wind took its toll current World Champion came dolly too steeply crashed circle severely damaging tiw Enfroy France good fli teammate Patrick Constant very fast stir immediate C versy As circulating qi over 248 kph several onlookers no handle grouper line landing told flight woi disallowedwould have neveras go tingfollowed withor second lie Gordon end sixth il flying Chuck Scr tat fuel f Speed isy top ten Only few lastr probably d fly the round improve up dir Td ith ranc 4 Ricci Italy k annoying Aerobatics pron US team fliers Les McDon individual World i team mci Rabe U strong event 10 years before v usi championship almost become corn championship occasional forgott e things up y relaxed 76 om practice fli either Les mt besi flying order didn tant because per tems made predictioi g two qw read over three 60 fliers e n Rabe Gies air early fix ir late thu ald got pretty gou ci day first jather poor air cmiv last oar 01 ig epa gro ina should ed rue felt ropress outn ice flights o natelv ni ills er tdc newf calm S hims duplicated 2551 rui Charlie n ul Enfroy B appcar~l nels Gabrisfast tight somewhat jerky sharp corners judges re warded him 2905 good second place So first round ended Al first Compostella second Les third Gieseke fourth Billon France fifth Bob Hunt sixth second round swept al ternating bad awful weather got some wind got rain well Rabe Gieseke got blusterly weather Al handled 2954 Bobs older ship did penetrate well slipped 2833 fifth standings Compostella slid third Bob Hunt came up third day fairly gusty wind airplane/engine combina tion powered through very calmly put flight planned Genesis responded cutting through poor air score 2963 high first two rounds second Les McDonaldslaterscoreinround 3 Les himself saddled worst conditions have ever seen Stunt flier accept last flight fore Stunt jury capitulated weather flown wind downpour stood drenched disbe lief watched him struggle through what must have awful experi ence lines wet vi olent control worked times airplane must have picked up unwanted weight rain overheads flown looking straight downpour must have nearly impossible starting cloverleaf pulled up first loop ship came loosely over top circle seemed headed certain crash managed regain control across other side flew back around ginal side circle completed clover fairly well flight lost turned out chances defending title score 2848 left him nearly impos sible distance make up As team finished round two Hunt first Rabe second McDonald fourth Gieseke fifth positions switched briefly following day re turned exact places finish final two rounds top 15 fliers nearly anticlimactic Im sure Bob Hunt wouldnt say seemed things nearly cast cement beginning round 3 round 3 Rabe Gieseke Compo stella slipped somewhat scores 2880 Hunt maintained number 1 spot 2921 Billon France began catch judges eyes scored 2957 began charac teristic late charge Les McDonald put smoothest flight contest-high score 2966 knew high enough little hope improving round 4 afternoon round 4 first seven fliers recorded scores 2900 bet ter no positions changed first two days except Billon Hara switching sixth seventh Huntin sured win solidly flown 2955 Rabe nailed down second nice 2949 let everyone take turn flying Mustang Compostella cele brated 2953 third spot Les put another nice flight 2961 no help overall score Gieseke packed nice 2922 Continued page 104 . Bust times also ran finally broke through second place flying Rumpel type Insider ship asymmetrical craft has Flying asymmetrical ships German Speed team finished close second France Ito H Ingo both wing tail inside circle Schmidt Emil Rumpel Jurgen Lanzen became individual champion December1978 37 1976 World Champ 1977 European champ Emil Rumpel West Germany miseries Speed could reach 240 kph What sorry Canadas Sam Burke shows off realistically styled speed job com pletely enclosed tuned pipe 17th place weight required plus usual blade track ing pitch adjustments necessary new machine preparing first flight Revolution II Rigid Rotor similar machine word advicedo give cyclic control machine until off ground Unlike teetering head type helicopters cyclic control just point lift off absolute im mediateto give command would invite tip-over After familiarity control re sponse gained same quickness response will offer advantages both hover forward flight ma chine capable recovery almost flight attitude primary limiting factor being pilots ability recognize necessary control inputs recovery have found Revolution II Rigid Rotor difficult control dif ferent anything have previously flown last caution regarding aero batic helicopters appears aerobatics easily accomplished precision hovering maneuvers remind yourself heli copter flights begin end hover dont neglect hover practice Other developments relative aerobatic helicopters concerning radio equip ment almost four-channel propositional radio can used teresting note least two radio manufacturers advertising radios options specifically helicopter fliers Westpost International Milford CT offers Custom Variant elec tronic mix within transmitter throt tle collective tail rotor channels well dual rotes cyclic controls Custom Variant available both single dual stick configurations SLK Elec tronics Greensboro NC markets OMEGA system also offers throttle collective tail rotor mix well non-linear control flight functions non-linear function similar benefit dual rates will interesting see intro duction special helicopter radios will spur kind controversy among interest group Super Radios did among pattern fliers Well thats about month Next month Ill talk again about beginner techniques report about local ginners attempts learning fly Mean drop line regarding subjects would like see covered column Dave Chesney Rt 9 Box 621A Greensboro NC 27409 CL World Champs/Jackson continued page 37 two sauntered off murmuring something about next time F2C Team Race event US hasnt scored well several years have honest contender championship since Herb Stock ton discovered RC boats things werent change 78 ray sunshine Henry Nelsons engine virtually dominated semifinal finishers knew quick times would predominate watched low 4-minute times required semifinal berth probably under 4 minutes make final Nobody ex pected ante stiff 359 semifinal spot 352 finals thats first round heats fast company Dodge Nelson up early against Wakker man/Weerd Holland Henry lit up fairly quick first tank seemed reasonably fast cut-off bit wild Carl thrilled crowd swooping dive pits Henry deftly speared Pelican short hop stylish catch As throng gasped appropriately calmly lit off second tank Carl motored away Alas brief moment glory repeated during meeting time 4031 fast enough top Wakkermans 424 knew precarious matched expected times Sure enough British soon gan tear up 4-minute rule Clarkson/Woodside recorded 3534 almost flawless pitting Heaton/ Ross returned 354 trail slight ly Smith/Brown completed British attack 3586 used Nelson engines add insult injury Hutton Oddy Julius Reichart Australia zipped off 3563 Nel son Metkemeyer brothers Hol land retired Nelson engine meeting trotted out own FMV Flores-Metkemeyer-Visser engine motor confidently 3495 top first round Albritton/Joy quick start US slight ly overcooked setting 4044 park right behind Dodge/Nelson 11th place Jolly/Kusik showed lack practice difficulties set tings down list 4393 Most top teams done expected exception two Danish teams Geschwendt ner twins neither running Round two saw few changes Some significant Nelson tried new starting technique dry en gine failed impress onlookers tried recoup loss second circus catch flounder slipped away did time team got 420 Jolly/Kusik im proved 4153 Albritton/Joy did So US again out semi final berth British decided rest laurels Clarkson went far play airplane center circle light comic relief except Fontana kept getting leg chewed prop didnt help time British failed im provebut didnt have Semifinals berths shuffled little Perrachi/Cipolla made under 4minute wire using Cipolla engine 3594 Hans Visser turned 3591 partner Eep Buys using Nelson Hans Geschwendtner piloted John Mau calmly lit off one-stopper Nelson record 3497 Theo Georgiadis stayed legal long enough him Dennis Prior Australia rip off 3487 high time heats again Nelson engine semis first heat matched Georgiadis/Prior Smith/Brown Geschwendtner/Mau Theo Dennis took 3535 Hans John Mau trailing 3562 Smitty Colin Brown bringing up rear 4016 Aussies looked good finals berth Next heat saw Derek Heaton Mal com Ross narrowly beat Oddy/Reichart 355 3556 Visser/Buys tucked close 3574 best final heat first semi round saw Metkies blow away 3 44 flat new competition record Per rachi/Cipolia DQedand Clarkson/ Woodside nowhere 4016no 401 final round semis squeezed everybody top little tighter Heat preview final Metkemeyers went against Heaton/Ross Geschwendtner/Mau Metkies skidded Geschwendtner/Mau came 3499 meetings fifth sub-350 time Heaton/Ross skipped third finals berth 3529 Heat two produced sub-4 time Peracchi/Cipolla turned 3593 Heat three saw Oddy/Reichart take hard charge finals spot just fall short 3534 satisfaction being team record un broken string four sub-4-minute times moment silence departed Team Race engine builder Paul Bugl pre ceded final race finals have recently letdown 104 Model Aviation *SCALE CLASICS Plans & Construction Manual CURTISS HAWK POE STINSONRELIANT SRO Scala 94aSpan 220V Scala 126 Span62500 2Scala 63 Span 12602Scala 84 Span61500 1/a Scala 47VdSpan 10801Scala 63 Span120 CURTISS GOSHAWI Filca 2 Scala 63 SpanS1590 CURTISS GULFHAWK lA . 2Scal 63 Span SISOd Scala 94Ii Span S3050 PlacaS Add 6180 Pa 0da ta Pcsaaa Handling. Odlalda US Add 8300Make PaynaH Richard G Barron1213 Hal ly Sping Ln 0and Blanc MIchIgan 48439 S0d SIOClO C00P6t8 10f0natlO compared fine heat races ear lier Team Race jury relaxed bit too much allowed fouls final would have condoned during heats Bert Metkemeyer particu lar pushed flying style further should have allowed took what jury willing give him may have due part early retirement Heaton/ Ross unwillingness jury scratch race fouling out two remaining teams marred event rate race ear ly-on Derek Bert Hans up center Heaton/Ross retired along about second tank Metkemeyer ship speed edge required finishing time 7325 reflected relaxed jury Geschwendtner/Maus time 7418 realistic take anything away Metkemeyer win richly deserved fol lows years consistent work competition achievement Doing own engine must have doubly satisfying Combat Gary Frost can tell FAI event know least about Dur ing running event seemed times alone various problems came up perhaps avoidable end though best fliers winners lot good combat show four days flying US didnt look good after first part first round survivor Chuck Rudner Rudner beat Cliff Gibson Canada close match move up second round Gibson eventually wound up higher results list Rudner would come later Both Cleve land Frost lost first matches Cleveland out-flew opponent called dropping handle last 10 seconds match George gotten line tangle try ing release throwing handle over other fliers lines after ship grounded thought pro tested circle marshalls decision stood George went losers round flyoff Gary Frost joined him also dropped first match Andersson Sweden close match Garys 50-point penalty stepping outside fliers circle decided match afternoon losers round flown both George Gary won George drew Vernon Hunt good British Combat fliers expected rather hairy match Hunt may have shaken recent fire home destroyed work shop fleet Combat models equipment committed errors match law allows pitting troubles picked up handle upside down crashed takeU iol ARocrns FOUR NEW RACE READY DESIGNS JOIN THE MIDWEST COMPLETE KIT LINE SEND COUPON AND 25 FOR YOUR CATALOG TODAY off real bundle nerves So George walked off relatively easy victory Frost flew Lehmann Switzer land touch-and-go match Leh mann cut up Gary down pits official timer informed pitmen Charlie Johnson Mike Strieter 10 seconds left match Charlie stopped flip ping prop disgust Mike liever miracles yelled Charlie start anyway Chuck Rudner stepped saved day point ing out timing match himself really minute 10 seconds left ficial way off mark So Charlie Mike got Gary up won match last minute second round George may have sandbagged little maybe outguessed ourselves Anyway book team keeping opposition said Edslev Denmark wasnt too fast George Jim Ong crew decided drop nitro little George wouldnt overrun poor Dane turned out tac tical error Edslev used much faster ship expected George found him self trouble still got first cuts ahead early part match Unfortunately found him self position kept recurring Combat fliers two cuts up Dane 21 taken off Danes streamer Maybe happens because sort reflex fliers go kill doesnt occur FAI flying Anyway other guy has no streamer you can fly defensively tough order against quality op position need stay away 2-25 minutes Anyway Dane finalPlease Print Name Address City StateZip Send MIDWEST PRODUCTS CO 400 South Indiana St Hobart Indiana 46342 MA ly got George general feeling outfiew him George protest going other guy did fact release handle after tangle motor cut long swan across top circle Hammersly didnt see wasnt watching fliers admitted job watch fliers Combat jury saw either raised point assigned duties jury etc maybe will resolved before future Champs Chuck Gary both survived second round Rudner fairly easy match other flier having lots engine trouble spending majori ty time ground wasnt much air action Gary Frost also fairly dull match spectators viewpoint first minute saw plenty action Gary getting three cuts two Australias Holman point kills having no streamer left just flew straight level 25 minutes fin ish match third round US hopes put away another year Chuck fell victim Edslev bested George round 2 Maybe same trouble bit Chuck got early cut got almost whole streamer nothing left go So tried defensive low inverted flying routine pretty successful time bit ground once though switch wooden props hurt him spent time pits prop changes eventually lost cut apiece Edslev points air time Gary got Stu Holland Ireland Gary got two early cuts first 30 seconds again second cut kill leaving him December1978 105 PLUMB CRAZY Kit No 254W MISS SAN BERNARDINO Kit No 255 SUPER MOUSE Kit No 256 LIL QUICKIE Kit No 257 U defensive routine Holland bell cranked Garys ship later Frost left circle retrieve stream er doing first clearing ship circleresult 50 points penalty Gary fly remainder match full streamer ouldnt keep away Holland long enough final matches bit tidimactic especially championship bout dust settled Fraisse France took third over Mittler Bel gum Mick Tiernan took World Champions crown Wood second both Great Britain Engllsh took team title expected little disappointed little tired drove back Liverpool cleaned up evenings festivi ties prize-giving eating sharing some fun new old friends Things didnt exactly proceed expect ed First lot new friends rapidly came old rriends standing around parking lot University waiting busses almost never came Some people arrived banquet two half hours after started seated various places allowed savor hunger pains longer before being served gross Other fun things happened Keith Trostle won minor diplomacy award retrieving Al Rabe per suading him stay until received award Stunt Sandy Pimenoff gave quadrennial speech Presidents chair no-no using World Championships point out world particular political policies like dont like Sundry officials gave out awards Sport Scale like managed screw up official FAI medals didnt have certifi cates second third place team awards No credit given origin perpetual awards official FAI classes fact class what affair seemed lack case appropriateness entire aura fit occasion larger less elegant room hold wished attend allow mingle cele brate toast another shout carry little together pace air encourage just would have welcome ended trials tribula tions 1978 Control Line World Championships CL Scale/Gretz continued page 38 past year second Westland Whirlwind know what confess Ill have some re search come up little background info use next month Dicks photo Hintits military twin-engined fighter P-51 Mustang certainly needs no troduction model builders Without doubt several times models have built flown popular air craft actually built full size 14819 versions production ceased outstanding example built Phillip Castelli Centereach New York Phil informs us letter Mustang scratch-built model using Model Airplane News plans de signed Homer Hudson ship powered Supertigre G4ORR Some working systems flaps bomb drop ailerons brakes course throttle control ship flies like dream have always placed contest has entered present has taken three firsts second way ground crew mechanic happens Action Jackson doll fits scale per fectly Wing spans out 48 ship also selected winning five Hobbypoxy finish award contest Jeffrey Perez sent accompanying sketch bomb tank drop mech anism used 77 Nats winning P-6 1 Black Widow see photo Septem ber 1978 Model viation ingenious aspect Perezs system two 1 /32w hook-shaped wires epoxied way down center bomb tank allows wires springy Due flexibility hook wires bombs just click place main retainer wire built side wing retainer wires natu rally have lock onto other hook-shaped wires due over lap hope drawing will make clear hard explain youve ever tried hold two bombs tanks place trying operate control mechanism same time will recognize advan tage Jeffs method main retainer wire wing actuated fourth line release spring-loaded return Perezs Black Widow indi vidual retainer wires different lengths fourth line pulled bombs will drop Pull line further tanks drop Castle Graphics PO Box AD Greenbank WA 98253 excellent source b&w photos scale model documenta tion offer widest selection aircraft photos privately operated non-government photo service know Quoting catalog #78-1 Castle Graphics mail-order aircraft photo service operated collectors over quarter century involvement photo collecting have arranged print 50000-plus negative file Mr Peter M Bowers Mr Bowers col lection also contains original negs taken other long-time collectors like Gordon S Williams Eugene Sommerich William Larkins Gordon Swanborough name few $175 can get sample photo sampler catalog #78-1 lists 1 some 2000 select photos have pre-printed have stock two week delivery 2 dozens indi vidual photo lists aircraft company country have literally hun dreds photos available two four week delivery detailed indi vidual photo lists l0 acpiece refund able first order photo described lists specific aircraft photo angle photo prices prints range 35 2 x 4 print $125 5 X 7 $200 8 X 10 feel photo service new could become important sources available us due big-name collectors photos available Mike Gretz Box 162 Montezuma IA 50171 CL Aerobatics/Paul continued page 39 up 11-6 EW Zinger 11-6 12-6 13-5 can find Max 45 also good same venturi Old Max 40 stunt can fitted engine venturi size about 295 Perennial Nats qualifier Bill Simons using 45 season using Rev-up 13-6 prop Although weighing about 10 oz engine may good have heard about changes engine run caused varying tank and/or engine height relative other have never thought too much about idea let suggest exper iment couple stunt fliers Lexington Kentucky inadvertently stumbled breaking couple 049s Half-A stunt event Nats using very makeshift arrangement Ed Robbert holding tank found very small movements tank relative spray bar would change rpm appreciatively Move tank inch down will lean out quite bit move tank up inch will richen mixture course 049s much sensitive tank changes should certainly prove once 106 Model Aviation 7060 HOLLYWOOD ELVD LOS ANGELES GA 90028
Edition: Model Aviation - 1978/12
Page Numbers: 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 104, 105, 106
ory vith part port advice alacrity grace housing arrangements although ex cellent physically seemed have Siberian plan several team mem m body came late eveninj times y calm ram being pressi osaauer regulator December 1978 29 nUj 1977 got cle Race ms ob Hu S icti Bob NO OCR TEXT nals Lt out ractice uite clo Con red arrival t want LI asheJi NO OCR TEXT compei proce ir fact its kn ips b Lthdrawal ox learned th Ufltrjes c rotest over Sou Czechs Bulgarians Yugoslavs compete Tl uctions South Africa ray Sovi d Rumanians rn sing done ev lule o ading postpor weather 2 pr lear Most unofficial pra Woodvale field sample air wind effects ere launching p s official meeting wa get involved ussions n ig flyix iassle conc 1977 rules v se thi wc 11 rule uly b chair romW wing Spe us meu p help Keith Trostle Stunt team Paul Smith Com bat team Sunday broke gray downpour Woodvale affecting events causing delays Speed F2A de layed two hours first attempt because cool air poor conditions ata good speed Charlie Lieber e turn came up third ting order harlle develooe4 s wii tank ut-ott switel ire down time iitl ho ergiass side pe r Chuck instant FdOflO later wind took its toll current World Champion came dolly too steeply crashed circle severely damaging tiw Enfroy France good fli teammate Patrick Constant very fast stir immediate C versy As circulating qi over 248 kph several onlookers no handle grouper line landing told flight woi disallowedwould have neveras go tingfollowed withor second lie Gordon end sixth il flying Chuck Scr tat fuel f Speed isy top ten Only few lastr probably d fly the round improve up dir Td ith ranc 4 Ricci Italy k annoying Aerobatics pron US team fliers Les McDon individual World i team mci Rabe U strong event 10 years before v usi championship almost become corn championship occasional forgott e things up y relaxed 76 om practice fli either Les mt besi flying order didn tant because per tems made predictioi g two qw read over three 60 fliers e n Rabe Gies air early fix ir late thu ald got pretty gou ci day first jather poor air cmiv last oar 01 ig epa gro ina should ed rue felt ropress outn ice flights o natelv ni ills er tdc newf calm S hims duplicated 2551 rui Charlie n ul Enfroy B appcar~l nels Gabrisfast tight somewhat jerky sharp corners judges re warded him 2905 good second place So first round ended Al first Compostella second Les third Gieseke fourth Billon France fifth Bob Hunt sixth second round swept al ternating bad awful weather got some wind got rain well Rabe Gieseke got blusterly weather Al handled 2954 Bobs older ship did penetrate well slipped 2833 fifth standings Compostella slid third Bob Hunt came up third day fairly gusty wind airplane/engine combina tion powered through very calmly put flight planned Genesis responded cutting through poor air score 2963 high first two rounds second Les McDonaldslaterscoreinround 3 Les himself saddled worst conditions have ever seen Stunt flier accept last flight fore Stunt jury capitulated weather flown wind downpour stood drenched disbe lief watched him struggle through what must have awful experi ence lines wet vi olent control worked times airplane must have picked up unwanted weight rain overheads flown looking straight downpour must have nearly impossible starting cloverleaf pulled up first loop ship came loosely over top circle seemed headed certain crash managed regain control across other side flew back around ginal side circle completed clover fairly well flight lost turned out chances defending title score 2848 left him nearly impos sible distance make up As team finished round two Hunt first Rabe second McDonald fourth Gieseke fifth positions switched briefly following day re turned exact places finish final two rounds top 15 fliers nearly anticlimactic Im sure Bob Hunt wouldnt say seemed things nearly cast cement beginning round 3 round 3 Rabe Gieseke Compo stella slipped somewhat scores 2880 Hunt maintained number 1 spot 2921 Billon France began catch judges eyes scored 2957 began charac teristic late charge Les McDonald put smoothest flight contest-high score 2966 knew high enough little hope improving round 4 afternoon round 4 first seven fliers recorded scores 2900 bet ter no positions changed first two days except Billon Hara switching sixth seventh Huntin sured win solidly flown 2955 Rabe nailed down second nice 2949 let everyone take turn flying Mustang Compostella cele brated 2953 third spot Les put another nice flight 2961 no help overall score Gieseke packed nice 2922 Continued page 104 . Bust times also ran finally broke through second place flying Rumpel type Insider ship asymmetrical craft has Flying asymmetrical ships German Speed team finished close second France Ito H Ingo both wing tail inside circle Schmidt Emil Rumpel Jurgen Lanzen became individual champion December1978 37 1976 World Champ 1977 European champ Emil Rumpel West Germany miseries Speed could reach 240 kph What sorry Canadas Sam Burke shows off realistically styled speed job com pletely enclosed tuned pipe 17th place weight required plus usual blade track ing pitch adjustments necessary new machine preparing first flight Revolution II Rigid Rotor similar machine word advicedo give cyclic control machine until off ground Unlike teetering head type helicopters cyclic control just point lift off absolute im mediateto give command would invite tip-over After familiarity control re sponse gained same quickness response will offer advantages both hover forward flight ma chine capable recovery almost flight attitude primary limiting factor being pilots ability recognize necessary control inputs recovery have found Revolution II Rigid Rotor difficult control dif ferent anything have previously flown last caution regarding aero batic helicopters appears aerobatics easily accomplished precision hovering maneuvers remind yourself heli copter flights begin end hover dont neglect hover practice Other developments relative aerobatic helicopters concerning radio equip ment almost four-channel propositional radio can used teresting note least two radio manufacturers advertising radios options specifically helicopter fliers Westpost International Milford CT offers Custom Variant elec tronic mix within transmitter throt tle collective tail rotor channels well dual rotes cyclic controls Custom Variant available both single dual stick configurations SLK Elec tronics Greensboro NC markets OMEGA system also offers throttle collective tail rotor mix well non-linear control flight functions non-linear function similar benefit dual rates will interesting see intro duction special helicopter radios will spur kind controversy among interest group Super Radios did among pattern fliers Well thats about month Next month Ill talk again about beginner techniques report about local ginners attempts learning fly Mean drop line regarding subjects would like see covered column Dave Chesney Rt 9 Box 621A Greensboro NC 27409 CL World Champs/Jackson continued page 37 two sauntered off murmuring something about next time F2C Team Race event US hasnt scored well several years have honest contender championship since Herb Stock ton discovered RC boats things werent change 78 ray sunshine Henry Nelsons engine virtually dominated semifinal finishers knew quick times would predominate watched low 4-minute times required semifinal berth probably under 4 minutes make final Nobody ex pected ante stiff 359 semifinal spot 352 finals thats first round heats fast company Dodge Nelson up early against Wakker man/Weerd Holland Henry lit up fairly quick first tank seemed reasonably fast cut-off bit wild Carl thrilled crowd swooping dive pits Henry deftly speared Pelican short hop stylish catch As throng gasped appropriately calmly lit off second tank Carl motored away Alas brief moment glory repeated during meeting time 4031 fast enough top Wakkermans 424 knew precarious matched expected times Sure enough British soon gan tear up 4-minute rule Clarkson/Woodside recorded 3534 almost flawless pitting Heaton/ Ross returned 354 trail slight ly Smith/Brown completed British attack 3586 used Nelson engines add insult injury Hutton Oddy Julius Reichart Australia zipped off 3563 Nel son Metkemeyer brothers Hol land retired Nelson engine meeting trotted out own FMV Flores-Metkemeyer-Visser engine motor confidently 3495 top first round Albritton/Joy quick start US slight ly overcooked setting 4044 park right behind Dodge/Nelson 11th place Jolly/Kusik showed lack practice difficulties set tings down list 4393 Most top teams done expected exception two Danish teams Geschwendt ner twins neither running Round two saw few changes Some significant Nelson tried new starting technique dry en gine failed impress onlookers tried recoup loss second circus catch flounder slipped away did time team got 420 Jolly/Kusik im proved 4153 Albritton/Joy did So US again out semi final berth British decided rest laurels Clarkson went far play airplane center circle light comic relief except Fontana kept getting leg chewed prop didnt help time British failed im provebut didnt have Semifinals berths shuffled little Perrachi/Cipolla made under 4minute wire using Cipolla engine 3594 Hans Visser turned 3591 partner Eep Buys using Nelson Hans Geschwendtner piloted John Mau calmly lit off one-stopper Nelson record 3497 Theo Georgiadis stayed legal long enough him Dennis Prior Australia rip off 3487 high time heats again Nelson engine semis first heat matched Georgiadis/Prior Smith/Brown Geschwendtner/Mau Theo Dennis took 3535 Hans John Mau trailing 3562 Smitty Colin Brown bringing up rear 4016 Aussies looked good finals berth Next heat saw Derek Heaton Mal com Ross narrowly beat Oddy/Reichart 355 3556 Visser/Buys tucked close 3574 best final heat first semi round saw Metkies blow away 3 44 flat new competition record Per rachi/Cipolia DQedand Clarkson/ Woodside nowhere 4016no 401 final round semis squeezed everybody top little tighter Heat preview final Metkemeyers went against Heaton/Ross Geschwendtner/Mau Metkies skidded Geschwendtner/Mau came 3499 meetings fifth sub-350 time Heaton/Ross skipped third finals berth 3529 Heat two produced sub-4 time Peracchi/Cipolla turned 3593 Heat three saw Oddy/Reichart take hard charge finals spot just fall short 3534 satisfaction being team record un broken string four sub-4-minute times moment silence departed Team Race engine builder Paul Bugl pre ceded final race finals have recently letdown 104 Model Aviation *SCALE CLASICS Plans & Construction Manual CURTISS HAWK POE STINSONRELIANT SRO Scala 94aSpan 220V Scala 126 Span62500 2Scala 63 Span 12602Scala 84 Span61500 1/a Scala 47VdSpan 10801Scala 63 Span120 CURTISS GOSHAWI Filca 2 Scala 63 SpanS1590 CURTISS GULFHAWK lA . 2Scal 63 Span SISOd Scala 94Ii Span S3050 PlacaS Add 6180 Pa 0da ta Pcsaaa Handling. Odlalda US Add 8300Make PaynaH Richard G Barron1213 Hal ly Sping Ln 0and Blanc MIchIgan 48439 S0d SIOClO C00P6t8 10f0natlO compared fine heat races ear lier Team Race jury relaxed bit too much allowed fouls final would have condoned during heats Bert Metkemeyer particu lar pushed flying style further should have allowed took what jury willing give him may have due part early retirement Heaton/ Ross unwillingness jury scratch race fouling out two remaining teams marred event rate race ear ly-on Derek Bert Hans up center Heaton/Ross retired along about second tank Metkemeyer ship speed edge required finishing time 7325 reflected relaxed jury Geschwendtner/Maus time 7418 realistic take anything away Metkemeyer win richly deserved fol lows years consistent work competition achievement Doing own engine must have doubly satisfying Combat Gary Frost can tell FAI event know least about Dur ing running event seemed times alone various problems came up perhaps avoidable end though best fliers winners lot good combat show four days flying US didnt look good after first part first round survivor Chuck Rudner Rudner beat Cliff Gibson Canada close match move up second round Gibson eventually wound up higher results list Rudner would come later Both Cleve land Frost lost first matches Cleveland out-flew opponent called dropping handle last 10 seconds match George gotten line tangle try ing release throwing handle over other fliers lines after ship grounded thought pro tested circle marshalls decision stood George went losers round flyoff Gary Frost joined him also dropped first match Andersson Sweden close match Garys 50-point penalty stepping outside fliers circle decided match afternoon losers round flown both George Gary won George drew Vernon Hunt good British Combat fliers expected rather hairy match Hunt may have shaken recent fire home destroyed work shop fleet Combat models equipment committed errors match law allows pitting troubles picked up handle upside down crashed takeU iol ARocrns FOUR NEW RACE READY DESIGNS JOIN THE MIDWEST COMPLETE KIT LINE SEND COUPON AND 25 FOR YOUR CATALOG TODAY off real bundle nerves So George walked off relatively easy victory Frost flew Lehmann Switzer land touch-and-go match Leh mann cut up Gary down pits official timer informed pitmen Charlie Johnson Mike Strieter 10 seconds left match Charlie stopped flip ping prop disgust Mike liever miracles yelled Charlie start anyway Chuck Rudner stepped saved day point ing out timing match himself really minute 10 seconds left ficial way off mark So Charlie Mike got Gary up won match last minute second round George may have sandbagged little maybe outguessed ourselves Anyway book team keeping opposition said Edslev Denmark wasnt too fast George Jim Ong crew decided drop nitro little George wouldnt overrun poor Dane turned out tac tical error Edslev used much faster ship expected George found him self trouble still got first cuts ahead early part match Unfortunately found him self position kept recurring Combat fliers two cuts up Dane 21 taken off Danes streamer Maybe happens because sort reflex fliers go kill doesnt occur FAI flying Anyway other guy has no streamer you can fly defensively tough order against quality op position need stay away 2-25 minutes Anyway Dane finalPlease Print Name Address City StateZip Send MIDWEST PRODUCTS CO 400 South Indiana St Hobart Indiana 46342 MA ly got George general feeling outfiew him George protest going other guy did fact release handle after tangle motor cut long swan across top circle Hammersly didnt see wasnt watching fliers admitted job watch fliers Combat jury saw either raised point assigned duties jury etc maybe will resolved before future Champs Chuck Gary both survived second round Rudner fairly easy match other flier having lots engine trouble spending majori ty time ground wasnt much air action Gary Frost also fairly dull match spectators viewpoint first minute saw plenty action Gary getting three cuts two Australias Holman point kills having no streamer left just flew straight level 25 minutes fin ish match third round US hopes put away another year Chuck fell victim Edslev bested George round 2 Maybe same trouble bit Chuck got early cut got almost whole streamer nothing left go So tried defensive low inverted flying routine pretty successful time bit ground once though switch wooden props hurt him spent time pits prop changes eventually lost cut apiece Edslev points air time Gary got Stu Holland Ireland Gary got two early cuts first 30 seconds again second cut kill leaving him December1978 105 PLUMB CRAZY Kit No 254W MISS SAN BERNARDINO Kit No 255 SUPER MOUSE Kit No 256 LIL QUICKIE Kit No 257 U defensive routine Holland bell cranked Garys ship later Frost left circle retrieve stream er doing first clearing ship circleresult 50 points penalty Gary fly remainder match full streamer ouldnt keep away Holland long enough final matches bit tidimactic especially championship bout dust settled Fraisse France took third over Mittler Bel gum Mick Tiernan took World Champions crown Wood second both Great Britain Engllsh took team title expected little disappointed little tired drove back Liverpool cleaned up evenings festivi ties prize-giving eating sharing some fun new old friends Things didnt exactly proceed expect ed First lot new friends rapidly came old rriends standing around parking lot University waiting busses almost never came Some people arrived banquet two half hours after started seated various places allowed savor hunger pains longer before being served gross Other fun things happened Keith Trostle won minor diplomacy award retrieving Al Rabe per suading him stay until received award Stunt Sandy Pimenoff gave quadrennial speech Presidents chair no-no using World Championships point out world particular political policies like dont like Sundry officials gave out awards Sport Scale like managed screw up official FAI medals didnt have certifi cates second third place team awards No credit given origin perpetual awards official FAI classes fact class what affair seemed lack case appropriateness entire aura fit occasion larger less elegant room hold wished attend allow mingle cele brate toast another shout carry little together pace air encourage just would have welcome ended trials tribula tions 1978 Control Line World Championships CL Scale/Gretz continued page 38 past year second Westland Whirlwind know what confess Ill have some re search come up little background info use next month Dicks photo Hintits military twin-engined fighter P-51 Mustang certainly needs no troduction model builders Without doubt several times models have built flown popular air craft actually built full size 14819 versions production ceased outstanding example built Phillip Castelli Centereach New York Phil informs us letter Mustang scratch-built model using Model Airplane News plans de signed Homer Hudson ship powered Supertigre G4ORR Some working systems flaps bomb drop ailerons brakes course throttle control ship flies like dream have always placed contest has entered present has taken three firsts second way ground crew mechanic happens Action Jackson doll fits scale per fectly Wing spans out 48 ship also selected winning five Hobbypoxy finish award contest Jeffrey Perez sent accompanying sketch bomb tank drop mech anism used 77 Nats winning P-6 1 Black Widow see photo Septem ber 1978 Model viation ingenious aspect Perezs system two 1 /32w hook-shaped wires epoxied way down center bomb tank allows wires springy Due flexibility hook wires bombs just click place main retainer wire built side wing retainer wires natu rally have lock onto other hook-shaped wires due over lap hope drawing will make clear hard explain youve ever tried hold two bombs tanks place trying operate control mechanism same time will recognize advan tage Jeffs method main retainer wire wing actuated fourth line release spring-loaded return Perezs Black Widow indi vidual retainer wires different lengths fourth line pulled bombs will drop Pull line further tanks drop Castle Graphics PO Box AD Greenbank WA 98253 excellent source b&w photos scale model documenta tion offer widest selection aircraft photos privately operated non-government photo service know Quoting catalog #78-1 Castle Graphics mail-order aircraft photo service operated collectors over quarter century involvement photo collecting have arranged print 50000-plus negative file Mr Peter M Bowers Mr Bowers col lection also contains original negs taken other long-time collectors like Gordon S Williams Eugene Sommerich William Larkins Gordon Swanborough name few $175 can get sample photo sampler catalog #78-1 lists 1 some 2000 select photos have pre-printed have stock two week delivery 2 dozens indi vidual photo lists aircraft company country have literally hun dreds photos available two four week delivery detailed indi vidual photo lists l0 acpiece refund able first order photo described lists specific aircraft photo angle photo prices prints range 35 2 x 4 print $125 5 X 7 $200 8 X 10 feel photo service new could become important sources available us due big-name collectors photos available Mike Gretz Box 162 Montezuma IA 50171 CL Aerobatics/Paul continued page 39 up 11-6 EW Zinger 11-6 12-6 13-5 can find Max 45 also good same venturi Old Max 40 stunt can fitted engine venturi size about 295 Perennial Nats qualifier Bill Simons using 45 season using Rev-up 13-6 prop Although weighing about 10 oz engine may good have heard about changes engine run caused varying tank and/or engine height relative other have never thought too much about idea let suggest exper iment couple stunt fliers Lexington Kentucky inadvertently stumbled breaking couple 049s Half-A stunt event Nats using very makeshift arrangement Ed Robbert holding tank found very small movements tank relative spray bar would change rpm appreciatively Move tank inch down will lean out quite bit move tank up inch will richen mixture course 049s much sensitive tank changes should certainly prove once 106 Model Aviation 7060 HOLLYWOOD ELVD LOS ANGELES GA 90028
Edition: Model Aviation - 1978/12
Page Numbers: 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 104, 105, 106
ory vith part port advice alacrity grace housing arrangements although ex cellent physically seemed have Siberian plan several team mem m body came late eveninj times y calm ram being pressi osaauer regulator December 1978 29 nUj 1977 got cle Race ms ob Hu S icti Bob NO OCR TEXT nals Lt out ractice uite clo Con red arrival t want LI asheJi NO OCR TEXT compei proce ir fact its kn ips b Lthdrawal ox learned th Ufltrjes c rotest over Sou Czechs Bulgarians Yugoslavs compete Tl uctions South Africa ray Sovi d Rumanians rn sing done ev lule o ading postpor weather 2 pr lear Most unofficial pra Woodvale field sample air wind effects ere launching p s official meeting wa get involved ussions n ig flyix iassle conc 1977 rules v se thi wc 11 rule uly b chair romW wing Spe us meu p help Keith Trostle Stunt team Paul Smith Com bat team Sunday broke gray downpour Woodvale affecting events causing delays Speed F2A de layed two hours first attempt because cool air poor conditions ata good speed Charlie Lieber e turn came up third ting order harlle develooe4 s wii tank ut-ott switel ire down time iitl ho ergiass side pe r Chuck instant FdOflO later wind took its toll current World Champion came dolly too steeply crashed circle severely damaging tiw Enfroy France good fli teammate Patrick Constant very fast stir immediate C versy As circulating qi over 248 kph several onlookers no handle grouper line landing told flight woi disallowedwould have neveras go tingfollowed withor second lie Gordon end sixth il flying Chuck Scr tat fuel f Speed isy top ten Only few lastr probably d fly the round improve up dir Td ith ranc 4 Ricci Italy k annoying Aerobatics pron US team fliers Les McDon individual World i team mci Rabe U strong event 10 years before v usi championship almost become corn championship occasional forgott e things up y relaxed 76 om practice fli either Les mt besi flying order didn tant because per tems made predictioi g two qw read over three 60 fliers e n Rabe Gies air early fix ir late thu ald got pretty gou ci day first jather poor air cmiv last oar 01 ig epa gro ina should ed rue felt ropress outn ice flights o natelv ni ills er tdc newf calm S hims duplicated 2551 rui Charlie n ul Enfroy B appcar~l nels Gabrisfast tight somewhat jerky sharp corners judges re warded him 2905 good second place So first round ended Al first Compostella second Les third Gieseke fourth Billon France fifth Bob Hunt sixth second round swept al ternating bad awful weather got some wind got rain well Rabe Gieseke got blusterly weather Al handled 2954 Bobs older ship did penetrate well slipped 2833 fifth standings Compostella slid third Bob Hunt came up third day fairly gusty wind airplane/engine combina tion powered through very calmly put flight planned Genesis responded cutting through poor air score 2963 high first two rounds second Les McDonaldslaterscoreinround 3 Les himself saddled worst conditions have ever seen Stunt flier accept last flight fore Stunt jury capitulated weather flown wind downpour stood drenched disbe lief watched him struggle through what must have awful experi ence lines wet vi olent control worked times airplane must have picked up unwanted weight rain overheads flown looking straight downpour must have nearly impossible starting cloverleaf pulled up first loop ship came loosely over top circle seemed headed certain crash managed regain control across other side flew back around ginal side circle completed clover fairly well flight lost turned out chances defending title score 2848 left him nearly impos sible distance make up As team finished round two Hunt first Rabe second McDonald fourth Gieseke fifth positions switched briefly following day re turned exact places finish final two rounds top 15 fliers nearly anticlimactic Im sure Bob Hunt wouldnt say seemed things nearly cast cement beginning round 3 round 3 Rabe Gieseke Compo stella slipped somewhat scores 2880 Hunt maintained number 1 spot 2921 Billon France began catch judges eyes scored 2957 began charac teristic late charge Les McDonald put smoothest flight contest-high score 2966 knew high enough little hope improving round 4 afternoon round 4 first seven fliers recorded scores 2900 bet ter no positions changed first two days except Billon Hara switching sixth seventh Huntin sured win solidly flown 2955 Rabe nailed down second nice 2949 let everyone take turn flying Mustang Compostella cele brated 2953 third spot Les put another nice flight 2961 no help overall score Gieseke packed nice 2922 Continued page 104 . Bust times also ran finally broke through second place flying Rumpel type Insider ship asymmetrical craft has Flying asymmetrical ships German Speed team finished close second France Ito H Ingo both wing tail inside circle Schmidt Emil Rumpel Jurgen Lanzen became individual champion December1978 37 1976 World Champ 1977 European champ Emil Rumpel West Germany miseries Speed could reach 240 kph What sorry Canadas Sam Burke shows off realistically styled speed job com pletely enclosed tuned pipe 17th place weight required plus usual blade track ing pitch adjustments necessary new machine preparing first flight Revolution II Rigid Rotor similar machine word advicedo give cyclic control machine until off ground Unlike teetering head type helicopters cyclic control just point lift off absolute im mediateto give command would invite tip-over After familiarity control re sponse gained same quickness response will offer advantages both hover forward flight ma chine capable recovery almost flight attitude primary limiting factor being pilots ability recognize necessary control inputs recovery have found Revolution II Rigid Rotor difficult control dif ferent anything have previously flown last caution regarding aero batic helicopters appears aerobatics easily accomplished precision hovering maneuvers remind yourself heli copter flights begin end hover dont neglect hover practice Other developments relative aerobatic helicopters concerning radio equip ment almost four-channel propositional radio can used teresting note least two radio manufacturers advertising radios options specifically helicopter fliers Westpost International Milford CT offers Custom Variant elec tronic mix within transmitter throt tle collective tail rotor channels well dual rotes cyclic controls Custom Variant available both single dual stick configurations SLK Elec tronics Greensboro NC markets OMEGA system also offers throttle collective tail rotor mix well non-linear control flight functions non-linear function similar benefit dual rates will interesting see intro duction special helicopter radios will spur kind controversy among interest group Super Radios did among pattern fliers Well thats about month Next month Ill talk again about beginner techniques report about local ginners attempts learning fly Mean drop line regarding subjects would like see covered column Dave Chesney Rt 9 Box 621A Greensboro NC 27409 CL World Champs/Jackson continued page 37 two sauntered off murmuring something about next time F2C Team Race event US hasnt scored well several years have honest contender championship since Herb Stock ton discovered RC boats things werent change 78 ray sunshine Henry Nelsons engine virtually dominated semifinal finishers knew quick times would predominate watched low 4-minute times required semifinal berth probably under 4 minutes make final Nobody ex pected ante stiff 359 semifinal spot 352 finals thats first round heats fast company Dodge Nelson up early against Wakker man/Weerd Holland Henry lit up fairly quick first tank seemed reasonably fast cut-off bit wild Carl thrilled crowd swooping dive pits Henry deftly speared Pelican short hop stylish catch As throng gasped appropriately calmly lit off second tank Carl motored away Alas brief moment glory repeated during meeting time 4031 fast enough top Wakkermans 424 knew precarious matched expected times Sure enough British soon gan tear up 4-minute rule Clarkson/Woodside recorded 3534 almost flawless pitting Heaton/ Ross returned 354 trail slight ly Smith/Brown completed British attack 3586 used Nelson engines add insult injury Hutton Oddy Julius Reichart Australia zipped off 3563 Nel son Metkemeyer brothers Hol land retired Nelson engine meeting trotted out own FMV Flores-Metkemeyer-Visser engine motor confidently 3495 top first round Albritton/Joy quick start US slight ly overcooked setting 4044 park right behind Dodge/Nelson 11th place Jolly/Kusik showed lack practice difficulties set tings down list 4393 Most top teams done expected exception two Danish teams Geschwendt ner twins neither running Round two saw few changes Some significant Nelson tried new starting technique dry en gine failed impress onlookers tried recoup loss second circus catch flounder slipped away did time team got 420 Jolly/Kusik im proved 4153 Albritton/Joy did So US again out semi final berth British decided rest laurels Clarkson went far play airplane center circle light comic relief except Fontana kept getting leg chewed prop didnt help time British failed im provebut didnt have Semifinals berths shuffled little Perrachi/Cipolla made under 4minute wire using Cipolla engine 3594 Hans Visser turned 3591 partner Eep Buys using Nelson Hans Geschwendtner piloted John Mau calmly lit off one-stopper Nelson record 3497 Theo Georgiadis stayed legal long enough him Dennis Prior Australia rip off 3487 high time heats again Nelson engine semis first heat matched Georgiadis/Prior Smith/Brown Geschwendtner/Mau Theo Dennis took 3535 Hans John Mau trailing 3562 Smitty Colin Brown bringing up rear 4016 Aussies looked good finals berth Next heat saw Derek Heaton Mal com Ross narrowly beat Oddy/Reichart 355 3556 Visser/Buys tucked close 3574 best final heat first semi round saw Metkies blow away 3 44 flat new competition record Per rachi/Cipolia DQedand Clarkson/ Woodside nowhere 4016no 401 final round semis squeezed everybody top little tighter Heat preview final Metkemeyers went against Heaton/Ross Geschwendtner/Mau Metkies skidded Geschwendtner/Mau came 3499 meetings fifth sub-350 time Heaton/Ross skipped third finals berth 3529 Heat two produced sub-4 time Peracchi/Cipolla turned 3593 Heat three saw Oddy/Reichart take hard charge finals spot just fall short 3534 satisfaction being team record un broken string four sub-4-minute times moment silence departed Team Race engine builder Paul Bugl pre ceded final race finals have recently letdown 104 Model Aviation *SCALE CLASICS Plans & Construction Manual CURTISS HAWK POE STINSONRELIANT SRO Scala 94aSpan 220V Scala 126 Span62500 2Scala 63 Span 12602Scala 84 Span61500 1/a Scala 47VdSpan 10801Scala 63 Span120 CURTISS GOSHAWI Filca 2 Scala 63 SpanS1590 CURTISS GULFHAWK lA . 2Scal 63 Span SISOd Scala 94Ii Span S3050 PlacaS Add 6180 Pa 0da ta Pcsaaa Handling. Odlalda US Add 8300Make PaynaH Richard G Barron1213 Hal ly Sping Ln 0and Blanc MIchIgan 48439 S0d SIOClO C00P6t8 10f0natlO compared fine heat races ear lier Team Race jury relaxed bit too much allowed fouls final would have condoned during heats Bert Metkemeyer particu lar pushed flying style further should have allowed took what jury willing give him may have due part early retirement Heaton/ Ross unwillingness jury scratch race fouling out two remaining teams marred event rate race ear ly-on Derek Bert Hans up center Heaton/Ross retired along about second tank Metkemeyer ship speed edge required finishing time 7325 reflected relaxed jury Geschwendtner/Maus time 7418 realistic take anything away Metkemeyer win richly deserved fol lows years consistent work competition achievement Doing own engine must have doubly satisfying Combat Gary Frost can tell FAI event know least about Dur ing running event seemed times alone various problems came up perhaps avoidable end though best fliers winners lot good combat show four days flying US didnt look good after first part first round survivor Chuck Rudner Rudner beat Cliff Gibson Canada close match move up second round Gibson eventually wound up higher results list Rudner would come later Both Cleve land Frost lost first matches Cleveland out-flew opponent called dropping handle last 10 seconds match George gotten line tangle try ing release throwing handle over other fliers lines after ship grounded thought pro tested circle marshalls decision stood George went losers round flyoff Gary Frost joined him also dropped first match Andersson Sweden close match Garys 50-point penalty stepping outside fliers circle decided match afternoon losers round flown both George Gary won George drew Vernon Hunt good British Combat fliers expected rather hairy match Hunt may have shaken recent fire home destroyed work shop fleet Combat models equipment committed errors match law allows pitting troubles picked up handle upside down crashed takeU iol ARocrns FOUR NEW RACE READY DESIGNS JOIN THE MIDWEST COMPLETE KIT LINE SEND COUPON AND 25 FOR YOUR CATALOG TODAY off real bundle nerves So George walked off relatively easy victory Frost flew Lehmann Switzer land touch-and-go match Leh mann cut up Gary down pits official timer informed pitmen Charlie Johnson Mike Strieter 10 seconds left match Charlie stopped flip ping prop disgust Mike liever miracles yelled Charlie start anyway Chuck Rudner stepped saved day point ing out timing match himself really minute 10 seconds left ficial way off mark So Charlie Mike got Gary up won match last minute second round George may have sandbagged little maybe outguessed ourselves Anyway book team keeping opposition said Edslev Denmark wasnt too fast George Jim Ong crew decided drop nitro little George wouldnt overrun poor Dane turned out tac tical error Edslev used much faster ship expected George found him self trouble still got first cuts ahead early part match Unfortunately found him self position kept recurring Combat fliers two cuts up Dane 21 taken off Danes streamer Maybe happens because sort reflex fliers go kill doesnt occur FAI flying Anyway other guy has no streamer you can fly defensively tough order against quality op position need stay away 2-25 minutes Anyway Dane finalPlease Print Name Address City StateZip Send MIDWEST PRODUCTS CO 400 South Indiana St Hobart Indiana 46342 MA ly got George general feeling outfiew him George protest going other guy did fact release handle after tangle motor cut long swan across top circle Hammersly didnt see wasnt watching fliers admitted job watch fliers Combat jury saw either raised point assigned duties jury etc maybe will resolved before future Champs Chuck Gary both survived second round Rudner fairly easy match other flier having lots engine trouble spending majori ty time ground wasnt much air action Gary Frost also fairly dull match spectators viewpoint first minute saw plenty action Gary getting three cuts two Australias Holman point kills having no streamer left just flew straight level 25 minutes fin ish match third round US hopes put away another year Chuck fell victim Edslev bested George round 2 Maybe same trouble bit Chuck got early cut got almost whole streamer nothing left go So tried defensive low inverted flying routine pretty successful time bit ground once though switch wooden props hurt him spent time pits prop changes eventually lost cut apiece Edslev points air time Gary got Stu Holland Ireland Gary got two early cuts first 30 seconds again second cut kill leaving him December1978 105 PLUMB CRAZY Kit No 254W MISS SAN BERNARDINO Kit No 255 SUPER MOUSE Kit No 256 LIL QUICKIE Kit No 257 U defensive routine Holland bell cranked Garys ship later Frost left circle retrieve stream er doing first clearing ship circleresult 50 points penalty Gary fly remainder match full streamer ouldnt keep away Holland long enough final matches bit tidimactic especially championship bout dust settled Fraisse France took third over Mittler Bel gum Mick Tiernan took World Champions crown Wood second both Great Britain Engllsh took team title expected little disappointed little tired drove back Liverpool cleaned up evenings festivi ties prize-giving eating sharing some fun new old friends Things didnt exactly proceed expect ed First lot new friends rapidly came old rriends standing around parking lot University waiting busses almost never came Some people arrived banquet two half hours after started seated various places allowed savor hunger pains longer before being served gross Other fun things happened Keith Trostle won minor diplomacy award retrieving Al Rabe per suading him stay until received award Stunt Sandy Pimenoff gave quadrennial speech Presidents chair no-no using World Championships point out world particular political policies like dont like Sundry officials gave out awards Sport Scale like managed screw up official FAI medals didnt have certifi cates second third place team awards No credit given origin perpetual awards official FAI classes fact class what affair seemed lack case appropriateness entire aura fit occasion larger less elegant room hold wished attend allow mingle cele brate toast another shout carry little together pace air encourage just would have welcome ended trials tribula tions 1978 Control Line World Championships CL Scale/Gretz continued page 38 past year second Westland Whirlwind know what confess Ill have some re search come up little background info use next month Dicks photo Hintits military twin-engined fighter P-51 Mustang certainly needs no troduction model builders Without doubt several times models have built flown popular air craft actually built full size 14819 versions production ceased outstanding example built Phillip Castelli Centereach New York Phil informs us letter Mustang scratch-built model using Model Airplane News plans de signed Homer Hudson ship powered Supertigre G4ORR Some working systems flaps bomb drop ailerons brakes course throttle control ship flies like dream have always placed contest has entered present has taken three firsts second way ground crew mechanic happens Action Jackson doll fits scale per fectly Wing spans out 48 ship also selected winning five Hobbypoxy finish award contest Jeffrey Perez sent accompanying sketch bomb tank drop mech anism used 77 Nats winning P-6 1 Black Widow see photo Septem ber 1978 Model viation ingenious aspect Perezs system two 1 /32w hook-shaped wires epoxied way down center bomb tank allows wires springy Due flexibility hook wires bombs just click place main retainer wire built side wing retainer wires natu rally have lock onto other hook-shaped wires due over lap hope drawing will make clear hard explain youve ever tried hold two bombs tanks place trying operate control mechanism same time will recognize advan tage Jeffs method main retainer wire wing actuated fourth line release spring-loaded return Perezs Black Widow indi vidual retainer wires different lengths fourth line pulled bombs will drop Pull line further tanks drop Castle Graphics PO Box AD Greenbank WA 98253 excellent source b&w photos scale model documenta tion offer widest selection aircraft photos privately operated non-government photo service know Quoting catalog #78-1 Castle Graphics mail-order aircraft photo service operated collectors over quarter century involvement photo collecting have arranged print 50000-plus negative file Mr Peter M Bowers Mr Bowers col lection also contains original negs taken other long-time collectors like Gordon S Williams Eugene Sommerich William Larkins Gordon Swanborough name few $175 can get sample photo sampler catalog #78-1 lists 1 some 2000 select photos have pre-printed have stock two week delivery 2 dozens indi vidual photo lists aircraft company country have literally hun dreds photos available two four week delivery detailed indi vidual photo lists l0 acpiece refund able first order photo described lists specific aircraft photo angle photo prices prints range 35 2 x 4 print $125 5 X 7 $200 8 X 10 feel photo service new could become important sources available us due big-name collectors photos available Mike Gretz Box 162 Montezuma IA 50171 CL Aerobatics/Paul continued page 39 up 11-6 EW Zinger 11-6 12-6 13-5 can find Max 45 also good same venturi Old Max 40 stunt can fitted engine venturi size about 295 Perennial Nats qualifier Bill Simons using 45 season using Rev-up 13-6 prop Although weighing about 10 oz engine may good have heard about changes engine run caused varying tank and/or engine height relative other have never thought too much about idea let suggest exper iment couple stunt fliers Lexington Kentucky inadvertently stumbled breaking couple 049s Half-A stunt event Nats using very makeshift arrangement Ed Robbert holding tank found very small movements tank relative spray bar would change rpm appreciatively Move tank inch down will lean out quite bit move tank up inch will richen mixture course 049s much sensitive tank changes should certainly prove once 106 Model Aviation 7060 HOLLYWOOD ELVD LOS ANGELES GA 90028
Edition: Model Aviation - 1978/12
Page Numbers: 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 104, 105, 106
ory vith part port advice alacrity grace housing arrangements although ex cellent physically seemed have Siberian plan several team mem m body came late eveninj times y calm ram being pressi osaauer regulator December 1978 29 nUj 1977 got cle Race ms ob Hu S icti Bob NO OCR TEXT nals Lt out ractice uite clo Con red arrival t want LI asheJi NO OCR TEXT compei proce ir fact its kn ips b Lthdrawal ox learned th Ufltrjes c rotest over Sou Czechs Bulgarians Yugoslavs compete Tl uctions South Africa ray Sovi d Rumanians rn sing done ev lule o ading postpor weather 2 pr lear Most unofficial pra Woodvale field sample air wind effects ere launching p s official meeting wa get involved ussions n ig flyix iassle conc 1977 rules v se thi wc 11 rule uly b chair romW wing Spe us meu p help Keith Trostle Stunt team Paul Smith Com bat team Sunday broke gray downpour Woodvale affecting events causing delays Speed F2A de layed two hours first attempt because cool air poor conditions ata good speed Charlie Lieber e turn came up third ting order harlle develooe4 s wii tank ut-ott switel ire down time iitl ho ergiass side pe r Chuck instant FdOflO later wind took its toll current World Champion came dolly too steeply crashed circle severely damaging tiw Enfroy France good fli teammate Patrick Constant very fast stir immediate C versy As circulating qi over 248 kph several onlookers no handle grouper line landing told flight woi disallowedwould have neveras go tingfollowed withor second lie Gordon end sixth il flying Chuck Scr tat fuel f Speed isy top ten Only few lastr probably d fly the round improve up dir Td ith ranc 4 Ricci Italy k annoying Aerobatics pron US team fliers Les McDon individual World i team mci Rabe U strong event 10 years before v usi championship almost become corn championship occasional forgott e things up y relaxed 76 om practice fli either Les mt besi flying order didn tant because per tems made predictioi g two qw read over three 60 fliers e n Rabe Gies air early fix ir late thu ald got pretty gou ci day first jather poor air cmiv last oar 01 ig epa gro ina should ed rue felt ropress outn ice flights o natelv ni ills er tdc newf calm S hims duplicated 2551 rui Charlie n ul Enfroy B appcar~l nels Gabrisfast tight somewhat jerky sharp corners judges re warded him 2905 good second place So first round ended Al first Compostella second Les third Gieseke fourth Billon France fifth Bob Hunt sixth second round swept al ternating bad awful weather got some wind got rain well Rabe Gieseke got blusterly weather Al handled 2954 Bobs older ship did penetrate well slipped 2833 fifth standings Compostella slid third Bob Hunt came up third day fairly gusty wind airplane/engine combina tion powered through very calmly put flight planned Genesis responded cutting through poor air score 2963 high first two rounds second Les McDonaldslaterscoreinround 3 Les himself saddled worst conditions have ever seen Stunt flier accept last flight fore Stunt jury capitulated weather flown wind downpour stood drenched disbe lief watched him struggle through what must have awful experi ence lines wet vi olent control worked times airplane must have picked up unwanted weight rain overheads flown looking straight downpour must have nearly impossible starting cloverleaf pulled up first loop ship came loosely over top circle seemed headed certain crash managed regain control across other side flew back around ginal side circle completed clover fairly well flight lost turned out chances defending title score 2848 left him nearly impos sible distance make up As team finished round two Hunt first Rabe second McDonald fourth Gieseke fifth positions switched briefly following day re turned exact places finish final two rounds top 15 fliers nearly anticlimactic Im sure Bob Hunt wouldnt say seemed things nearly cast cement beginning round 3 round 3 Rabe Gieseke Compo stella slipped somewhat scores 2880 Hunt maintained number 1 spot 2921 Billon France began catch judges eyes scored 2957 began charac teristic late charge Les McDonald put smoothest flight contest-high score 2966 knew high enough little hope improving round 4 afternoon round 4 first seven fliers recorded scores 2900 bet ter no positions changed first two days except Billon Hara switching sixth seventh Huntin sured win solidly flown 2955 Rabe nailed down second nice 2949 let everyone take turn flying Mustang Compostella cele brated 2953 third spot Les put another nice flight 2961 no help overall score Gieseke packed nice 2922 Continued page 104 . Bust times also ran finally broke through second place flying Rumpel type Insider ship asymmetrical craft has Flying asymmetrical ships German Speed team finished close second France Ito H Ingo both wing tail inside circle Schmidt Emil Rumpel Jurgen Lanzen became individual champion December1978 37 1976 World Champ 1977 European champ Emil Rumpel West Germany miseries Speed could reach 240 kph What sorry Canadas Sam Burke shows off realistically styled speed job com pletely enclosed tuned pipe 17th place weight required plus usual blade track ing pitch adjustments necessary new machine preparing first flight Revolution II Rigid Rotor similar machine word advicedo give cyclic control machine until off ground Unlike teetering head type helicopters cyclic control just point lift off absolute im mediateto give command would invite tip-over After familiarity control re sponse gained same quickness response will offer advantages both hover forward flight ma chine capable recovery almost flight attitude primary limiting factor being pilots ability recognize necessary control inputs recovery have found Revolution II Rigid Rotor difficult control dif ferent anything have previously flown last caution regarding aero batic helicopters appears aerobatics easily accomplished precision hovering maneuvers remind yourself heli copter flights begin end hover dont neglect hover practice Other developments relative aerobatic helicopters concerning radio equip ment almost four-channel propositional radio can used teresting note least two radio manufacturers advertising radios options specifically helicopter fliers Westpost International Milford CT offers Custom Variant elec tronic mix within transmitter throt tle collective tail rotor channels well dual rotes cyclic controls Custom Variant available both single dual stick configurations SLK Elec tronics Greensboro NC markets OMEGA system also offers throttle collective tail rotor mix well non-linear control flight functions non-linear function similar benefit dual rates will interesting see intro duction special helicopter radios will spur kind controversy among interest group Super Radios did among pattern fliers Well thats about month Next month Ill talk again about beginner techniques report about local ginners attempts learning fly Mean drop line regarding subjects would like see covered column Dave Chesney Rt 9 Box 621A Greensboro NC 27409 CL World Champs/Jackson continued page 37 two sauntered off murmuring something about next time F2C Team Race event US hasnt scored well several years have honest contender championship since Herb Stock ton discovered RC boats things werent change 78 ray sunshine Henry Nelsons engine virtually dominated semifinal finishers knew quick times would predominate watched low 4-minute times required semifinal berth probably under 4 minutes make final Nobody ex pected ante stiff 359 semifinal spot 352 finals thats first round heats fast company Dodge Nelson up early against Wakker man/Weerd Holland Henry lit up fairly quick first tank seemed reasonably fast cut-off bit wild Carl thrilled crowd swooping dive pits Henry deftly speared Pelican short hop stylish catch As throng gasped appropriately calmly lit off second tank Carl motored away Alas brief moment glory repeated during meeting time 4031 fast enough top Wakkermans 424 knew precarious matched expected times Sure enough British soon gan tear up 4-minute rule Clarkson/Woodside recorded 3534 almost flawless pitting Heaton/ Ross returned 354 trail slight ly Smith/Brown completed British attack 3586 used Nelson engines add insult injury Hutton Oddy Julius Reichart Australia zipped off 3563 Nel son Metkemeyer brothers Hol land retired Nelson engine meeting trotted out own FMV Flores-Metkemeyer-Visser engine motor confidently 3495 top first round Albritton/Joy quick start US slight ly overcooked setting 4044 park right behind Dodge/Nelson 11th place Jolly/Kusik showed lack practice difficulties set tings down list 4393 Most top teams done expected exception two Danish teams Geschwendt ner twins neither running Round two saw few changes Some significant Nelson tried new starting technique dry en gine failed impress onlookers tried recoup loss second circus catch flounder slipped away did time team got 420 Jolly/Kusik im proved 4153 Albritton/Joy did So US again out semi final berth British decided rest laurels Clarkson went far play airplane center circle light comic relief except Fontana kept getting leg chewed prop didnt help time British failed im provebut didnt have Semifinals berths shuffled little Perrachi/Cipolla made under 4minute wire using Cipolla engine 3594 Hans Visser turned 3591 partner Eep Buys using Nelson Hans Geschwendtner piloted John Mau calmly lit off one-stopper Nelson record 3497 Theo Georgiadis stayed legal long enough him Dennis Prior Australia rip off 3487 high time heats again Nelson engine semis first heat matched Georgiadis/Prior Smith/Brown Geschwendtner/Mau Theo Dennis took 3535 Hans John Mau trailing 3562 Smitty Colin Brown bringing up rear 4016 Aussies looked good finals berth Next heat saw Derek Heaton Mal com Ross narrowly beat Oddy/Reichart 355 3556 Visser/Buys tucked close 3574 best final heat first semi round saw Metkies blow away 3 44 flat new competition record Per rachi/Cipolia DQedand Clarkson/ Woodside nowhere 4016no 401 final round semis squeezed everybody top little tighter Heat preview final Metkemeyers went against Heaton/Ross Geschwendtner/Mau Metkies skidded Geschwendtner/Mau came 3499 meetings fifth sub-350 time Heaton/Ross skipped third finals berth 3529 Heat two produced sub-4 time Peracchi/Cipolla turned 3593 Heat three saw Oddy/Reichart take hard charge finals spot just fall short 3534 satisfaction being team record un broken string four sub-4-minute times moment silence departed Team Race engine builder Paul Bugl pre ceded final race finals have recently letdown 104 Model Aviation *SCALE CLASICS Plans & Construction Manual CURTISS HAWK POE STINSONRELIANT SRO Scala 94aSpan 220V Scala 126 Span62500 2Scala 63 Span 12602Scala 84 Span61500 1/a Scala 47VdSpan 10801Scala 63 Span120 CURTISS GOSHAWI Filca 2 Scala 63 SpanS1590 CURTISS GULFHAWK lA . 2Scal 63 Span SISOd Scala 94Ii Span S3050 PlacaS Add 6180 Pa 0da ta Pcsaaa Handling. Odlalda US Add 8300Make PaynaH Richard G Barron1213 Hal ly Sping Ln 0and Blanc MIchIgan 48439 S0d SIOClO C00P6t8 10f0natlO compared fine heat races ear lier Team Race jury relaxed bit too much allowed fouls final would have condoned during heats Bert Metkemeyer particu lar pushed flying style further should have allowed took what jury willing give him may have due part early retirement Heaton/ Ross unwillingness jury scratch race fouling out two remaining teams marred event rate race ear ly-on Derek Bert Hans up center Heaton/Ross retired along about second tank Metkemeyer ship speed edge required finishing time 7325 reflected relaxed jury Geschwendtner/Maus time 7418 realistic take anything away Metkemeyer win richly deserved fol lows years consistent work competition achievement Doing own engine must have doubly satisfying Combat Gary Frost can tell FAI event know least about Dur ing running event seemed times alone various problems came up perhaps avoidable end though best fliers winners lot good combat show four days flying US didnt look good after first part first round survivor Chuck Rudner Rudner beat Cliff Gibson Canada close match move up second round Gibson eventually wound up higher results list Rudner would come later Both Cleve land Frost lost first matches Cleveland out-flew opponent called dropping handle last 10 seconds match George gotten line tangle try ing release throwing handle over other fliers lines after ship grounded thought pro tested circle marshalls decision stood George went losers round flyoff Gary Frost joined him also dropped first match Andersson Sweden close match Garys 50-point penalty stepping outside fliers circle decided match afternoon losers round flown both George Gary won George drew Vernon Hunt good British Combat fliers expected rather hairy match Hunt may have shaken recent fire home destroyed work shop fleet Combat models equipment committed errors match law allows pitting troubles picked up handle upside down crashed takeU iol ARocrns FOUR NEW RACE READY DESIGNS JOIN THE MIDWEST COMPLETE KIT LINE SEND COUPON AND 25 FOR YOUR CATALOG TODAY off real bundle nerves So George walked off relatively easy victory Frost flew Lehmann Switzer land touch-and-go match Leh mann cut up Gary down pits official timer informed pitmen Charlie Johnson Mike Strieter 10 seconds left match Charlie stopped flip ping prop disgust Mike liever miracles yelled Charlie start anyway Chuck Rudner stepped saved day point ing out timing match himself really minute 10 seconds left ficial way off mark So Charlie Mike got Gary up won match last minute second round George may have sandbagged little maybe outguessed ourselves Anyway book team keeping opposition said Edslev Denmark wasnt too fast George Jim Ong crew decided drop nitro little George wouldnt overrun poor Dane turned out tac tical error Edslev used much faster ship expected George found him self trouble still got first cuts ahead early part match Unfortunately found him self position kept recurring Combat fliers two cuts up Dane 21 taken off Danes streamer Maybe happens because sort reflex fliers go kill doesnt occur FAI flying Anyway other guy has no streamer you can fly defensively tough order against quality op position need stay away 2-25 minutes Anyway Dane finalPlease Print Name Address City StateZip Send MIDWEST PRODUCTS CO 400 South Indiana St Hobart Indiana 46342 MA ly got George general feeling outfiew him George protest going other guy did fact release handle after tangle motor cut long swan across top circle Hammersly didnt see wasnt watching fliers admitted job watch fliers Combat jury saw either raised point assigned duties jury etc maybe will resolved before future Champs Chuck Gary both survived second round Rudner fairly easy match other flier having lots engine trouble spending majori ty time ground wasnt much air action Gary Frost also fairly dull match spectators viewpoint first minute saw plenty action Gary getting three cuts two Australias Holman point kills having no streamer left just flew straight level 25 minutes fin ish match third round US hopes put away another year Chuck fell victim Edslev bested George round 2 Maybe same trouble bit Chuck got early cut got almost whole streamer nothing left go So tried defensive low inverted flying routine pretty successful time bit ground once though switch wooden props hurt him spent time pits prop changes eventually lost cut apiece Edslev points air time Gary got Stu Holland Ireland Gary got two early cuts first 30 seconds again second cut kill leaving him December1978 105 PLUMB CRAZY Kit No 254W MISS SAN BERNARDINO Kit No 255 SUPER MOUSE Kit No 256 LIL QUICKIE Kit No 257 U defensive routine Holland bell cranked Garys ship later Frost left circle retrieve stream er doing first clearing ship circleresult 50 points penalty Gary fly remainder match full streamer ouldnt keep away Holland long enough final matches bit tidimactic especially championship bout dust settled Fraisse France took third over Mittler Bel gum Mick Tiernan took World Champions crown Wood second both Great Britain Engllsh took team title expected little disappointed little tired drove back Liverpool cleaned up evenings festivi ties prize-giving eating sharing some fun new old friends Things didnt exactly proceed expect ed First lot new friends rapidly came old rriends standing around parking lot University waiting busses almost never came Some people arrived banquet two half hours after started seated various places allowed savor hunger pains longer before being served gross Other fun things happened Keith Trostle won minor diplomacy award retrieving Al Rabe per suading him stay until received award Stunt Sandy Pimenoff gave quadrennial speech Presidents chair no-no using World Championships point out world particular political policies like dont like Sundry officials gave out awards Sport Scale like managed screw up official FAI medals didnt have certifi cates second third place team awards No credit given origin perpetual awards official FAI classes fact class what affair seemed lack case appropriateness entire aura fit occasion larger less elegant room hold wished attend allow mingle cele brate toast another shout carry little together pace air encourage just would have welcome ended trials tribula tions 1978 Control Line World Championships CL Scale/Gretz continued page 38 past year second Westland Whirlwind know what confess Ill have some re search come up little background info use next month Dicks photo Hintits military twin-engined fighter P-51 Mustang certainly needs no troduction model builders Without doubt several times models have built flown popular air craft actually built full size 14819 versions production ceased outstanding example built Phillip Castelli Centereach New York Phil informs us letter Mustang scratch-built model using Model Airplane News plans de signed Homer Hudson ship powered Supertigre G4ORR Some working systems flaps bomb drop ailerons brakes course throttle control ship flies like dream have always placed contest has entered present has taken three firsts second way ground crew mechanic happens Action Jackson doll fits scale per fectly Wing spans out 48 ship also selected winning five Hobbypoxy finish award contest Jeffrey Perez sent accompanying sketch bomb tank drop mech anism used 77 Nats winning P-6 1 Black Widow see photo Septem ber 1978 Model viation ingenious aspect Perezs system two 1 /32w hook-shaped wires epoxied way down center bomb tank allows wires springy Due flexibility hook wires bombs just click place main retainer wire built side wing retainer wires natu rally have lock onto other hook-shaped wires due over lap hope drawing will make clear hard explain youve ever tried hold two bombs tanks place trying operate control mechanism same time will recognize advan tage Jeffs method main retainer wire wing actuated fourth line release spring-loaded return Perezs Black Widow indi vidual retainer wires different lengths fourth line pulled bombs will drop Pull line further tanks drop Castle Graphics PO Box AD Greenbank WA 98253 excellent source b&w photos scale model documenta tion offer widest selection aircraft photos privately operated non-government photo service know Quoting catalog #78-1 Castle Graphics mail-order aircraft photo service operated collectors over quarter century involvement photo collecting have arranged print 50000-plus negative file Mr Peter M Bowers Mr Bowers col lection also contains original negs taken other long-time collectors like Gordon S Williams Eugene Sommerich William Larkins Gordon Swanborough name few $175 can get sample photo sampler catalog #78-1 lists 1 some 2000 select photos have pre-printed have stock two week delivery 2 dozens indi vidual photo lists aircraft company country have literally hun dreds photos available two four week delivery detailed indi vidual photo lists l0 acpiece refund able first order photo described lists specific aircraft photo angle photo prices prints range 35 2 x 4 print $125 5 X 7 $200 8 X 10 feel photo service new could become important sources available us due big-name collectors photos available Mike Gretz Box 162 Montezuma IA 50171 CL Aerobatics/Paul continued page 39 up 11-6 EW Zinger 11-6 12-6 13-5 can find Max 45 also good same venturi Old Max 40 stunt can fitted engine venturi size about 295 Perennial Nats qualifier Bill Simons using 45 season using Rev-up 13-6 prop Although weighing about 10 oz engine may good have heard about changes engine run caused varying tank and/or engine height relative other have never thought too much about idea let suggest exper iment couple stunt fliers Lexington Kentucky inadvertently stumbled breaking couple 049s Half-A stunt event Nats using very makeshift arrangement Ed Robbert holding tank found very small movements tank relative spray bar would change rpm appreciatively Move tank inch down will lean out quite bit move tank up inch will richen mixture course 049s much sensitive tank changes should certainly prove once 106 Model Aviation 7060 HOLLYWOOD ELVD LOS ANGELES GA 90028
Edition: Model Aviation - 1978/12
Page Numbers: 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 104, 105, 106
ory vith part port advice alacrity grace housing arrangements although ex cellent physically seemed have Siberian plan several team mem m body came late eveninj times y calm ram being pressi osaauer regulator December 1978 29 nUj 1977 got cle Race ms ob Hu S icti Bob NO OCR TEXT nals Lt out ractice uite clo Con red arrival t want LI asheJi NO OCR TEXT compei proce ir fact its kn ips b Lthdrawal ox learned th Ufltrjes c rotest over Sou Czechs Bulgarians Yugoslavs compete Tl uctions South Africa ray Sovi d Rumanians rn sing done ev lule o ading postpor weather 2 pr lear Most unofficial pra Woodvale field sample air wind effects ere launching p s official meeting wa get involved ussions n ig flyix iassle conc 1977 rules v se thi wc 11 rule uly b chair romW wing Spe us meu p help Keith Trostle Stunt team Paul Smith Com bat team Sunday broke gray downpour Woodvale affecting events causing delays Speed F2A de layed two hours first attempt because cool air poor conditions ata good speed Charlie Lieber e turn came up third ting order harlle develooe4 s wii tank ut-ott switel ire down time iitl ho ergiass side pe r Chuck instant FdOflO later wind took its toll current World Champion came dolly too steeply crashed circle severely damaging tiw Enfroy France good fli teammate Patrick Constant very fast stir immediate C versy As circulating qi over 248 kph several onlookers no handle grouper line landing told flight woi disallowedwould have neveras go tingfollowed withor second lie Gordon end sixth il flying Chuck Scr tat fuel f Speed isy top ten Only few lastr probably d fly the round improve up dir Td ith ranc 4 Ricci Italy k annoying Aerobatics pron US team fliers Les McDon individual World i team mci Rabe U strong event 10 years before v usi championship almost become corn championship occasional forgott e things up y relaxed 76 om practice fli either Les mt besi flying order didn tant because per tems made predictioi g two qw read over three 60 fliers e n Rabe Gies air early fix ir late thu ald got pretty gou ci day first jather poor air cmiv last oar 01 ig epa gro ina should ed rue felt ropress outn ice flights o natelv ni ills er tdc newf calm S hims duplicated 2551 rui Charlie n ul Enfroy B appcar~l nels Gabrisfast tight somewhat jerky sharp corners judges re warded him 2905 good second place So first round ended Al first Compostella second Les third Gieseke fourth Billon France fifth Bob Hunt sixth second round swept al ternating bad awful weather got some wind got rain well Rabe Gieseke got blusterly weather Al handled 2954 Bobs older ship did penetrate well slipped 2833 fifth standings Compostella slid third Bob Hunt came up third day fairly gusty wind airplane/engine combina tion powered through very calmly put flight planned Genesis responded cutting through poor air score 2963 high first two rounds second Les McDonaldslaterscoreinround 3 Les himself saddled worst conditions have ever seen Stunt flier accept last flight fore Stunt jury capitulated weather flown wind downpour stood drenched disbe lief watched him struggle through what must have awful experi ence lines wet vi olent control worked times airplane must have picked up unwanted weight rain overheads flown looking straight downpour must have nearly impossible starting cloverleaf pulled up first loop ship came loosely over top circle seemed headed certain crash managed regain control across other side flew back around ginal side circle completed clover fairly well flight lost turned out chances defending title score 2848 left him nearly impos sible distance make up As team finished round two Hunt first Rabe second McDonald fourth Gieseke fifth positions switched briefly following day re turned exact places finish final two rounds top 15 fliers nearly anticlimactic Im sure Bob Hunt wouldnt say seemed things nearly cast cement beginning round 3 round 3 Rabe Gieseke Compo stella slipped somewhat scores 2880 Hunt maintained number 1 spot 2921 Billon France began catch judges eyes scored 2957 began charac teristic late charge Les McDonald put smoothest flight contest-high score 2966 knew high enough little hope improving round 4 afternoon round 4 first seven fliers recorded scores 2900 bet ter no positions changed first two days except Billon Hara switching sixth seventh Huntin sured win solidly flown 2955 Rabe nailed down second nice 2949 let everyone take turn flying Mustang Compostella cele brated 2953 third spot Les put another nice flight 2961 no help overall score Gieseke packed nice 2922 Continued page 104 . Bust times also ran finally broke through second place flying Rumpel type Insider ship asymmetrical craft has Flying asymmetrical ships German Speed team finished close second France Ito H Ingo both wing tail inside circle Schmidt Emil Rumpel Jurgen Lanzen became individual champion December1978 37 1976 World Champ 1977 European champ Emil Rumpel West Germany miseries Speed could reach 240 kph What sorry Canadas Sam Burke shows off realistically styled speed job com pletely enclosed tuned pipe 17th place weight required plus usual blade track ing pitch adjustments necessary new machine preparing first flight Revolution II Rigid Rotor similar machine word advicedo give cyclic control machine until off ground Unlike teetering head type helicopters cyclic control just point lift off absolute im mediateto give command would invite tip-over After familiarity control re sponse gained same quickness response will offer advantages both hover forward flight ma chine capable recovery almost flight attitude primary limiting factor being pilots ability recognize necessary control inputs recovery have found Revolution II Rigid Rotor difficult control dif ferent anything have previously flown last caution regarding aero batic helicopters appears aerobatics easily accomplished precision hovering maneuvers remind yourself heli copter flights begin end hover dont neglect hover practice Other developments relative aerobatic helicopters concerning radio equip ment almost four-channel propositional radio can used teresting note least two radio manufacturers advertising radios options specifically helicopter fliers Westpost International Milford CT offers Custom Variant elec tronic mix within transmitter throt tle collective tail rotor channels well dual rotes cyclic controls Custom Variant available both single dual stick configurations SLK Elec tronics Greensboro NC markets OMEGA system also offers throttle collective tail rotor mix well non-linear control flight functions non-linear function similar benefit dual rates will interesting see intro duction special helicopter radios will spur kind controversy among interest group Super Radios did among pattern fliers Well thats about month Next month Ill talk again about beginner techniques report about local ginners attempts learning fly Mean drop line regarding subjects would like see covered column Dave Chesney Rt 9 Box 621A Greensboro NC 27409 CL World Champs/Jackson continued page 37 two sauntered off murmuring something about next time F2C Team Race event US hasnt scored well several years have honest contender championship since Herb Stock ton discovered RC boats things werent change 78 ray sunshine Henry Nelsons engine virtually dominated semifinal finishers knew quick times would predominate watched low 4-minute times required semifinal berth probably under 4 minutes make final Nobody ex pected ante stiff 359 semifinal spot 352 finals thats first round heats fast company Dodge Nelson up early against Wakker man/Weerd Holland Henry lit up fairly quick first tank seemed reasonably fast cut-off bit wild Carl thrilled crowd swooping dive pits Henry deftly speared Pelican short hop stylish catch As throng gasped appropriately calmly lit off second tank Carl motored away Alas brief moment glory repeated during meeting time 4031 fast enough top Wakkermans 424 knew precarious matched expected times Sure enough British soon gan tear up 4-minute rule Clarkson/Woodside recorded 3534 almost flawless pitting Heaton/ Ross returned 354 trail slight ly Smith/Brown completed British attack 3586 used Nelson engines add insult injury Hutton Oddy Julius Reichart Australia zipped off 3563 Nel son Metkemeyer brothers Hol land retired Nelson engine meeting trotted out own FMV Flores-Metkemeyer-Visser engine motor confidently 3495 top first round Albritton/Joy quick start US slight ly overcooked setting 4044 park right behind Dodge/Nelson 11th place Jolly/Kusik showed lack practice difficulties set tings down list 4393 Most top teams done expected exception two Danish teams Geschwendt ner twins neither running Round two saw few changes Some significant Nelson tried new starting technique dry en gine failed impress onlookers tried recoup loss second circus catch flounder slipped away did time team got 420 Jolly/Kusik im proved 4153 Albritton/Joy did So US again out semi final berth British decided rest laurels Clarkson went far play airplane center circle light comic relief except Fontana kept getting leg chewed prop didnt help time British failed im provebut didnt have Semifinals berths shuffled little Perrachi/Cipolla made under 4minute wire using Cipolla engine 3594 Hans Visser turned 3591 partner Eep Buys using Nelson Hans Geschwendtner piloted John Mau calmly lit off one-stopper Nelson record 3497 Theo Georgiadis stayed legal long enough him Dennis Prior Australia rip off 3487 high time heats again Nelson engine semis first heat matched Georgiadis/Prior Smith/Brown Geschwendtner/Mau Theo Dennis took 3535 Hans John Mau trailing 3562 Smitty Colin Brown bringing up rear 4016 Aussies looked good finals berth Next heat saw Derek Heaton Mal com Ross narrowly beat Oddy/Reichart 355 3556 Visser/Buys tucked close 3574 best final heat first semi round saw Metkies blow away 3 44 flat new competition record Per rachi/Cipolia DQedand Clarkson/ Woodside nowhere 4016no 401 final round semis squeezed everybody top little tighter Heat preview final Metkemeyers went against Heaton/Ross Geschwendtner/Mau Metkies skidded Geschwendtner/Mau came 3499 meetings fifth sub-350 time Heaton/Ross skipped third finals berth 3529 Heat two produced sub-4 time Peracchi/Cipolla turned 3593 Heat three saw Oddy/Reichart take hard charge finals spot just fall short 3534 satisfaction being team record un broken string four sub-4-minute times moment silence departed Team Race engine builder Paul Bugl pre ceded final race finals have recently letdown 104 Model Aviation *SCALE CLASICS Plans & Construction Manual CURTISS HAWK POE STINSONRELIANT SRO Scala 94aSpan 220V Scala 126 Span62500 2Scala 63 Span 12602Scala 84 Span61500 1/a Scala 47VdSpan 10801Scala 63 Span120 CURTISS GOSHAWI Filca 2 Scala 63 SpanS1590 CURTISS GULFHAWK lA . 2Scal 63 Span SISOd Scala 94Ii Span S3050 PlacaS Add 6180 Pa 0da ta Pcsaaa Handling. Odlalda US Add 8300Make PaynaH Richard G Barron1213 Hal ly Sping Ln 0and Blanc MIchIgan 48439 S0d SIOClO C00P6t8 10f0natlO compared fine heat races ear lier Team Race jury relaxed bit too much allowed fouls final would have condoned during heats Bert Metkemeyer particu lar pushed flying style further should have allowed took what jury willing give him may have due part early retirement Heaton/ Ross unwillingness jury scratch race fouling out two remaining teams marred event rate race ear ly-on Derek Bert Hans up center Heaton/Ross retired along about second tank Metkemeyer ship speed edge required finishing time 7325 reflected relaxed jury Geschwendtner/Maus time 7418 realistic take anything away Metkemeyer win richly deserved fol lows years consistent work competition achievement Doing own engine must have doubly satisfying Combat Gary Frost can tell FAI event know least about Dur ing running event seemed times alone various problems came up perhaps avoidable end though best fliers winners lot good combat show four days flying US didnt look good after first part first round survivor Chuck Rudner Rudner beat Cliff Gibson Canada close match move up second round Gibson eventually wound up higher results list Rudner would come later Both Cleve land Frost lost first matches Cleveland out-flew opponent called dropping handle last 10 seconds match George gotten line tangle try ing release throwing handle over other fliers lines after ship grounded thought pro tested circle marshalls decision stood George went losers round flyoff Gary Frost joined him also dropped first match Andersson Sweden close match Garys 50-point penalty stepping outside fliers circle decided match afternoon losers round flown both George Gary won George drew Vernon Hunt good British Combat fliers expected rather hairy match Hunt may have shaken recent fire home destroyed work shop fleet Combat models equipment committed errors match law allows pitting troubles picked up handle upside down crashed takeU iol ARocrns FOUR NEW RACE READY DESIGNS JOIN THE MIDWEST COMPLETE KIT LINE SEND COUPON AND 25 FOR YOUR CATALOG TODAY off real bundle nerves So George walked off relatively easy victory Frost flew Lehmann Switzer land touch-and-go match Leh mann cut up Gary down pits official timer informed pitmen Charlie Johnson Mike Strieter 10 seconds left match Charlie stopped flip ping prop disgust Mike liever miracles yelled Charlie start anyway Chuck Rudner stepped saved day point ing out timing match himself really minute 10 seconds left ficial way off mark So Charlie Mike got Gary up won match last minute second round George may have sandbagged little maybe outguessed ourselves Anyway book team keeping opposition said Edslev Denmark wasnt too fast George Jim Ong crew decided drop nitro little George wouldnt overrun poor Dane turned out tac tical error Edslev used much faster ship expected George found him self trouble still got first cuts ahead early part match Unfortunately found him self position kept recurring Combat fliers two cuts up Dane 21 taken off Danes streamer Maybe happens because sort reflex fliers go kill doesnt occur FAI flying Anyway other guy has no streamer you can fly defensively tough order against quality op position need stay away 2-25 minutes Anyway Dane finalPlease Print Name Address City StateZip Send MIDWEST PRODUCTS CO 400 South Indiana St Hobart Indiana 46342 MA ly got George general feeling outfiew him George protest going other guy did fact release handle after tangle motor cut long swan across top circle Hammersly didnt see wasnt watching fliers admitted job watch fliers Combat jury saw either raised point assigned duties jury etc maybe will resolved before future Champs Chuck Gary both survived second round Rudner fairly easy match other flier having lots engine trouble spending majori ty time ground wasnt much air action Gary Frost also fairly dull match spectators viewpoint first minute saw plenty action Gary getting three cuts two Australias Holman point kills having no streamer left just flew straight level 25 minutes fin ish match third round US hopes put away another year Chuck fell victim Edslev bested George round 2 Maybe same trouble bit Chuck got early cut got almost whole streamer nothing left go So tried defensive low inverted flying routine pretty successful time bit ground once though switch wooden props hurt him spent time pits prop changes eventually lost cut apiece Edslev points air time Gary got Stu Holland Ireland Gary got two early cuts first 30 seconds again second cut kill leaving him December1978 105 PLUMB CRAZY Kit No 254W MISS SAN BERNARDINO Kit No 255 SUPER MOUSE Kit No 256 LIL QUICKIE Kit No 257 U defensive routine Holland bell cranked Garys ship later Frost left circle retrieve stream er doing first clearing ship circleresult 50 points penalty Gary fly remainder match full streamer ouldnt keep away Holland long enough final matches bit tidimactic especially championship bout dust settled Fraisse France took third over Mittler Bel gum Mick Tiernan took World Champions crown Wood second both Great Britain Engllsh took team title expected little disappointed little tired drove back Liverpool cleaned up evenings festivi ties prize-giving eating sharing some fun new old friends Things didnt exactly proceed expect ed First lot new friends rapidly came old rriends standing around parking lot University waiting busses almost never came Some people arrived banquet two half hours after started seated various places allowed savor hunger pains longer before being served gross Other fun things happened Keith Trostle won minor diplomacy award retrieving Al Rabe per suading him stay until received award Stunt Sandy Pimenoff gave quadrennial speech Presidents chair no-no using World Championships point out world particular political policies like dont like Sundry officials gave out awards Sport Scale like managed screw up official FAI medals didnt have certifi cates second third place team awards No credit given origin perpetual awards official FAI classes fact class what affair seemed lack case appropriateness entire aura fit occasion larger less elegant room hold wished attend allow mingle cele brate toast another shout carry little together pace air encourage just would have welcome ended trials tribula tions 1978 Control Line World Championships CL Scale/Gretz continued page 38 past year second Westland Whirlwind know what confess Ill have some re search come up little background info use next month Dicks photo Hintits military twin-engined fighter P-51 Mustang certainly needs no troduction model builders Without doubt several times models have built flown popular air craft actually built full size 14819 versions production ceased outstanding example built Phillip Castelli Centereach New York Phil informs us letter Mustang scratch-built model using Model Airplane News plans de signed Homer Hudson ship powered Supertigre G4ORR Some working systems flaps bomb drop ailerons brakes course throttle control ship flies like dream have always placed contest has entered present has taken three firsts second way ground crew mechanic happens Action Jackson doll fits scale per fectly Wing spans out 48 ship also selected winning five Hobbypoxy finish award contest Jeffrey Perez sent accompanying sketch bomb tank drop mech anism used 77 Nats winning P-6 1 Black Widow see photo Septem ber 1978 Model viation ingenious aspect Perezs system two 1 /32w hook-shaped wires epoxied way down center bomb tank allows wires springy Due flexibility hook wires bombs just click place main retainer wire built side wing retainer wires natu rally have lock onto other hook-shaped wires due over lap hope drawing will make clear hard explain youve ever tried hold two bombs tanks place trying operate control mechanism same time will recognize advan tage Jeffs method main retainer wire wing actuated fourth line release spring-loaded return Perezs Black Widow indi vidual retainer wires different lengths fourth line pulled bombs will drop Pull line further tanks drop Castle Graphics PO Box AD Greenbank WA 98253 excellent source b&w photos scale model documenta tion offer widest selection aircraft photos privately operated non-government photo service know Quoting catalog #78-1 Castle Graphics mail-order aircraft photo service operated collectors over quarter century involvement photo collecting have arranged print 50000-plus negative file Mr Peter M Bowers Mr Bowers col lection also contains original negs taken other long-time collectors like Gordon S Williams Eugene Sommerich William Larkins Gordon Swanborough name few $175 can get sample photo sampler catalog #78-1 lists 1 some 2000 select photos have pre-printed have stock two week delivery 2 dozens indi vidual photo lists aircraft company country have literally hun dreds photos available two four week delivery detailed indi vidual photo lists l0 acpiece refund able first order photo described lists specific aircraft photo angle photo prices prints range 35 2 x 4 print $125 5 X 7 $200 8 X 10 feel photo service new could become important sources available us due big-name collectors photos available Mike Gretz Box 162 Montezuma IA 50171 CL Aerobatics/Paul continued page 39 up 11-6 EW Zinger 11-6 12-6 13-5 can find Max 45 also good same venturi Old Max 40 stunt can fitted engine venturi size about 295 Perennial Nats qualifier Bill Simons using 45 season using Rev-up 13-6 prop Although weighing about 10 oz engine may good have heard about changes engine run caused varying tank and/or engine height relative other have never thought too much about idea let suggest exper iment couple stunt fliers Lexington Kentucky inadvertently stumbled breaking couple 049s Half-A stunt event Nats using very makeshift arrangement Ed Robbert holding tank found very small movements tank relative spray bar would change rpm appreciatively Move tank inch down will lean out quite bit move tank up inch will richen mixture course 049s much sensitive tank changes should certainly prove once 106 Model Aviation 7060 HOLLYWOOD ELVD LOS ANGELES GA 90028
Edition: Model Aviation - 1978/12
Page Numbers: 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 104, 105, 106
ory vith part port advice alacrity grace housing arrangements although ex cellent physically seemed have Siberian plan several team mem m body came late eveninj times y calm ram being pressi osaauer regulator December 1978 29 nUj 1977 got cle Race ms ob Hu S icti Bob NO OCR TEXT nals Lt out ractice uite clo Con red arrival t want LI asheJi NO OCR TEXT compei proce ir fact its kn ips b Lthdrawal ox learned th Ufltrjes c rotest over Sou Czechs Bulgarians Yugoslavs compete Tl uctions South Africa ray Sovi d Rumanians rn sing done ev lule o ading postpor weather 2 pr lear Most unofficial pra Woodvale field sample air wind effects ere launching p s official meeting wa get involved ussions n ig flyix iassle conc 1977 rules v se thi wc 11 rule uly b chair romW wing Spe us meu p help Keith Trostle Stunt team Paul Smith Com bat team Sunday broke gray downpour Woodvale affecting events causing delays Speed F2A de layed two hours first attempt because cool air poor conditions ata good speed Charlie Lieber e turn came up third ting order harlle develooe4 s wii tank ut-ott switel ire down time iitl ho ergiass side pe r Chuck instant FdOflO later wind took its toll current World Champion came dolly too steeply crashed circle severely damaging tiw Enfroy France good fli teammate Patrick Constant very fast stir immediate C versy As circulating qi over 248 kph several onlookers no handle grouper line landing told flight woi disallowedwould have neveras go tingfollowed withor second lie Gordon end sixth il flying Chuck Scr tat fuel f Speed isy top ten Only few lastr probably d fly the round improve up dir Td ith ranc 4 Ricci Italy k annoying Aerobatics pron US team fliers Les McDon individual World i team mci Rabe U strong event 10 years before v usi championship almost become corn championship occasional forgott e things up y relaxed 76 om practice fli either Les mt besi flying order didn tant because per tems made predictioi g two qw read over three 60 fliers e n Rabe Gies air early fix ir late thu ald got pretty gou ci day first jather poor air cmiv last oar 01 ig epa gro ina should ed rue felt ropress outn ice flights o natelv ni ills er tdc newf calm S hims duplicated 2551 rui Charlie n ul Enfroy B appcar~l nels Gabrisfast tight somewhat jerky sharp corners judges re warded him 2905 good second place So first round ended Al first Compostella second Les third Gieseke fourth Billon France fifth Bob Hunt sixth second round swept al ternating bad awful weather got some wind got rain well Rabe Gieseke got blusterly weather Al handled 2954 Bobs older ship did penetrate well slipped 2833 fifth standings Compostella slid third Bob Hunt came up third day fairly gusty wind airplane/engine combina tion powered through very calmly put flight planned Genesis responded cutting through poor air score 2963 high first two rounds second Les McDonaldslaterscoreinround 3 Les himself saddled worst conditions have ever seen Stunt flier accept last flight fore Stunt jury capitulated weather flown wind downpour stood drenched disbe lief watched him struggle through what must have awful experi ence lines wet vi olent control worked times airplane must have picked up unwanted weight rain overheads flown looking straight downpour must have nearly impossible starting cloverleaf pulled up first loop ship came loosely over top circle seemed headed certain crash managed regain control across other side flew back around ginal side circle completed clover fairly well flight lost turned out chances defending title score 2848 left him nearly impos sible distance make up As team finished round two Hunt first Rabe second McDonald fourth Gieseke fifth positions switched briefly following day re turned exact places finish final two rounds top 15 fliers nearly anticlimactic Im sure Bob Hunt wouldnt say seemed things nearly cast cement beginning round 3 round 3 Rabe Gieseke Compo stella slipped somewhat scores 2880 Hunt maintained number 1 spot 2921 Billon France began catch judges eyes scored 2957 began charac teristic late charge Les McDonald put smoothest flight contest-high score 2966 knew high enough little hope improving round 4 afternoon round 4 first seven fliers recorded scores 2900 bet ter no positions changed first two days except Billon Hara switching sixth seventh Huntin sured win solidly flown 2955 Rabe nailed down second nice 2949 let everyone take turn flying Mustang Compostella cele brated 2953 third spot Les put another nice flight 2961 no help overall score Gieseke packed nice 2922 Continued page 104 . Bust times also ran finally broke through second place flying Rumpel type Insider ship asymmetrical craft has Flying asymmetrical ships German Speed team finished close second France Ito H Ingo both wing tail inside circle Schmidt Emil Rumpel Jurgen Lanzen became individual champion December1978 37 1976 World Champ 1977 European champ Emil Rumpel West Germany miseries Speed could reach 240 kph What sorry Canadas Sam Burke shows off realistically styled speed job com pletely enclosed tuned pipe 17th place weight required plus usual blade track ing pitch adjustments necessary new machine preparing first flight Revolution II Rigid Rotor similar machine word advicedo give cyclic control machine until off ground Unlike teetering head type helicopters cyclic control just point lift off absolute im mediateto give command would invite tip-over After familiarity control re sponse gained same quickness response will offer advantages both hover forward flight ma chine capable recovery almost flight attitude primary limiting factor being pilots ability recognize necessary control inputs recovery have found Revolution II Rigid Rotor difficult control dif ferent anything have previously flown last caution regarding aero batic helicopters appears aerobatics easily accomplished precision hovering maneuvers remind yourself heli copter flights begin end hover dont neglect hover practice Other developments relative aerobatic helicopters concerning radio equip ment almost four-channel propositional radio can used teresting note least two radio manufacturers advertising radios options specifically helicopter fliers Westpost International Milford CT offers Custom Variant elec tronic mix within transmitter throt tle collective tail rotor channels well dual rotes cyclic controls Custom Variant available both single dual stick configurations SLK Elec tronics Greensboro NC markets OMEGA system also offers throttle collective tail rotor mix well non-linear control flight functions non-linear function similar benefit dual rates will interesting see intro duction special helicopter radios will spur kind controversy among interest group Super Radios did among pattern fliers Well thats about month Next month Ill talk again about beginner techniques report about local ginners attempts learning fly Mean drop line regarding subjects would like see covered column Dave Chesney Rt 9 Box 621A Greensboro NC 27409 CL World Champs/Jackson continued page 37 two sauntered off murmuring something about next time F2C Team Race event US hasnt scored well several years have honest contender championship since Herb Stock ton discovered RC boats things werent change 78 ray sunshine Henry Nelsons engine virtually dominated semifinal finishers knew quick times would predominate watched low 4-minute times required semifinal berth probably under 4 minutes make final Nobody ex pected ante stiff 359 semifinal spot 352 finals thats first round heats fast company Dodge Nelson up early against Wakker man/Weerd Holland Henry lit up fairly quick first tank seemed reasonably fast cut-off bit wild Carl thrilled crowd swooping dive pits Henry deftly speared Pelican short hop stylish catch As throng gasped appropriately calmly lit off second tank Carl motored away Alas brief moment glory repeated during meeting time 4031 fast enough top Wakkermans 424 knew precarious matched expected times Sure enough British soon gan tear up 4-minute rule Clarkson/Woodside recorded 3534 almost flawless pitting Heaton/ Ross returned 354 trail slight ly Smith/Brown completed British attack 3586 used Nelson engines add insult injury Hutton Oddy Julius Reichart Australia zipped off 3563 Nel son Metkemeyer brothers Hol land retired Nelson engine meeting trotted out own FMV Flores-Metkemeyer-Visser engine motor confidently 3495 top first round Albritton/Joy quick start US slight ly overcooked setting 4044 park right behind Dodge/Nelson 11th place Jolly/Kusik showed lack practice difficulties set tings down list 4393 Most top teams done expected exception two Danish teams Geschwendt ner twins neither running Round two saw few changes Some significant Nelson tried new starting technique dry en gine failed impress onlookers tried recoup loss second circus catch flounder slipped away did time team got 420 Jolly/Kusik im proved 4153 Albritton/Joy did So US again out semi final berth British decided rest laurels Clarkson went far play airplane center circle light comic relief except Fontana kept getting leg chewed prop didnt help time British failed im provebut didnt have Semifinals berths shuffled little Perrachi/Cipolla made under 4minute wire using Cipolla engine 3594 Hans Visser turned 3591 partner Eep Buys using Nelson Hans Geschwendtner piloted John Mau calmly lit off one-stopper Nelson record 3497 Theo Georgiadis stayed legal long enough him Dennis Prior Australia rip off 3487 high time heats again Nelson engine semis first heat matched Georgiadis/Prior Smith/Brown Geschwendtner/Mau Theo Dennis took 3535 Hans John Mau trailing 3562 Smitty Colin Brown bringing up rear 4016 Aussies looked good finals berth Next heat saw Derek Heaton Mal com Ross narrowly beat Oddy/Reichart 355 3556 Visser/Buys tucked close 3574 best final heat first semi round saw Metkies blow away 3 44 flat new competition record Per rachi/Cipolia DQedand Clarkson/ Woodside nowhere 4016no 401 final round semis squeezed everybody top little tighter Heat preview final Metkemeyers went against Heaton/Ross Geschwendtner/Mau Metkies skidded Geschwendtner/Mau came 3499 meetings fifth sub-350 time Heaton/Ross skipped third finals berth 3529 Heat two produced sub-4 time Peracchi/Cipolla turned 3593 Heat three saw Oddy/Reichart take hard charge finals spot just fall short 3534 satisfaction being team record un broken string four sub-4-minute times moment silence departed Team Race engine builder Paul Bugl pre ceded final race finals have recently letdown 104 Model Aviation *SCALE CLASICS Plans & Construction Manual CURTISS HAWK POE STINSONRELIANT SRO Scala 94aSpan 220V Scala 126 Span62500 2Scala 63 Span 12602Scala 84 Span61500 1/a Scala 47VdSpan 10801Scala 63 Span120 CURTISS GOSHAWI Filca 2 Scala 63 SpanS1590 CURTISS GULFHAWK lA . 2Scal 63 Span SISOd Scala 94Ii Span S3050 PlacaS Add 6180 Pa 0da ta Pcsaaa Handling. Odlalda US Add 8300Make PaynaH Richard G Barron1213 Hal ly Sping Ln 0and Blanc MIchIgan 48439 S0d SIOClO C00P6t8 10f0natlO compared fine heat races ear lier Team Race jury relaxed bit too much allowed fouls final would have condoned during heats Bert Metkemeyer particu lar pushed flying style further should have allowed took what jury willing give him may have due part early retirement Heaton/ Ross unwillingness jury scratch race fouling out two remaining teams marred event rate race ear ly-on Derek Bert Hans up center Heaton/Ross retired along about second tank Metkemeyer ship speed edge required finishing time 7325 reflected relaxed jury Geschwendtner/Maus time 7418 realistic take anything away Metkemeyer win richly deserved fol lows years consistent work competition achievement Doing own engine must have doubly satisfying Combat Gary Frost can tell FAI event know least about Dur ing running event seemed times alone various problems came up perhaps avoidable end though best fliers winners lot good combat show four days flying US didnt look good after first part first round survivor Chuck Rudner Rudner beat Cliff Gibson Canada close match move up second round Gibson eventually wound up higher results list Rudner would come later Both Cleve land Frost lost first matches Cleveland out-flew opponent called dropping handle last 10 seconds match George gotten line tangle try ing release throwing handle over other fliers lines after ship grounded thought pro tested circle marshalls decision stood George went losers round flyoff Gary Frost joined him also dropped first match Andersson Sweden close match Garys 50-point penalty stepping outside fliers circle decided match afternoon losers round flown both George Gary won George drew Vernon Hunt good British Combat fliers expected rather hairy match Hunt may have shaken recent fire home destroyed work shop fleet Combat models equipment committed errors match law allows pitting troubles picked up handle upside down crashed takeU iol ARocrns FOUR NEW RACE READY DESIGNS JOIN THE MIDWEST COMPLETE KIT LINE SEND COUPON AND 25 FOR YOUR CATALOG TODAY off real bundle nerves So George walked off relatively easy victory Frost flew Lehmann Switzer land touch-and-go match Leh mann cut up Gary down pits official timer informed pitmen Charlie Johnson Mike Strieter 10 seconds left match Charlie stopped flip ping prop disgust Mike liever miracles yelled Charlie start anyway Chuck Rudner stepped saved day point ing out timing match himself really minute 10 seconds left ficial way off mark So Charlie Mike got Gary up won match last minute second round George may have sandbagged little maybe outguessed ourselves Anyway book team keeping opposition said Edslev Denmark wasnt too fast George Jim Ong crew decided drop nitro little George wouldnt overrun poor Dane turned out tac tical error Edslev used much faster ship expected George found him self trouble still got first cuts ahead early part match Unfortunately found him self position kept recurring Combat fliers two cuts up Dane 21 taken off Danes streamer Maybe happens because sort reflex fliers go kill doesnt occur FAI flying Anyway other guy has no streamer you can fly defensively tough order against quality op position need stay away 2-25 minutes Anyway Dane finalPlease Print Name Address City StateZip Send MIDWEST PRODUCTS CO 400 South Indiana St Hobart Indiana 46342 MA ly got George general feeling outfiew him George protest going other guy did fact release handle after tangle motor cut long swan across top circle Hammersly didnt see wasnt watching fliers admitted job watch fliers Combat jury saw either raised point assigned duties jury etc maybe will resolved before future Champs Chuck Gary both survived second round Rudner fairly easy match other flier having lots engine trouble spending majori ty time ground wasnt much air action Gary Frost also fairly dull match spectators viewpoint first minute saw plenty action Gary getting three cuts two Australias Holman point kills having no streamer left just flew straight level 25 minutes fin ish match third round US hopes put away another year Chuck fell victim Edslev bested George round 2 Maybe same trouble bit Chuck got early cut got almost whole streamer nothing left go So tried defensive low inverted flying routine pretty successful time bit ground once though switch wooden props hurt him spent time pits prop changes eventually lost cut apiece Edslev points air time Gary got Stu Holland Ireland Gary got two early cuts first 30 seconds again second cut kill leaving him December1978 105 PLUMB CRAZY Kit No 254W MISS SAN BERNARDINO Kit No 255 SUPER MOUSE Kit No 256 LIL QUICKIE Kit No 257 U defensive routine Holland bell cranked Garys ship later Frost left circle retrieve stream er doing first clearing ship circleresult 50 points penalty Gary fly remainder match full streamer ouldnt keep away Holland long enough final matches bit tidimactic especially championship bout dust settled Fraisse France took third over Mittler Bel gum Mick Tiernan took World Champions crown Wood second both Great Britain Engllsh took team title expected little disappointed little tired drove back Liverpool cleaned up evenings festivi ties prize-giving eating sharing some fun new old friends Things didnt exactly proceed expect ed First lot new friends rapidly came old rriends standing around parking lot University waiting busses almost never came Some people arrived banquet two half hours after started seated various places allowed savor hunger pains longer before being served gross Other fun things happened Keith Trostle won minor diplomacy award retrieving Al Rabe per suading him stay until received award Stunt Sandy Pimenoff gave quadrennial speech Presidents chair no-no using World Championships point out world particular political policies like dont like Sundry officials gave out awards Sport Scale like managed screw up official FAI medals didnt have certifi cates second third place team awards No credit given origin perpetual awards official FAI classes fact class what affair seemed lack case appropriateness entire aura fit occasion larger less elegant room hold wished attend allow mingle cele brate toast another shout carry little together pace air encourage just would have welcome ended trials tribula tions 1978 Control Line World Championships CL Scale/Gretz continued page 38 past year second Westland Whirlwind know what confess Ill have some re search come up little background info use next month Dicks photo Hintits military twin-engined fighter P-51 Mustang certainly needs no troduction model builders Without doubt several times models have built flown popular air craft actually built full size 14819 versions production ceased outstanding example built Phillip Castelli Centereach New York Phil informs us letter Mustang scratch-built model using Model Airplane News plans de signed Homer Hudson ship powered Supertigre G4ORR Some working systems flaps bomb drop ailerons brakes course throttle control ship flies like dream have always placed contest has entered present has taken three firsts second way ground crew mechanic happens Action Jackson doll fits scale per fectly Wing spans out 48 ship also selected winning five Hobbypoxy finish award contest Jeffrey Perez sent accompanying sketch bomb tank drop mech anism used 77 Nats winning P-6 1 Black Widow see photo Septem ber 1978 Model viation ingenious aspect Perezs system two 1 /32w hook-shaped wires epoxied way down center bomb tank allows wires springy Due flexibility hook wires bombs just click place main retainer wire built side wing retainer wires natu rally have lock onto other hook-shaped wires due over lap hope drawing will make clear hard explain youve ever tried hold two bombs tanks place trying operate control mechanism same time will recognize advan tage Jeffs method main retainer wire wing actuated fourth line release spring-loaded return Perezs Black Widow indi vidual retainer wires different lengths fourth line pulled bombs will drop Pull line further tanks drop Castle Graphics PO Box AD Greenbank WA 98253 excellent source b&w photos scale model documenta tion offer widest selection aircraft photos privately operated non-government photo service know Quoting catalog #78-1 Castle Graphics mail-order aircraft photo service operated collectors over quarter century involvement photo collecting have arranged print 50000-plus negative file Mr Peter M Bowers Mr Bowers col lection also contains original negs taken other long-time collectors like Gordon S Williams Eugene Sommerich William Larkins Gordon Swanborough name few $175 can get sample photo sampler catalog #78-1 lists 1 some 2000 select photos have pre-printed have stock two week delivery 2 dozens indi vidual photo lists aircraft company country have literally hun dreds photos available two four week delivery detailed indi vidual photo lists l0 acpiece refund able first order photo described lists specific aircraft photo angle photo prices prints range 35 2 x 4 print $125 5 X 7 $200 8 X 10 feel photo service new could become important sources available us due big-name collectors photos available Mike Gretz Box 162 Montezuma IA 50171 CL Aerobatics/Paul continued page 39 up 11-6 EW Zinger 11-6 12-6 13-5 can find Max 45 also good same venturi Old Max 40 stunt can fitted engine venturi size about 295 Perennial Nats qualifier Bill Simons using 45 season using Rev-up 13-6 prop Although weighing about 10 oz engine may good have heard about changes engine run caused varying tank and/or engine height relative other have never thought too much about idea let suggest exper iment couple stunt fliers Lexington Kentucky inadvertently stumbled breaking couple 049s Half-A stunt event Nats using very makeshift arrangement Ed Robbert holding tank found very small movements tank relative spray bar would change rpm appreciatively Move tank inch down will lean out quite bit move tank up inch will richen mixture course 049s much sensitive tank changes should certainly prove once 106 Model Aviation 7060 HOLLYWOOD ELVD LOS ANGELES GA 90028
Edition: Model Aviation - 1978/12
Page Numbers: 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 104, 105, 106
ory vith part port advice alacrity grace housing arrangements although ex cellent physically seemed have Siberian plan several team mem m body came late eveninj times y calm ram being pressi osaauer regulator December 1978 29 nUj 1977 got cle Race ms ob Hu S icti Bob NO OCR TEXT nals Lt out ractice uite clo Con red arrival t want LI asheJi NO OCR TEXT compei proce ir fact its kn ips b Lthdrawal ox learned th Ufltrjes c rotest over Sou Czechs Bulgarians Yugoslavs compete Tl uctions South Africa ray Sovi d Rumanians rn sing done ev lule o ading postpor weather 2 pr lear Most unofficial pra Woodvale field sample air wind effects ere launching p s official meeting wa get involved ussions n ig flyix iassle conc 1977 rules v se thi wc 11 rule uly b chair romW wing Spe us meu p help Keith Trostle Stunt team Paul Smith Com bat team Sunday broke gray downpour Woodvale affecting events causing delays Speed F2A de layed two hours first attempt because cool air poor conditions ata good speed Charlie Lieber e turn came up third ting order harlle develooe4 s wii tank ut-ott switel ire down time iitl ho ergiass side pe r Chuck instant FdOflO later wind took its toll current World Champion came dolly too steeply crashed circle severely damaging tiw Enfroy France good fli teammate Patrick Constant very fast stir immediate C versy As circulating qi over 248 kph several onlookers no handle grouper line landing told flight woi disallowedwould have neveras go tingfollowed withor second lie Gordon end sixth il flying Chuck Scr tat fuel f Speed isy top ten Only few lastr probably d fly the round improve up dir Td ith ranc 4 Ricci Italy k annoying Aerobatics pron US team fliers Les McDon individual World i team mci Rabe U strong event 10 years before v usi championship almost become corn championship occasional forgott e things up y relaxed 76 om practice fli either Les mt besi flying order didn tant because per tems made predictioi g two qw read over three 60 fliers e n Rabe Gies air early fix ir late thu ald got pretty gou ci day first jather poor air cmiv last oar 01 ig epa gro ina should ed rue felt ropress outn ice flights o natelv ni ills er tdc newf calm S hims duplicated 2551 rui Charlie n ul Enfroy B appcar~l nels Gabrisfast tight somewhat jerky sharp corners judges re warded him 2905 good second place So first round ended Al first Compostella second Les third Gieseke fourth Billon France fifth Bob Hunt sixth second round swept al ternating bad awful weather got some wind got rain well Rabe Gieseke got blusterly weather Al handled 2954 Bobs older ship did penetrate well slipped 2833 fifth standings Compostella slid third Bob Hunt came up third day fairly gusty wind airplane/engine combina tion powered through very calmly put flight planned Genesis responded cutting through poor air score 2963 high first two rounds second Les McDonaldslaterscoreinround 3 Les himself saddled worst conditions have ever seen Stunt flier accept last flight fore Stunt jury capitulated weather flown wind downpour stood drenched disbe lief watched him struggle through what must have awful experi ence lines wet vi olent control worked times airplane must have picked up unwanted weight rain overheads flown looking straight downpour must have nearly impossible starting cloverleaf pulled up first loop ship came loosely over top circle seemed headed certain crash managed regain control across other side flew back around ginal side circle completed clover fairly well flight lost turned out chances defending title score 2848 left him nearly impos sible distance make up As team finished round two Hunt first Rabe second McDonald fourth Gieseke fifth positions switched briefly following day re turned exact places finish final two rounds top 15 fliers nearly anticlimactic Im sure Bob Hunt wouldnt say seemed things nearly cast cement beginning round 3 round 3 Rabe Gieseke Compo stella slipped somewhat scores 2880 Hunt maintained number 1 spot 2921 Billon France began catch judges eyes scored 2957 began charac teristic late charge Les McDonald put smoothest flight contest-high score 2966 knew high enough little hope improving round 4 afternoon round 4 first seven fliers recorded scores 2900 bet ter no positions changed first two days except Billon Hara switching sixth seventh Huntin sured win solidly flown 2955 Rabe nailed down second nice 2949 let everyone take turn flying Mustang Compostella cele brated 2953 third spot Les put another nice flight 2961 no help overall score Gieseke packed nice 2922 Continued page 104 . Bust times also ran finally broke through second place flying Rumpel type Insider ship asymmetrical craft has Flying asymmetrical ships German Speed team finished close second France Ito H Ingo both wing tail inside circle Schmidt Emil Rumpel Jurgen Lanzen became individual champion December1978 37 1976 World Champ 1977 European champ Emil Rumpel West Germany miseries Speed could reach 240 kph What sorry Canadas Sam Burke shows off realistically styled speed job com pletely enclosed tuned pipe 17th place weight required plus usual blade track ing pitch adjustments necessary new machine preparing first flight Revolution II Rigid Rotor similar machine word advicedo give cyclic control machine until off ground Unlike teetering head type helicopters cyclic control just point lift off absolute im mediateto give command would invite tip-over After familiarity control re sponse gained same quickness response will offer advantages both hover forward flight ma chine capable recovery almost flight attitude primary limiting factor being pilots ability recognize necessary control inputs recovery have found Revolution II Rigid Rotor difficult control dif ferent anything have previously flown last caution regarding aero batic helicopters appears aerobatics easily accomplished precision hovering maneuvers remind yourself heli copter flights begin end hover dont neglect hover practice Other developments relative aerobatic helicopters concerning radio equip ment almost four-channel propositional radio can used teresting note least two radio manufacturers advertising radios options specifically helicopter fliers Westpost International Milford CT offers Custom Variant elec tronic mix within transmitter throt tle collective tail rotor channels well dual rotes cyclic controls Custom Variant available both single dual stick configurations SLK Elec tronics Greensboro NC markets OMEGA system also offers throttle collective tail rotor mix well non-linear control flight functions non-linear function similar benefit dual rates will interesting see intro duction special helicopter radios will spur kind controversy among interest group Super Radios did among pattern fliers Well thats about month Next month Ill talk again about beginner techniques report about local ginners attempts learning fly Mean drop line regarding subjects would like see covered column Dave Chesney Rt 9 Box 621A Greensboro NC 27409 CL World Champs/Jackson continued page 37 two sauntered off murmuring something about next time F2C Team Race event US hasnt scored well several years have honest contender championship since Herb Stock ton discovered RC boats things werent change 78 ray sunshine Henry Nelsons engine virtually dominated semifinal finishers knew quick times would predominate watched low 4-minute times required semifinal berth probably under 4 minutes make final Nobody ex pected ante stiff 359 semifinal spot 352 finals thats first round heats fast company Dodge Nelson up early against Wakker man/Weerd Holland Henry lit up fairly quick first tank seemed reasonably fast cut-off bit wild Carl thrilled crowd swooping dive pits Henry deftly speared Pelican short hop stylish catch As throng gasped appropriately calmly lit off second tank Carl motored away Alas brief moment glory repeated during meeting time 4031 fast enough top Wakkermans 424 knew precarious matched expected times Sure enough British soon gan tear up 4-minute rule Clarkson/Woodside recorded 3534 almost flawless pitting Heaton/ Ross returned 354 trail slight ly Smith/Brown completed British attack 3586 used Nelson engines add insult injury Hutton Oddy Julius Reichart Australia zipped off 3563 Nel son Metkemeyer brothers Hol land retired Nelson engine meeting trotted out own FMV Flores-Metkemeyer-Visser engine motor confidently 3495 top first round Albritton/Joy quick start US slight ly overcooked setting 4044 park right behind Dodge/Nelson 11th place Jolly/Kusik showed lack practice difficulties set tings down list 4393 Most top teams done expected exception two Danish teams Geschwendt ner twins neither running Round two saw few changes Some significant Nelson tried new starting technique dry en gine failed impress onlookers tried recoup loss second circus catch flounder slipped away did time team got 420 Jolly/Kusik im proved 4153 Albritton/Joy did So US again out semi final berth British decided rest laurels Clarkson went far play airplane center circle light comic relief except Fontana kept getting leg chewed prop didnt help time British failed im provebut didnt have Semifinals berths shuffled little Perrachi/Cipolla made under 4minute wire using Cipolla engine 3594 Hans Visser turned 3591 partner Eep Buys using Nelson Hans Geschwendtner piloted John Mau calmly lit off one-stopper Nelson record 3497 Theo Georgiadis stayed legal long enough him Dennis Prior Australia rip off 3487 high time heats again Nelson engine semis first heat matched Georgiadis/Prior Smith/Brown Geschwendtner/Mau Theo Dennis took 3535 Hans John Mau trailing 3562 Smitty Colin Brown bringing up rear 4016 Aussies looked good finals berth Next heat saw Derek Heaton Mal com Ross narrowly beat Oddy/Reichart 355 3556 Visser/Buys tucked close 3574 best final heat first semi round saw Metkies blow away 3 44 flat new competition record Per rachi/Cipolia DQedand Clarkson/ Woodside nowhere 4016no 401 final round semis squeezed everybody top little tighter Heat preview final Metkemeyers went against Heaton/Ross Geschwendtner/Mau Metkies skidded Geschwendtner/Mau came 3499 meetings fifth sub-350 time Heaton/Ross skipped third finals berth 3529 Heat two produced sub-4 time Peracchi/Cipolla turned 3593 Heat three saw Oddy/Reichart take hard charge finals spot just fall short 3534 satisfaction being team record un broken string four sub-4-minute times moment silence departed Team Race engine builder Paul Bugl pre ceded final race finals have recently letdown 104 Model Aviation *SCALE CLASICS Plans & Construction Manual CURTISS HAWK POE STINSONRELIANT SRO Scala 94aSpan 220V Scala 126 Span62500 2Scala 63 Span 12602Scala 84 Span61500 1/a Scala 47VdSpan 10801Scala 63 Span120 CURTISS GOSHAWI Filca 2 Scala 63 SpanS1590 CURTISS GULFHAWK lA . 2Scal 63 Span SISOd Scala 94Ii Span S3050 PlacaS Add 6180 Pa 0da ta Pcsaaa Handling. Odlalda US Add 8300Make PaynaH Richard G Barron1213 Hal ly Sping Ln 0and Blanc MIchIgan 48439 S0d SIOClO C00P6t8 10f0natlO compared fine heat races ear lier Team Race jury relaxed bit too much allowed fouls final would have condoned during heats Bert Metkemeyer particu lar pushed flying style further should have allowed took what jury willing give him may have due part early retirement Heaton/ Ross unwillingness jury scratch race fouling out two remaining teams marred event rate race ear ly-on Derek Bert Hans up center Heaton/Ross retired along about second tank Metkemeyer ship speed edge required finishing time 7325 reflected relaxed jury Geschwendtner/Maus time 7418 realistic take anything away Metkemeyer win richly deserved fol lows years consistent work competition achievement Doing own engine must have doubly satisfying Combat Gary Frost can tell FAI event know least about Dur ing running event seemed times alone various problems came up perhaps avoidable end though best fliers winners lot good combat show four days flying US didnt look good after first part first round survivor Chuck Rudner Rudner beat Cliff Gibson Canada close match move up second round Gibson eventually wound up higher results list Rudner would come later Both Cleve land Frost lost first matches Cleveland out-flew opponent called dropping handle last 10 seconds match George gotten line tangle try ing release throwing handle over other fliers lines after ship grounded thought pro tested circle marshalls decision stood George went losers round flyoff Gary Frost joined him also dropped first match Andersson Sweden close match Garys 50-point penalty stepping outside fliers circle decided match afternoon losers round flown both George Gary won George drew Vernon Hunt good British Combat fliers expected rather hairy match Hunt may have shaken recent fire home destroyed work shop fleet Combat models equipment committed errors match law allows pitting troubles picked up handle upside down crashed takeU iol ARocrns FOUR NEW RACE READY DESIGNS JOIN THE MIDWEST COMPLETE KIT LINE SEND COUPON AND 25 FOR YOUR CATALOG TODAY off real bundle nerves So George walked off relatively easy victory Frost flew Lehmann Switzer land touch-and-go match Leh mann cut up Gary down pits official timer informed pitmen Charlie Johnson Mike Strieter 10 seconds left match Charlie stopped flip ping prop disgust Mike liever miracles yelled Charlie start anyway Chuck Rudner stepped saved day point ing out timing match himself really minute 10 seconds left ficial way off mark So Charlie Mike got Gary up won match last minute second round George may have sandbagged little maybe outguessed ourselves Anyway book team keeping opposition said Edslev Denmark wasnt too fast George Jim Ong crew decided drop nitro little George wouldnt overrun poor Dane turned out tac tical error Edslev used much faster ship expected George found him self trouble still got first cuts ahead early part match Unfortunately found him self position kept recurring Combat fliers two cuts up Dane 21 taken off Danes streamer Maybe happens because sort reflex fliers go kill doesnt occur FAI flying Anyway other guy has no streamer you can fly defensively tough order against quality op position need stay away 2-25 minutes Anyway Dane finalPlease Print Name Address City StateZip Send MIDWEST PRODUCTS CO 400 South Indiana St Hobart Indiana 46342 MA ly got George general feeling outfiew him George protest going other guy did fact release handle after tangle motor cut long swan across top circle Hammersly didnt see wasnt watching fliers admitted job watch fliers Combat jury saw either raised point assigned duties jury etc maybe will resolved before future Champs Chuck Gary both survived second round Rudner fairly easy match other flier having lots engine trouble spending majori ty time ground wasnt much air action Gary Frost also fairly dull match spectators viewpoint first minute saw plenty action Gary getting three cuts two Australias Holman point kills having no streamer left just flew straight level 25 minutes fin ish match third round US hopes put away another year Chuck fell victim Edslev bested George round 2 Maybe same trouble bit Chuck got early cut got almost whole streamer nothing left go So tried defensive low inverted flying routine pretty successful time bit ground once though switch wooden props hurt him spent time pits prop changes eventually lost cut apiece Edslev points air time Gary got Stu Holland Ireland Gary got two early cuts first 30 seconds again second cut kill leaving him December1978 105 PLUMB CRAZY Kit No 254W MISS SAN BERNARDINO Kit No 255 SUPER MOUSE Kit No 256 LIL QUICKIE Kit No 257 U defensive routine Holland bell cranked Garys ship later Frost left circle retrieve stream er doing first clearing ship circleresult 50 points penalty Gary fly remainder match full streamer ouldnt keep away Holland long enough final matches bit tidimactic especially championship bout dust settled Fraisse France took third over Mittler Bel gum Mick Tiernan took World Champions crown Wood second both Great Britain Engllsh took team title expected little disappointed little tired drove back Liverpool cleaned up evenings festivi ties prize-giving eating sharing some fun new old friends Things didnt exactly proceed expect ed First lot new friends rapidly came old rriends standing around parking lot University waiting busses almost never came Some people arrived banquet two half hours after started seated various places allowed savor hunger pains longer before being served gross Other fun things happened Keith Trostle won minor diplomacy award retrieving Al Rabe per suading him stay until received award Stunt Sandy Pimenoff gave quadrennial speech Presidents chair no-no using World Championships point out world particular political policies like dont like Sundry officials gave out awards Sport Scale like managed screw up official FAI medals didnt have certifi cates second third place team awards No credit given origin perpetual awards official FAI classes fact class what affair seemed lack case appropriateness entire aura fit occasion larger less elegant room hold wished attend allow mingle cele brate toast another shout carry little together pace air encourage just would have welcome ended trials tribula tions 1978 Control Line World Championships CL Scale/Gretz continued page 38 past year second Westland Whirlwind know what confess Ill have some re search come up little background info use next month Dicks photo Hintits military twin-engined fighter P-51 Mustang certainly needs no troduction model builders Without doubt several times models have built flown popular air craft actually built full size 14819 versions production ceased outstanding example built Phillip Castelli Centereach New York Phil informs us letter Mustang scratch-built model using Model Airplane News plans de signed Homer Hudson ship powered Supertigre G4ORR Some working systems flaps bomb drop ailerons brakes course throttle control ship flies like dream have always placed contest has entered present has taken three firsts second way ground crew mechanic happens Action Jackson doll fits scale per fectly Wing spans out 48 ship also selected winning five Hobbypoxy finish award contest Jeffrey Perez sent accompanying sketch bomb tank drop mech anism used 77 Nats winning P-6 1 Black Widow see photo Septem ber 1978 Model viation ingenious aspect Perezs system two 1 /32w hook-shaped wires epoxied way down center bomb tank allows wires springy Due flexibility hook wires bombs just click place main retainer wire built side wing retainer wires natu rally have lock onto other hook-shaped wires due over lap hope drawing will make clear hard explain youve ever tried hold two bombs tanks place trying operate control mechanism same time will recognize advan tage Jeffs method main retainer wire wing actuated fourth line release spring-loaded return Perezs Black Widow indi vidual retainer wires different lengths fourth line pulled bombs will drop Pull line further tanks drop Castle Graphics PO Box AD Greenbank WA 98253 excellent source b&w photos scale model documenta tion offer widest selection aircraft photos privately operated non-government photo service know Quoting catalog #78-1 Castle Graphics mail-order aircraft photo service operated collectors over quarter century involvement photo collecting have arranged print 50000-plus negative file Mr Peter M Bowers Mr Bowers col lection also contains original negs taken other long-time collectors like Gordon S Williams Eugene Sommerich William Larkins Gordon Swanborough name few $175 can get sample photo sampler catalog #78-1 lists 1 some 2000 select photos have pre-printed have stock two week delivery 2 dozens indi vidual photo lists aircraft company country have literally hun dreds photos available two four week delivery detailed indi vidual photo lists l0 acpiece refund able first order photo described lists specific aircraft photo angle photo prices prints range 35 2 x 4 print $125 5 X 7 $200 8 X 10 feel photo service new could become important sources available us due big-name collectors photos available Mike Gretz Box 162 Montezuma IA 50171 CL Aerobatics/Paul continued page 39 up 11-6 EW Zinger 11-6 12-6 13-5 can find Max 45 also good same venturi Old Max 40 stunt can fitted engine venturi size about 295 Perennial Nats qualifier Bill Simons using 45 season using Rev-up 13-6 prop Although weighing about 10 oz engine may good have heard about changes engine run caused varying tank and/or engine height relative other have never thought too much about idea let suggest exper iment couple stunt fliers Lexington Kentucky inadvertently stumbled breaking couple 049s Half-A stunt event Nats using very makeshift arrangement Ed Robbert holding tank found very small movements tank relative spray bar would change rpm appreciatively Move tank inch down will lean out quite bit move tank up inch will richen mixture course 049s much sensitive tank changes should certainly prove once 106 Model Aviation 7060 HOLLYWOOD ELVD LOS ANGELES GA 90028
Edition: Model Aviation - 1978/12
Page Numbers: 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 104, 105, 106
ory vith part port advice alacrity grace housing arrangements although ex cellent physically seemed have Siberian plan several team mem m body came late eveninj times y calm ram being pressi osaauer regulator December 1978 29 nUj 1977 got cle Race ms ob Hu S icti Bob NO OCR TEXT nals Lt out ractice uite clo Con red arrival t want LI asheJi NO OCR TEXT compei proce ir fact its kn ips b Lthdrawal ox learned th Ufltrjes c rotest over Sou Czechs Bulgarians Yugoslavs compete Tl uctions South Africa ray Sovi d Rumanians rn sing done ev lule o ading postpor weather 2 pr lear Most unofficial pra Woodvale field sample air wind effects ere launching p s official meeting wa get involved ussions n ig flyix iassle conc 1977 rules v se thi wc 11 rule uly b chair romW wing Spe us meu p help Keith Trostle Stunt team Paul Smith Com bat team Sunday broke gray downpour Woodvale affecting events causing delays Speed F2A de layed two hours first attempt because cool air poor conditions ata good speed Charlie Lieber e turn came up third ting order harlle develooe4 s wii tank ut-ott switel ire down time iitl ho ergiass side pe r Chuck instant FdOflO later wind took its toll current World Champion came dolly too steeply crashed circle severely damaging tiw Enfroy France good fli teammate Patrick Constant very fast stir immediate C versy As circulating qi over 248 kph several onlookers no handle grouper line landing told flight woi disallowedwould have neveras go tingfollowed withor second lie Gordon end sixth il flying Chuck Scr tat fuel f Speed isy top ten Only few lastr probably d fly the round improve up dir Td ith ranc 4 Ricci Italy k annoying Aerobatics pron US team fliers Les McDon individual World i team mci Rabe U strong event 10 years before v usi championship almost become corn championship occasional forgott e things up y relaxed 76 om practice fli either Les mt besi flying order didn tant because per tems made predictioi g two qw read over three 60 fliers e n Rabe Gies air early fix ir late thu ald got pretty gou ci day first jather poor air cmiv last oar 01 ig epa gro ina should ed rue felt ropress outn ice flights o natelv ni ills er tdc newf calm S hims duplicated 2551 rui Charlie n ul Enfroy B appcar~l nels Gabrisfast tight somewhat jerky sharp corners judges re warded him 2905 good second place So first round ended Al first Compostella second Les third Gieseke fourth Billon France fifth Bob Hunt sixth second round swept al ternating bad awful weather got some wind got rain well Rabe Gieseke got blusterly weather Al handled 2954 Bobs older ship did penetrate well slipped 2833 fifth standings Compostella slid third Bob Hunt came up third day fairly gusty wind airplane/engine combina tion powered through very calmly put flight planned Genesis responded cutting through poor air score 2963 high first two rounds second Les McDonaldslaterscoreinround 3 Les himself saddled worst conditions have ever seen Stunt flier accept last flight fore Stunt jury capitulated weather flown wind downpour stood drenched disbe lief watched him struggle through what must have awful experi ence lines wet vi olent control worked times airplane must have picked up unwanted weight rain overheads flown looking straight downpour must have nearly impossible starting cloverleaf pulled up first loop ship came loosely over top circle seemed headed certain crash managed regain control across other side flew back around ginal side circle completed clover fairly well flight lost turned out chances defending title score 2848 left him nearly impos sible distance make up As team finished round two Hunt first Rabe second McDonald fourth Gieseke fifth positions switched briefly following day re turned exact places finish final two rounds top 15 fliers nearly anticlimactic Im sure Bob Hunt wouldnt say seemed things nearly cast cement beginning round 3 round 3 Rabe Gieseke Compo stella slipped somewhat scores 2880 Hunt maintained number 1 spot 2921 Billon France began catch judges eyes scored 2957 began charac teristic late charge Les McDonald put smoothest flight contest-high score 2966 knew high enough little hope improving round 4 afternoon round 4 first seven fliers recorded scores 2900 bet ter no positions changed first two days except Billon Hara switching sixth seventh Huntin sured win solidly flown 2955 Rabe nailed down second nice 2949 let everyone take turn flying Mustang Compostella cele brated 2953 third spot Les put another nice flight 2961 no help overall score Gieseke packed nice 2922 Continued page 104 . Bust times also ran finally broke through second place flying Rumpel type Insider ship asymmetrical craft has Flying asymmetrical ships German Speed team finished close second France Ito H Ingo both wing tail inside circle Schmidt Emil Rumpel Jurgen Lanzen became individual champion December1978 37 1976 World Champ 1977 European champ Emil Rumpel West Germany miseries Speed could reach 240 kph What sorry Canadas Sam Burke shows off realistically styled speed job com pletely enclosed tuned pipe 17th place weight required plus usual blade track ing pitch adjustments necessary new machine preparing first flight Revolution II Rigid Rotor similar machine word advicedo give cyclic control machine until off ground Unlike teetering head type helicopters cyclic control just point lift off absolute im mediateto give command would invite tip-over After familiarity control re sponse gained same quickness response will offer advantages both hover forward flight ma chine capable recovery almost flight attitude primary limiting factor being pilots ability recognize necessary control inputs recovery have found Revolution II Rigid Rotor difficult control dif ferent anything have previously flown last caution regarding aero batic helicopters appears aerobatics easily accomplished precision hovering maneuvers remind yourself heli copter flights begin end hover dont neglect hover practice Other developments relative aerobatic helicopters concerning radio equip ment almost four-channel propositional radio can used teresting note least two radio manufacturers advertising radios options specifically helicopter fliers Westpost International Milford CT offers Custom Variant elec tronic mix within transmitter throt tle collective tail rotor channels well dual rotes cyclic controls Custom Variant available both single dual stick configurations SLK Elec tronics Greensboro NC markets OMEGA system also offers throttle collective tail rotor mix well non-linear control flight functions non-linear function similar benefit dual rates will interesting see intro duction special helicopter radios will spur kind controversy among interest group Super Radios did among pattern fliers Well thats about month Next month Ill talk again about beginner techniques report about local ginners attempts learning fly Mean drop line regarding subjects would like see covered column Dave Chesney Rt 9 Box 621A Greensboro NC 27409 CL World Champs/Jackson continued page 37 two sauntered off murmuring something about next time F2C Team Race event US hasnt scored well several years have honest contender championship since Herb Stock ton discovered RC boats things werent change 78 ray sunshine Henry Nelsons engine virtually dominated semifinal finishers knew quick times would predominate watched low 4-minute times required semifinal berth probably under 4 minutes make final Nobody ex pected ante stiff 359 semifinal spot 352 finals thats first round heats fast company Dodge Nelson up early against Wakker man/Weerd Holland Henry lit up fairly quick first tank seemed reasonably fast cut-off bit wild Carl thrilled crowd swooping dive pits Henry deftly speared Pelican short hop stylish catch As throng gasped appropriately calmly lit off second tank Carl motored away Alas brief moment glory repeated during meeting time 4031 fast enough top Wakkermans 424 knew precarious matched expected times Sure enough British soon gan tear up 4-minute rule Clarkson/Woodside recorded 3534 almost flawless pitting Heaton/ Ross returned 354 trail slight ly Smith/Brown completed British attack 3586 used Nelson engines add insult injury Hutton Oddy Julius Reichart Australia zipped off 3563 Nel son Metkemeyer brothers Hol land retired Nelson engine meeting trotted out own FMV Flores-Metkemeyer-Visser engine motor confidently 3495 top first round Albritton/Joy quick start US slight ly overcooked setting 4044 park right behind Dodge/Nelson 11th place Jolly/Kusik showed lack practice difficulties set tings down list 4393 Most top teams done expected exception two Danish teams Geschwendt ner twins neither running Round two saw few changes Some significant Nelson tried new starting technique dry en gine failed impress onlookers tried recoup loss second circus catch flounder slipped away did time team got 420 Jolly/Kusik im proved 4153 Albritton/Joy did So US again out semi final berth British decided rest laurels Clarkson went far play airplane center circle light comic relief except Fontana kept getting leg chewed prop didnt help time British failed im provebut didnt have Semifinals berths shuffled little Perrachi/Cipolla made under 4minute wire using Cipolla engine 3594 Hans Visser turned 3591 partner Eep Buys using Nelson Hans Geschwendtner piloted John Mau calmly lit off one-stopper Nelson record 3497 Theo Georgiadis stayed legal long enough him Dennis Prior Australia rip off 3487 high time heats again Nelson engine semis first heat matched Georgiadis/Prior Smith/Brown Geschwendtner/Mau Theo Dennis took 3535 Hans John Mau trailing 3562 Smitty Colin Brown bringing up rear 4016 Aussies looked good finals berth Next heat saw Derek Heaton Mal com Ross narrowly beat Oddy/Reichart 355 3556 Visser/Buys tucked close 3574 best final heat first semi round saw Metkies blow away 3 44 flat new competition record Per rachi/Cipolia DQedand Clarkson/ Woodside nowhere 4016no 401 final round semis squeezed everybody top little tighter Heat preview final Metkemeyers went against Heaton/Ross Geschwendtner/Mau Metkies skidded Geschwendtner/Mau came 3499 meetings fifth sub-350 time Heaton/Ross skipped third finals berth 3529 Heat two produced sub-4 time Peracchi/Cipolla turned 3593 Heat three saw Oddy/Reichart take hard charge finals spot just fall short 3534 satisfaction being team record un broken string four sub-4-minute times moment silence departed Team Race engine builder Paul Bugl pre ceded final race finals have recently letdown 104 Model Aviation *SCALE CLASICS Plans & Construction Manual CURTISS HAWK POE STINSONRELIANT SRO Scala 94aSpan 220V Scala 126 Span62500 2Scala 63 Span 12602Scala 84 Span61500 1/a Scala 47VdSpan 10801Scala 63 Span120 CURTISS GOSHAWI Filca 2 Scala 63 SpanS1590 CURTISS GULFHAWK lA . 2Scal 63 Span SISOd Scala 94Ii Span S3050 PlacaS Add 6180 Pa 0da ta Pcsaaa Handling. Odlalda US Add 8300Make PaynaH Richard G Barron1213 Hal ly Sping Ln 0and Blanc MIchIgan 48439 S0d SIOClO C00P6t8 10f0natlO compared fine heat races ear lier Team Race jury relaxed bit too much allowed fouls final would have condoned during heats Bert Metkemeyer particu lar pushed flying style further should have allowed took what jury willing give him may have due part early retirement Heaton/ Ross unwillingness jury scratch race fouling out two remaining teams marred event rate race ear ly-on Derek Bert Hans up center Heaton/Ross retired along about second tank Metkemeyer ship speed edge required finishing time 7325 reflected relaxed jury Geschwendtner/Maus time 7418 realistic take anything away Metkemeyer win richly deserved fol lows years consistent work competition achievement Doing own engine must have doubly satisfying Combat Gary Frost can tell FAI event know least about Dur ing running event seemed times alone various problems came up perhaps avoidable end though best fliers winners lot good combat show four days flying US didnt look good after first part first round survivor Chuck Rudner Rudner beat Cliff Gibson Canada close match move up second round Gibson eventually wound up higher results list Rudner would come later Both Cleve land Frost lost first matches Cleveland out-flew opponent called dropping handle last 10 seconds match George gotten line tangle try ing release throwing handle over other fliers lines after ship grounded thought pro tested circle marshalls decision stood George went losers round flyoff Gary Frost joined him also dropped first match Andersson Sweden close match Garys 50-point penalty stepping outside fliers circle decided match afternoon losers round flown both George Gary won George drew Vernon Hunt good British Combat fliers expected rather hairy match Hunt may have shaken recent fire home destroyed work shop fleet Combat models equipment committed errors match law allows pitting troubles picked up handle upside down crashed takeU iol ARocrns FOUR NEW RACE READY DESIGNS JOIN THE MIDWEST COMPLETE KIT LINE SEND COUPON AND 25 FOR YOUR CATALOG TODAY off real bundle nerves So George walked off relatively easy victory Frost flew Lehmann Switzer land touch-and-go match Leh mann cut up Gary down pits official timer informed pitmen Charlie Johnson Mike Strieter 10 seconds left match Charlie stopped flip ping prop disgust Mike liever miracles yelled Charlie start anyway Chuck Rudner stepped saved day point ing out timing match himself really minute 10 seconds left ficial way off mark So Charlie Mike got Gary up won match last minute second round George may have sandbagged little maybe outguessed ourselves Anyway book team keeping opposition said Edslev Denmark wasnt too fast George Jim Ong crew decided drop nitro little George wouldnt overrun poor Dane turned out tac tical error Edslev used much faster ship expected George found him self trouble still got first cuts ahead early part match Unfortunately found him self position kept recurring Combat fliers two cuts up Dane 21 taken off Danes streamer Maybe happens because sort reflex fliers go kill doesnt occur FAI flying Anyway other guy has no streamer you can fly defensively tough order against quality op position need stay away 2-25 minutes Anyway Dane finalPlease Print Name Address City StateZip Send MIDWEST PRODUCTS CO 400 South Indiana St Hobart Indiana 46342 MA ly got George general feeling outfiew him George protest going other guy did fact release handle after tangle motor cut long swan across top circle Hammersly didnt see wasnt watching fliers admitted job watch fliers Combat jury saw either raised point assigned duties jury etc maybe will resolved before future Champs Chuck Gary both survived second round Rudner fairly easy match other flier having lots engine trouble spending majori ty time ground wasnt much air action Gary Frost also fairly dull match spectators viewpoint first minute saw plenty action Gary getting three cuts two Australias Holman point kills having no streamer left just flew straight level 25 minutes fin ish match third round US hopes put away another year Chuck fell victim Edslev bested George round 2 Maybe same trouble bit Chuck got early cut got almost whole streamer nothing left go So tried defensive low inverted flying routine pretty successful time bit ground once though switch wooden props hurt him spent time pits prop changes eventually lost cut apiece Edslev points air time Gary got Stu Holland Ireland Gary got two early cuts first 30 seconds again second cut kill leaving him December1978 105 PLUMB CRAZY Kit No 254W MISS SAN BERNARDINO Kit No 255 SUPER MOUSE Kit No 256 LIL QUICKIE Kit No 257 U defensive routine Holland bell cranked Garys ship later Frost left circle retrieve stream er doing first clearing ship circleresult 50 points penalty Gary fly remainder match full streamer ouldnt keep away Holland long enough final matches bit tidimactic especially championship bout dust settled Fraisse France took third over Mittler Bel gum Mick Tiernan took World Champions crown Wood second both Great Britain Engllsh took team title expected little disappointed little tired drove back Liverpool cleaned up evenings festivi ties prize-giving eating sharing some fun new old friends Things didnt exactly proceed expect ed First lot new friends rapidly came old rriends standing around parking lot University waiting busses almost never came Some people arrived banquet two half hours after started seated various places allowed savor hunger pains longer before being served gross Other fun things happened Keith Trostle won minor diplomacy award retrieving Al Rabe per suading him stay until received award Stunt Sandy Pimenoff gave quadrennial speech Presidents chair no-no using World Championships point out world particular political policies like dont like Sundry officials gave out awards Sport Scale like managed screw up official FAI medals didnt have certifi cates second third place team awards No credit given origin perpetual awards official FAI classes fact class what affair seemed lack case appropriateness entire aura fit occasion larger less elegant room hold wished attend allow mingle cele brate toast another shout carry little together pace air encourage just would have welcome ended trials tribula tions 1978 Control Line World Championships CL Scale/Gretz continued page 38 past year second Westland Whirlwind know what confess Ill have some re search come up little background info use next month Dicks photo Hintits military twin-engined fighter P-51 Mustang certainly needs no troduction model builders Without doubt several times models have built flown popular air craft actually built full size 14819 versions production ceased outstanding example built Phillip Castelli Centereach New York Phil informs us letter Mustang scratch-built model using Model Airplane News plans de signed Homer Hudson ship powered Supertigre G4ORR Some working systems flaps bomb drop ailerons brakes course throttle control ship flies like dream have always placed contest has entered present has taken three firsts second way ground crew mechanic happens Action Jackson doll fits scale per fectly Wing spans out 48 ship also selected winning five Hobbypoxy finish award contest Jeffrey Perez sent accompanying sketch bomb tank drop mech anism used 77 Nats winning P-6 1 Black Widow see photo Septem ber 1978 Model viation ingenious aspect Perezs system two 1 /32w hook-shaped wires epoxied way down center bomb tank allows wires springy Due flexibility hook wires bombs just click place main retainer wire built side wing retainer wires natu rally have lock onto other hook-shaped wires due over lap hope drawing will make clear hard explain youve ever tried hold two bombs tanks place trying operate control mechanism same time will recognize advan tage Jeffs method main retainer wire wing actuated fourth line release spring-loaded return Perezs Black Widow indi vidual retainer wires different lengths fourth line pulled bombs will drop Pull line further tanks drop Castle Graphics PO Box AD Greenbank WA 98253 excellent source b&w photos scale model documenta tion offer widest selection aircraft photos privately operated non-government photo service know Quoting catalog #78-1 Castle Graphics mail-order aircraft photo service operated collectors over quarter century involvement photo collecting have arranged print 50000-plus negative file Mr Peter M Bowers Mr Bowers col lection also contains original negs taken other long-time collectors like Gordon S Williams Eugene Sommerich William Larkins Gordon Swanborough name few $175 can get sample photo sampler catalog #78-1 lists 1 some 2000 select photos have pre-printed have stock two week delivery 2 dozens indi vidual photo lists aircraft company country have literally hun dreds photos available two four week delivery detailed indi vidual photo lists l0 acpiece refund able first order photo described lists specific aircraft photo angle photo prices prints range 35 2 x 4 print $125 5 X 7 $200 8 X 10 feel photo service new could become important sources available us due big-name collectors photos available Mike Gretz Box 162 Montezuma IA 50171 CL Aerobatics/Paul continued page 39 up 11-6 EW Zinger 11-6 12-6 13-5 can find Max 45 also good same venturi Old Max 40 stunt can fitted engine venturi size about 295 Perennial Nats qualifier Bill Simons using 45 season using Rev-up 13-6 prop Although weighing about 10 oz engine may good have heard about changes engine run caused varying tank and/or engine height relative other have never thought too much about idea let suggest exper iment couple stunt fliers Lexington Kentucky inadvertently stumbled breaking couple 049s Half-A stunt event Nats using very makeshift arrangement Ed Robbert holding tank found very small movements tank relative spray bar would change rpm appreciatively Move tank inch down will lean out quite bit move tank up inch will richen mixture course 049s much sensitive tank changes should certainly prove once 106 Model Aviation 7060 HOLLYWOOD ELVD LOS ANGELES GA 90028
Edition: Model Aviation - 1978/12
Page Numbers: 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 104, 105, 106
ory vith part port advice alacrity grace housing arrangements although ex cellent physically seemed have Siberian plan several team mem m body came late eveninj times y calm ram being pressi osaauer regulator December 1978 29 nUj 1977 got cle Race ms ob Hu S icti Bob NO OCR TEXT nals Lt out ractice uite clo Con red arrival t want LI asheJi NO OCR TEXT compei proce ir fact its kn ips b Lthdrawal ox learned th Ufltrjes c rotest over Sou Czechs Bulgarians Yugoslavs compete Tl uctions South Africa ray Sovi d Rumanians rn sing done ev lule o ading postpor weather 2 pr lear Most unofficial pra Woodvale field sample air wind effects ere launching p s official meeting wa get involved ussions n ig flyix iassle conc 1977 rules v se thi wc 11 rule uly b chair romW wing Spe us meu p help Keith Trostle Stunt team Paul Smith Com bat team Sunday broke gray downpour Woodvale affecting events causing delays Speed F2A de layed two hours first attempt because cool air poor conditions ata good speed Charlie Lieber e turn came up third ting order harlle develooe4 s wii tank ut-ott switel ire down time iitl ho ergiass side pe r Chuck instant FdOflO later wind took its toll current World Champion came dolly too steeply crashed circle severely damaging tiw Enfroy France good fli teammate Patrick Constant very fast stir immediate C versy As circulating qi over 248 kph several onlookers no handle grouper line landing told flight woi disallowedwould have neveras go tingfollowed withor second lie Gordon end sixth il flying Chuck Scr tat fuel f Speed isy top ten Only few lastr probably d fly the round improve up dir Td ith ranc 4 Ricci Italy k annoying Aerobatics pron US team fliers Les McDon individual World i team mci Rabe U strong event 10 years before v usi championship almost become corn championship occasional forgott e things up y relaxed 76 om practice fli either Les mt besi flying order didn tant because per tems made predictioi g two qw read over three 60 fliers e n Rabe Gies air early fix ir late thu ald got pretty gou ci day first jather poor air cmiv last oar 01 ig epa gro ina should ed rue felt ropress outn ice flights o natelv ni ills er tdc newf calm S hims duplicated 2551 rui Charlie n ul Enfroy B appcar~l nels Gabrisfast tight somewhat jerky sharp corners judges re warded him 2905 good second place So first round ended Al first Compostella second Les third Gieseke fourth Billon France fifth Bob Hunt sixth second round swept al ternating bad awful weather got some wind got rain well Rabe Gieseke got blusterly weather Al handled 2954 Bobs older ship did penetrate well slipped 2833 fifth standings Compostella slid third Bob Hunt came up third day fairly gusty wind airplane/engine combina tion powered through very calmly put flight planned Genesis responded cutting through poor air score 2963 high first two rounds second Les McDonaldslaterscoreinround 3 Les himself saddled worst conditions have ever seen Stunt flier accept last flight fore Stunt jury capitulated weather flown wind downpour stood drenched disbe lief watched him struggle through what must have awful experi ence lines wet vi olent control worked times airplane must have picked up unwanted weight rain overheads flown looking straight downpour must have nearly impossible starting cloverleaf pulled up first loop ship came loosely over top circle seemed headed certain crash managed regain control across other side flew back around ginal side circle completed clover fairly well flight lost turned out chances defending title score 2848 left him nearly impos sible distance make up As team finished round two Hunt first Rabe second McDonald fourth Gieseke fifth positions switched briefly following day re turned exact places finish final two rounds top 15 fliers nearly anticlimactic Im sure Bob Hunt wouldnt say seemed things nearly cast cement beginning round 3 round 3 Rabe Gieseke Compo stella slipped somewhat scores 2880 Hunt maintained number 1 spot 2921 Billon France began catch judges eyes scored 2957 began charac teristic late charge Les McDonald put smoothest flight contest-high score 2966 knew high enough little hope improving round 4 afternoon round 4 first seven fliers recorded scores 2900 bet ter no positions changed first two days except Billon Hara switching sixth seventh Huntin sured win solidly flown 2955 Rabe nailed down second nice 2949 let everyone take turn flying Mustang Compostella cele brated 2953 third spot Les put another nice flight 2961 no help overall score Gieseke packed nice 2922 Continued page 104 . Bust times also ran finally broke through second place flying Rumpel type Insider ship asymmetrical craft has Flying asymmetrical ships German Speed team finished close second France Ito H Ingo both wing tail inside circle Schmidt Emil Rumpel Jurgen Lanzen became individual champion December1978 37 1976 World Champ 1977 European champ Emil Rumpel West Germany miseries Speed could reach 240 kph What sorry Canadas Sam Burke shows off realistically styled speed job com pletely enclosed tuned pipe 17th place weight required plus usual blade track ing pitch adjustments necessary new machine preparing first flight Revolution II Rigid Rotor similar machine word advicedo give cyclic control machine until off ground Unlike teetering head type helicopters cyclic control just point lift off absolute im mediateto give command would invite tip-over After familiarity control re sponse gained same quickness response will offer advantages both hover forward flight ma chine capable recovery almost flight attitude primary limiting factor being pilots ability recognize necessary control inputs recovery have found Revolution II Rigid Rotor difficult control dif ferent anything have previously flown last caution regarding aero batic helicopters appears aerobatics easily accomplished precision hovering maneuvers remind yourself heli copter flights begin end hover dont neglect hover practice Other developments relative aerobatic helicopters concerning radio equip ment almost four-channel propositional radio can used teresting note least two radio manufacturers advertising radios options specifically helicopter fliers Westpost International Milford CT offers Custom Variant elec tronic mix within transmitter throt tle collective tail rotor channels well dual rotes cyclic controls Custom Variant available both single dual stick configurations SLK Elec tronics Greensboro NC markets OMEGA system also offers throttle collective tail rotor mix well non-linear control flight functions non-linear function similar benefit dual rates will interesting see intro duction special helicopter radios will spur kind controversy among interest group Super Radios did among pattern fliers Well thats about month Next month Ill talk again about beginner techniques report about local ginners attempts learning fly Mean drop line regarding subjects would like see covered column Dave Chesney Rt 9 Box 621A Greensboro NC 27409 CL World Champs/Jackson continued page 37 two sauntered off murmuring something about next time F2C Team Race event US hasnt scored well several years have honest contender championship since Herb Stock ton discovered RC boats things werent change 78 ray sunshine Henry Nelsons engine virtually dominated semifinal finishers knew quick times would predominate watched low 4-minute times required semifinal berth probably under 4 minutes make final Nobody ex pected ante stiff 359 semifinal spot 352 finals thats first round heats fast company Dodge Nelson up early against Wakker man/Weerd Holland Henry lit up fairly quick first tank seemed reasonably fast cut-off bit wild Carl thrilled crowd swooping dive pits Henry deftly speared Pelican short hop stylish catch As throng gasped appropriately calmly lit off second tank Carl motored away Alas brief moment glory repeated during meeting time 4031 fast enough top Wakkermans 424 knew precarious matched expected times Sure enough British soon gan tear up 4-minute rule Clarkson/Woodside recorded 3534 almost flawless pitting Heaton/ Ross returned 354 trail slight ly Smith/Brown completed British attack 3586 used Nelson engines add insult injury Hutton Oddy Julius Reichart Australia zipped off 3563 Nel son Metkemeyer brothers Hol land retired Nelson engine meeting trotted out own FMV Flores-Metkemeyer-Visser engine motor confidently 3495 top first round Albritton/Joy quick start US slight ly overcooked setting 4044 park right behind Dodge/Nelson 11th place Jolly/Kusik showed lack practice difficulties set tings down list 4393 Most top teams done expected exception two Danish teams Geschwendt ner twins neither running Round two saw few changes Some significant Nelson tried new starting technique dry en gine failed impress onlookers tried recoup loss second circus catch flounder slipped away did time team got 420 Jolly/Kusik im proved 4153 Albritton/Joy did So US again out semi final berth British decided rest laurels Clarkson went far play airplane center circle light comic relief except Fontana kept getting leg chewed prop didnt help time British failed im provebut didnt have Semifinals berths shuffled little Perrachi/Cipolla made under 4minute wire using Cipolla engine 3594 Hans Visser turned 3591 partner Eep Buys using Nelson Hans Geschwendtner piloted John Mau calmly lit off one-stopper Nelson record 3497 Theo Georgiadis stayed legal long enough him Dennis Prior Australia rip off 3487 high time heats again Nelson engine semis first heat matched Georgiadis/Prior Smith/Brown Geschwendtner/Mau Theo Dennis took 3535 Hans John Mau trailing 3562 Smitty Colin Brown bringing up rear 4016 Aussies looked good finals berth Next heat saw Derek Heaton Mal com Ross narrowly beat Oddy/Reichart 355 3556 Visser/Buys tucked close 3574 best final heat first semi round saw Metkies blow away 3 44 flat new competition record Per rachi/Cipolia DQedand Clarkson/ Woodside nowhere 4016no 401 final round semis squeezed everybody top little tighter Heat preview final Metkemeyers went against Heaton/Ross Geschwendtner/Mau Metkies skidded Geschwendtner/Mau came 3499 meetings fifth sub-350 time Heaton/Ross skipped third finals berth 3529 Heat two produced sub-4 time Peracchi/Cipolla turned 3593 Heat three saw Oddy/Reichart take hard charge finals spot just fall short 3534 satisfaction being team record un broken string four sub-4-minute times moment silence departed Team Race engine builder Paul Bugl pre ceded final race finals have recently letdown 104 Model Aviation *SCALE CLASICS Plans & Construction Manual CURTISS HAWK POE STINSONRELIANT SRO Scala 94aSpan 220V Scala 126 Span62500 2Scala 63 Span 12602Scala 84 Span61500 1/a Scala 47VdSpan 10801Scala 63 Span120 CURTISS GOSHAWI Filca 2 Scala 63 SpanS1590 CURTISS GULFHAWK lA . 2Scal 63 Span SISOd Scala 94Ii Span S3050 PlacaS Add 6180 Pa 0da ta Pcsaaa Handling. Odlalda US Add 8300Make PaynaH Richard G Barron1213 Hal ly Sping Ln 0and Blanc MIchIgan 48439 S0d SIOClO C00P6t8 10f0natlO compared fine heat races ear lier Team Race jury relaxed bit too much allowed fouls final would have condoned during heats Bert Metkemeyer particu lar pushed flying style further should have allowed took what jury willing give him may have due part early retirement Heaton/ Ross unwillingness jury scratch race fouling out two remaining teams marred event rate race ear ly-on Derek Bert Hans up center Heaton/Ross retired along about second tank Metkemeyer ship speed edge required finishing time 7325 reflected relaxed jury Geschwendtner/Maus time 7418 realistic take anything away Metkemeyer win richly deserved fol lows years consistent work competition achievement Doing own engine must have doubly satisfying Combat Gary Frost can tell FAI event know least about Dur ing running event seemed times alone various problems came up perhaps avoidable end though best fliers winners lot good combat show four days flying US didnt look good after first part first round survivor Chuck Rudner Rudner beat Cliff Gibson Canada close match move up second round Gibson eventually wound up higher results list Rudner would come later Both Cleve land Frost lost first matches Cleveland out-flew opponent called dropping handle last 10 seconds match George gotten line tangle try ing release throwing handle over other fliers lines after ship grounded thought pro tested circle marshalls decision stood George went losers round flyoff Gary Frost joined him also dropped first match Andersson Sweden close match Garys 50-point penalty stepping outside fliers circle decided match afternoon losers round flown both George Gary won George drew Vernon Hunt good British Combat fliers expected rather hairy match Hunt may have shaken recent fire home destroyed work shop fleet Combat models equipment committed errors match law allows pitting troubles picked up handle upside down crashed takeU iol ARocrns FOUR NEW RACE READY DESIGNS JOIN THE MIDWEST COMPLETE KIT LINE SEND COUPON AND 25 FOR YOUR CATALOG TODAY off real bundle nerves So George walked off relatively easy victory Frost flew Lehmann Switzer land touch-and-go match Leh mann cut up Gary down pits official timer informed pitmen Charlie Johnson Mike Strieter 10 seconds left match Charlie stopped flip ping prop disgust Mike liever miracles yelled Charlie start anyway Chuck Rudner stepped saved day point ing out timing match himself really minute 10 seconds left ficial way off mark So Charlie Mike got Gary up won match last minute second round George may have sandbagged little maybe outguessed ourselves Anyway book team keeping opposition said Edslev Denmark wasnt too fast George Jim Ong crew decided drop nitro little George wouldnt overrun poor Dane turned out tac tical error Edslev used much faster ship expected George found him self trouble still got first cuts ahead early part match Unfortunately found him self position kept recurring Combat fliers two cuts up Dane 21 taken off Danes streamer Maybe happens because sort reflex fliers go kill doesnt occur FAI flying Anyway other guy has no streamer you can fly defensively tough order against quality op position need stay away 2-25 minutes Anyway Dane finalPlease Print Name Address City StateZip Send MIDWEST PRODUCTS CO 400 South Indiana St Hobart Indiana 46342 MA ly got George general feeling outfiew him George protest going other guy did fact release handle after tangle motor cut long swan across top circle Hammersly didnt see wasnt watching fliers admitted job watch fliers Combat jury saw either raised point assigned duties jury etc maybe will resolved before future Champs Chuck Gary both survived second round Rudner fairly easy match other flier having lots engine trouble spending majori ty time ground wasnt much air action Gary Frost also fairly dull match spectators viewpoint first minute saw plenty action Gary getting three cuts two Australias Holman point kills having no streamer left just flew straight level 25 minutes fin ish match third round US hopes put away another year Chuck fell victim Edslev bested George round 2 Maybe same trouble bit Chuck got early cut got almost whole streamer nothing left go So tried defensive low inverted flying routine pretty successful time bit ground once though switch wooden props hurt him spent time pits prop changes eventually lost cut apiece Edslev points air time Gary got Stu Holland Ireland Gary got two early cuts first 30 seconds again second cut kill leaving him December1978 105 PLUMB CRAZY Kit No 254W MISS SAN BERNARDINO Kit No 255 SUPER MOUSE Kit No 256 LIL QUICKIE Kit No 257 U defensive routine Holland bell cranked Garys ship later Frost left circle retrieve stream er doing first clearing ship circleresult 50 points penalty Gary fly remainder match full streamer ouldnt keep away Holland long enough final matches bit tidimactic especially championship bout dust settled Fraisse France took third over Mittler Bel gum Mick Tiernan took World Champions crown Wood second both Great Britain Engllsh took team title expected little disappointed little tired drove back Liverpool cleaned up evenings festivi ties prize-giving eating sharing some fun new old friends Things didnt exactly proceed expect ed First lot new friends rapidly came old rriends standing around parking lot University waiting busses almost never came Some people arrived banquet two half hours after started seated various places allowed savor hunger pains longer before being served gross Other fun things happened Keith Trostle won minor diplomacy award retrieving Al Rabe per suading him stay until received award Stunt Sandy Pimenoff gave quadrennial speech Presidents chair no-no using World Championships point out world particular political policies like dont like Sundry officials gave out awards Sport Scale like managed screw up official FAI medals didnt have certifi cates second third place team awards No credit given origin perpetual awards official FAI classes fact class what affair seemed lack case appropriateness entire aura fit occasion larger less elegant room hold wished attend allow mingle cele brate toast another shout carry little together pace air encourage just would have welcome ended trials tribula tions 1978 Control Line World Championships CL Scale/Gretz continued page 38 past year second Westland Whirlwind know what confess Ill have some re search come up little background info use next month Dicks photo Hintits military twin-engined fighter P-51 Mustang certainly needs no troduction model builders Without doubt several times models have built flown popular air craft actually built full size 14819 versions production ceased outstanding example built Phillip Castelli Centereach New York Phil informs us letter Mustang scratch-built model using Model Airplane News plans de signed Homer Hudson ship powered Supertigre G4ORR Some working systems flaps bomb drop ailerons brakes course throttle control ship flies like dream have always placed contest has entered present has taken three firsts second way ground crew mechanic happens Action Jackson doll fits scale per fectly Wing spans out 48 ship also selected winning five Hobbypoxy finish award contest Jeffrey Perez sent accompanying sketch bomb tank drop mech anism used 77 Nats winning P-6 1 Black Widow see photo Septem ber 1978 Model viation ingenious aspect Perezs system two 1 /32w hook-shaped wires epoxied way down center bomb tank allows wires springy Due flexibility hook wires bombs just click place main retainer wire built side wing retainer wires natu rally have lock onto other hook-shaped wires due over lap hope drawing will make clear hard explain youve ever tried hold two bombs tanks place trying operate control mechanism same time will recognize advan tage Jeffs method main retainer wire wing actuated fourth line release spring-loaded return Perezs Black Widow indi vidual retainer wires different lengths fourth line pulled bombs will drop Pull line further tanks drop Castle Graphics PO Box AD Greenbank WA 98253 excellent source b&w photos scale model documenta tion offer widest selection aircraft photos privately operated non-government photo service know Quoting catalog #78-1 Castle Graphics mail-order aircraft photo service operated collectors over quarter century involvement photo collecting have arranged print 50000-plus negative file Mr Peter M Bowers Mr Bowers col lection also contains original negs taken other long-time collectors like Gordon S Williams Eugene Sommerich William Larkins Gordon Swanborough name few $175 can get sample photo sampler catalog #78-1 lists 1 some 2000 select photos have pre-printed have stock two week delivery 2 dozens indi vidual photo lists aircraft company country have literally hun dreds photos available two four week delivery detailed indi vidual photo lists l0 acpiece refund able first order photo described lists specific aircraft photo angle photo prices prints range 35 2 x 4 print $125 5 X 7 $200 8 X 10 feel photo service new could become important sources available us due big-name collectors photos available Mike Gretz Box 162 Montezuma IA 50171 CL Aerobatics/Paul continued page 39 up 11-6 EW Zinger 11-6 12-6 13-5 can find Max 45 also good same venturi Old Max 40 stunt can fitted engine venturi size about 295 Perennial Nats qualifier Bill Simons using 45 season using Rev-up 13-6 prop Although weighing about 10 oz engine may good have heard about changes engine run caused varying tank and/or engine height relative other have never thought too much about idea let suggest exper iment couple stunt fliers Lexington Kentucky inadvertently stumbled breaking couple 049s Half-A stunt event Nats using very makeshift arrangement Ed Robbert holding tank found very small movements tank relative spray bar would change rpm appreciatively Move tank inch down will lean out quite bit move tank up inch will richen mixture course 049s much sensitive tank changes should certainly prove once 106 Model Aviation 7060 HOLLYWOOD ELVD LOS ANGELES GA 90028