uacorop eveni provided fantastic view Site LaGarde near Toulon southern France Competitors 15 European European F3A winningest RC Pattern pilots North America gives us day-by-day account participation 1986 trend-setting event Elvan Kristensen THE FOLLOWING day-by-day ac count 3rd European F3A Aerobatics Championships held LaGarde France July 9-13 1986 written Ivan Kristensen manner give reader better understanding what goes exciting events Day 1 Sunday July 6 trip off excellent start Dean Koger arrived Dayton travel out Toronto International Airport airport met Peter Alnutt incidentally has considerable international Free Flight acclaim Peter able have us checked through security way special entrance primarily used airline staff flight personnel thereby enabling us checked through faster other wise would possible should mention Peter employee Air Canada happened duty day left Peter also boarding passes ready special bonus us seated Super Club section British Air ways 747 take us Toronto London England Day 2 Monday July 7 started about half-hour past midnight Toronto time Good morning ladies gen tlemen captain speaking quick look out window confirmed indeed morning just off coast Ireland still cruising 38000 feet about 1 hours go Heathrow Airport London After 4-hour wait off again en route direct Marseille During flight informed flight attendant two pieces baggage made onto aircraft immediately suspected would model boxes confirmed soon after arrival Marseille However check Air Frances missing baggage han dlers assured us boxes would arrive later flight delivered hotel LaGarde Left Wolfgang Matt Liechtenstein placed second flew now-familiar Joker airplane powered long-stroke Webra con trolled bya Robbe PCM new computer radio manufactured Futaba Right Tobias Schulz W Gernanyflew own-design Chal lenge Vito eighth place long-stroke side-exhaust Webra engine Graupner radio Model weighed whopping 9 lb 4 oz 40 Model Aviation uu,iiiu uunuuu puu rn Chin, USA Canada Results event may bellwether lined up horseshoe format given official welcome mayor LaGarde French aero club very official festive mood indeed city hampions airport Marseile met Tony Frackowiak Steve Helms arrived day earlier sure nice met couple friendly faces arrived strange country after long journey too much sleep trip LaGarde should have taken about 1 hours car ended up taking somewhat longer due us getting lost several times did finally get settled good badly-needed nights rest Day 3 Tuesday July 8 awoke beautiful day skies southern France filled sunshine warm tem peratures ranging 30C area First task hand see model boxes arrived However hotel personnel informed us contact Air France behalf boxes left airport 730 should arriving time Sure enough 10am boxes delivered good order Off flying site went Due European custom flier goes up time able have practice flight today everything went well went back hotel get ready official welcome city hall scheduled begin 1800 hours six oclock team members sup porters participating nations 18 total 15 European countries plus China USA Canada gathered parking lot far city hall LaGarde marched city hall headed up marching band group young baton girls team young boy girl walking ahead carrying sign name country square city hall teams hips hall again marchedthis time memorial wreath laid town community center refreshments kinds presentations February 1987 41 European Pattern championsforeigners eligible Center Bertram Lossen first left Wolfgang Mafl second right Peter Weasels third pictures author souvenir team managers completed official welcome 10 pm team managers required attend briefing As participant Canada attend meeting primarily information clarify new rules regard box measuring noise 3m 98 dB rather im 105 dB also scoring sound judges during flight now FM rules scoring sound judges works like majority judging panel agrees model quieter average five points K-l will added total flight score per counting judge judging panel agrees model noisy five points subtracted total flight score counting judge majority agrees model average majority agreement cannot established will deemed average no change flight score will take place Day 4 Wednesday July 9 Another beautiful day again temperatures low 30s Today set aside official practice processing team allotted 30-minute time slot strictly adhered Also sound equipment made available during time period check models American team first off eight oclock everything went well Sound ranged 94 dB Steve Helms 95 Tony Frackowiak 97 Dean Koger among last fly about five oclock afternoon quick sound check showed 92 dB well below maxi mum 98 practice flight particularly good wind picked up quite bit during day observed Wolfgang Matts flight closely Hanno Prettner being attendance Matt considered beat based 2nd-place finish Flevo hof World Championships 1985 So far organization has seemed quite good although meals have left quite bit desired Day 5 Thursday July 10 Today actual competition got underway precisely 7 am judges ready pilots walting anticipation day started out wind calm cool temperatures Steve Helms second up posted disappointing score 319 59% after respectable flight minor faults Mart 8th fly posted 377 remain high score round until Bertram Lossen Germany came up 388 score high flight Round 1 Tony Dean both scored 339 yours truly 352 Standings after Round 11 Lossen 388 2 Mart 377 3 Wessels 353 4 Lui Aykyang 353 5 Kristensen 352 8 Frackowiak 339 9 Koger 339 21 Helms 319 Round 2 started four oclock time wind picked up considerably temperatures hovering around 300C Dean Koger 6th up did realize until airborne several trims moved transmit ter Worse yet direction snap switch somehow moved 42 Model Aviation Say cheese Standing L-R Dean Koger US Ivan Kristensen Canada Steve Helms US Kneeling Ken Rinks England Wolfgang Matt Liechtenstein Tony Frackowiak US cant tell what fliers doing scoreboard looks like very nice cant read print picture can tell results charts standings top nine didnt change bit preliminary rounds flyoffs Steve Helms Checkmatefinished very respectably fourth positive snap negative snap result zero maneuvernot because negative snap illegal because startled him see aircraft pitch nega tively during snap causing him immediately let go completing part rotation finishing aileron Scoring 288 Dean hoped throwaway flight again opportunity watch Wolfgang Matt Liechtenstein fly felt flight good first check scoreboard con firmed Marts 368 gave everyone relief might chance catch up During second round rather hu morous incident took place Just prior Matts flight Tony Frackowiak reason leave spectator stand get some thing rental car Steve sharing find got doors locked Steve key would appear windows left rolled down far enough Tony attempt stick arm through open door inside However least expect gremlins strike Tony two problems first could open car door inside second was unable remove arm door resulted rather loud call Steve still sitting stands come bail him out Sorry Tony just too funny pass up wont tell about managed lose over $100000 US cash about ended up outside garbage bin hotel parking lot Day 6 Friday July 11 Today would finish Round 2 fly complete third round temperature slightly cooler previous day winds light flying conditions near ideal Lossen first fly among top five flew excellent flight afraid check scoreboard surprise got 365 three less Marts secondround score previous day 23 short first round left door open move closer winners flight went quite well wind little bit stronger earlier slightly cross still near ideal minor faults result 366 point ahead Lossen three points behind Matt scores would like mention still quite low certainly standards have grown accustomed US Canada top score Round 2 368/540 score enough take fifth third place Wessels Shultz Germany 4th 5th Steve Helms scored 347 moved 6th Tony 335 7th due bad luck Dean dropped 18th place However two rounds go lot can happen Round 3 got underway around 1015 wind starting pick up swinging easterly southwesterly bringing cooler temperature Mediterranean Sea turn out Matts bad luck round Ap parently something went wrong electric starter thought engine malfunctioning Therefore due fear 3-mm starting time running out went backup model did see flight told flopped stall turn generally performed poorly scoring 354 Lossen other hand super performance posted round high 391 including five-point bonus below average sound level Again man aged get second high score 365 maintaining 3rd place after Round 3 Peter Wessels Germany got 351 Helms Koger Ken Rinks England posted 347 Tony last man fly about 730 attempted bring flight closer speed up roll rate resulted rather untidy flight noticeable changes altitude headings score disappoint ing 342 about right Day 7 Saturday July 12 Round 4 last day qualifying flights started out gray skies threat stormy conditions late day Temperatures much cooler no sun first half round scheduled between eight 11 second half starting until 4 pm situation worried little fly until second half flying conditions first half almost perfect alight steady wind no sun Matt 5th man fly managed come up what Continued page 134 February 1987 43 Taco Tijsma 0 Holland devised scoring program used contest carried another step way shown picture actually operate computer three-man FAI Jury wasthere overseethe event resolve anydisputes L-R Pierre Chaussebourg France Otakar Saffek Czechoslovakia Werner Groth W Germany wooden propeller blades same make size may Cut fit correctly using good slow-cure epoxy Half thickness prop hub retained excellent strength qual ities advertising flyer concludes note states Using gauge feel can excellent job restoring broken props ever accept no responsibility product turn out other words company sell ing device recognizes finished product may less perfect compared new propeller dont want held respon sible should involved incident result ing restored prop suggest spend money new one-piece propellers long run could save Have safe month John Preston Model Aviation 1810 Samuel Morse Dr Reston Virginia 22090 F3A Euro/Kristensen Continued page 43 thought mediocre performance score 383 slightly higher Steve flew shortly afterward came up vith highest score contest 373 should good enough get him flyoff Dean Koger again some bad luck having problems YS engine loading up sitting runway idling preparation takeoff happened again during takeoff roll Tony chase plane down runway accidentally kicked ele vator half bent down approximately created very bad trim condition plague Dean throughout flight Deans score fourth round quite low atonly 332 meantthat would able make flyoff would worth mentioning problems very likely have made flyoff flying gen erally very good second half 4th round got underway precisely four oclock Tony first fly put best flight far 385 well within striking distance flyoff spot although several unknown fac tors could come play such Lossens flight yet come scored very high effect Tonys score would minimized normalizing Also DiBaggio Bertalozzi Italy position knock both Steve Tony out flyoff way going determine flyoff positions course select top five European competitors also include non-Europeans placed ahead of top five Europeans Now well last half fourth round storm did materialize al though wind slightly stronger time flew really enough make difference also posted highest score 382 Helms got 373 Lossen flew near end quite strong wind came up 397 Ken Rinks thought might make flyoff got 356 did make cut Day 8 Sunday July 12 am sure woke up 540am Unable go back sleep got up went out contest site get couple practice flights flyoff start until ATT- CHEK1 ON-Board Battery Tester Saves Time. Saves Models BAiTCH EK RX-1 $1495 USA NEW Install RC Models Check receiver battery status press button Small Light 1/2 oz Precise Rugged ORDER TODAY dealer Protune Corp 9141462-8452 PO Box 1808 Poughkeepsie NY 12601 DEALER INOUIRIES J WELCOME J SEND450 per 5/8 ID Coupler or5OOper3/4 lDTo DANA AEROSPACE CORP 1110 E 5th St rior WI 54880 134 Model Aviation seen similar flights far Safety Prestonjudges have tendency loosen up toward Continued page 22the end contest Whats Ugly Flies Great SUCG RETAIL $24995 CIRCUS $18995 PRICE ITEM 4* POKRAFT Specifications Wing Span Wing Area Length Engine40 Radio System Est Finish Weight V 60 720 Sq 46in /cycl 4 Channel 96 oz STICK DAS UGLY Das Ugly Stick time favorite aircraft designed Phil Kraft last american world champion now available Ready Fly kit complete 60 sized kit constructed ity balsa ply no foamt kit ready body wing pieces covered red film type finish final assembly takes few hours Cenerous hardware includes motor mount landing gear wheels control rods horns spinner fuel tank Whats Beautiful Flies Better REED FALCON beautiful tournament champ ons w nner designed Ken Bonnema now available scaled down version turn around sport scale enthusiasts want aerobatic biplane no limitations kit constructed balsa ply.no foam includes fiberglass ABS cowl wheel pants clear canopy generous hardware pkg full size plans SUCG RETAIL $22995 CIRCUS PRICE 16995 w/ABS COWL ITEM 4*MRL200A CIRCUS PF CE 7995 w/FIBERCLASS C OWL ITEM #MRL200F g5 Specifications Wing Span54 Wing Area1079 sq Length54 Engine60 90 2/cycl 120 4/cycl Radio System4 B Channel Est Finish Weight 85 95 lhs \CII*5 HODDHS 3132 S Highland Dr Las Vegas Nevada 89109 Customer Service Call 1-702-732-0022 Orders Call Toll Free I-800-782-0022j advertisement good thru 1st issue month Prices sublect change 1000 am no around during flights realized elevator servo going bad quick trip back hotel change have shower time flyoff start Lessen first off qualified first place put absolutely magic performance got 402 Matt next posted 396 Steve Helms shared third spot 375 Fan Mm Wessels far behind 373 372 respectively Lessens 402 score made him sure winner contest Well deserved might add Flyoff Round 2 thing impressed contest would way organizers able consistently get officials judges pilots together get things started time precisely three oclock second round underway Starting order reversed Europeans flying first Lessen again proved belonged top 397 meant topped scoreboard rounds meet except Round 2 3rd behind Matt myself Matts score second flyoff round dropped back 381 own improved 383 elevator servo definitely giving trouble no changes would take place among top three bad weather predicted earlier afternoon threatening second half flyoff fact real possibility flight would rained out very last pilot fly contest Somehow managed hold off just long enough wrap up contest finest flyoff per formances ever hadnt early recovery spin flight might have top round Anyway Lessen too far ahead anyone catch him happy 383 10 minutes after completion flight rain poured down thun der lightning last about half hour really too bad organizers got thunder shower because lot spectators gathered watch flyoff left result missed flying demon stration Italians very good prize-giving ceremony organizers done really good job promoting event local community through radio TV newspapers large billboard-type signs over town Several large party-type tents set up tables chairs concession selling beer soft drinks hot dogs etc doing brisk business local Volvo dealership tent showing off latest models kiddie car ride set up gives idea effort Europeans put event mag nitude Continued page 138 HObbY Horn Old Timer _ 2t LM45S 8 GAS lionEL 4/odL eSgwicg eccsea 8REAKER 1991 BROOKLYN DODGER 56 Cabin ~NEWEST5 Retail S5295*sINTRoDuCTORY PRICEC $3900 1939 Record Breaker 96 $69 56 1939 Zipper 5L0$5356 1930 Kloud King 63 $92 36 1991 Bngidir 56 $9076 1991 Super Quaker 78 $7276 1990 So Long 5e$3036 1936 Buccaneer tO $5996 1938 Clipper MKI 72$9156 1937 Dallaire 108 $75 16 1935 Miss Aaerica 89 $7196 1991 Playboy Sr 00 $5116 1991 Playboy Jr 50$31 10 1938 Powerhouse 89 $53 56 1900 Sailplane 70 $0976 l93eTrenton Terror 72 $9076 l995Ranger96$3196 1939 Korda Wake 99 $1916 1939 Mercury 72 $5836 kits qualify SAM events FF & RIO feature highest quality machine cut & sanded parts Superior Competition sheet strip wood wire & window material Plans orig FF models easily convertible 3db RIO KITS Sailplanes Electric power Gas Hobby Horn SENSOAR Glider 78 OSsI $1860 Midway Model GNOME R/C Hand Launch Glider$2005 Jolly Models FLINGER R/O HLG 58 Span$2900 Midway Model FAST EDDIE Aerobatic /05 Elec$1900 Jolly Models ELECTRICUS Electric Glider 05s$32SO Leisure PLAYBOY SR 67 Gear 05 Elect $3000 Astro ASTRO SPORT 37 Direct 05 elect $2250 Leisure WASP 37 Direct 05 Electrics$2250 Midway ULTRA MK IV 06 Geared 09 EP $3900 Midway PLYING QUAKER 89 00-059 stroke $6976 Oks/Midway DENNY JR 72 Alum Camel$6396 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up 3 am three hours sleep start journey homeward Needless say couple exhausted guys arrived Toronto some 20 hours later four-hour vers both Paris London return trip model boxes checked straight through Marseille minimum amount hassle no cost sitting floor baggage claim area Toronto waiting us got through passport control So ended trip 3rd European Championships can truly say enjoyable experience ex tremely informative areas Now have ingredients necessary all-out effort World Championships held fall 1987 France See RC Scale/Wischers Continued page 45 Butt-joint panel lines should really de pressed groove surface modelers prefer simple approach simulate line using self-adhesive chart tape 1/64-in wide cause quick easy method viewed distance isnt unreasonable simu lation Black lines white airplane exam ple can applied draftsmans ruling pen India ink lines bold spectacular totally unrealistic Raised rivet detail simulate button-head riv ets can applied Wilbold R/C-56 Weldbond glue Transfer 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uacorop eveni provided fantastic view Site LaGarde near Toulon southern France Competitors 15 European European F3A winningest RC Pattern pilots North America gives us day-by-day account participation 1986 trend-setting event Elvan Kristensen THE FOLLOWING day-by-day ac count 3rd European F3A Aerobatics Championships held LaGarde France July 9-13 1986 written Ivan Kristensen manner give reader better understanding what goes exciting events Day 1 Sunday July 6 trip off excellent start Dean Koger arrived Dayton travel out Toronto International Airport airport met Peter Alnutt incidentally has considerable international Free Flight acclaim Peter able have us checked through security way special entrance primarily used airline staff flight personnel thereby enabling us checked through faster other wise would possible should mention Peter employee Air Canada happened duty day left Peter also boarding passes ready special bonus us seated Super Club section British Air ways 747 take us Toronto London England Day 2 Monday July 7 started about half-hour past midnight Toronto time Good morning ladies gen tlemen captain speaking quick look out window confirmed indeed morning just off coast Ireland still cruising 38000 feet about 1 hours go Heathrow Airport London After 4-hour wait off again en route direct Marseille During flight informed flight attendant two pieces baggage made onto aircraft immediately suspected would model boxes confirmed soon after arrival Marseille However check Air Frances missing baggage han dlers assured us boxes would arrive later flight delivered hotel LaGarde Left Wolfgang Matt Liechtenstein placed second flew now-familiar Joker airplane powered long-stroke Webra con trolled bya Robbe PCM new computer radio manufactured Futaba Right Tobias Schulz W Gernanyflew own-design Chal lenge Vito eighth place long-stroke side-exhaust Webra engine Graupner radio Model weighed whopping 9 lb 4 oz 40 Model Aviation uu,iiiu uunuuu puu rn Chin, USA Canada Results event may bellwether lined up horseshoe format given official welcome mayor LaGarde French aero club very official festive mood indeed city hampions airport Marseile met Tony Frackowiak Steve Helms arrived day earlier sure nice met couple friendly faces arrived strange country after long journey too much sleep trip LaGarde should have taken about 1 hours car ended up taking somewhat longer due us getting lost several times did finally get settled good badly-needed nights rest Day 3 Tuesday July 8 awoke beautiful day skies southern France filled sunshine warm tem peratures ranging 30C area First task hand see model boxes arrived However hotel personnel informed us contact Air France behalf boxes left airport 730 should arriving time Sure enough 10am boxes delivered good order Off flying site went Due European custom flier goes up time able have practice flight today everything went well went back hotel get ready official welcome city hall scheduled begin 1800 hours six oclock team members sup porters participating nations 18 total 15 European countries plus China USA Canada gathered parking lot far city hall LaGarde marched city hall headed up marching band group young baton girls team young boy girl walking ahead carrying sign name country square city hall teams hips hall again marchedthis time memorial wreath laid town community center refreshments kinds presentations February 1987 41 European Pattern championsforeigners eligible Center Bertram Lossen first left Wolfgang Mafl second right Peter Weasels third pictures author souvenir team managers completed official welcome 10 pm team managers required attend briefing As participant Canada attend meeting primarily information clarify new rules regard box measuring noise 3m 98 dB rather im 105 dB also scoring sound judges during flight now FM rules scoring sound judges works like majority judging panel agrees model quieter average five points K-l will added total flight score per counting judge judging panel agrees model noisy five points subtracted total flight score counting judge majority agrees model average majority agreement cannot established will deemed average no change flight score will take place Day 4 Wednesday July 9 Another beautiful day again temperatures low 30s Today set aside official practice processing team allotted 30-minute time slot strictly adhered Also sound equipment made available during time period check models American team first off eight oclock everything went well Sound ranged 94 dB Steve Helms 95 Tony Frackowiak 97 Dean Koger among last fly about five oclock afternoon quick sound check showed 92 dB well below maxi mum 98 practice flight particularly good wind picked up quite bit during day observed Wolfgang Matts flight closely Hanno Prettner being attendance Matt considered beat based 2nd-place finish Flevo hof World Championships 1985 So far organization has seemed quite good although meals have left quite bit desired Day 5 Thursday July 10 Today actual competition got underway precisely 7 am judges ready pilots walting anticipation day started out wind calm cool temperatures Steve Helms second up posted disappointing score 319 59% after respectable flight minor faults Mart 8th fly posted 377 remain high score round until Bertram Lossen Germany came up 388 score high flight Round 1 Tony Dean both scored 339 yours truly 352 Standings after Round 11 Lossen 388 2 Mart 377 3 Wessels 353 4 Lui Aykyang 353 5 Kristensen 352 8 Frackowiak 339 9 Koger 339 21 Helms 319 Round 2 started four oclock time wind picked up considerably temperatures hovering around 300C Dean Koger 6th up did realize until airborne several trims moved transmit ter Worse yet direction snap switch somehow moved 42 Model Aviation Say cheese Standing L-R Dean Koger US Ivan Kristensen Canada Steve Helms US Kneeling Ken Rinks England Wolfgang Matt Liechtenstein Tony Frackowiak US cant tell what fliers doing scoreboard looks like very nice cant read print picture can tell results charts standings top nine didnt change bit preliminary rounds flyoffs Steve Helms Checkmatefinished very respectably fourth positive snap negative snap result zero maneuvernot because negative snap illegal because startled him see aircraft pitch nega tively during snap causing him immediately let go completing part rotation finishing aileron Scoring 288 Dean hoped throwaway flight again opportunity watch Wolfgang Matt Liechtenstein fly felt flight good first check scoreboard con firmed Marts 368 gave everyone relief might chance catch up During second round rather hu morous incident took place Just prior Matts flight Tony Frackowiak reason leave spectator stand get some thing rental car Steve sharing find got doors locked Steve key would appear windows left rolled down far enough Tony attempt stick arm through open door inside However least expect gremlins strike Tony two problems first could open car door inside second was unable remove arm door resulted rather loud call Steve still sitting stands come bail him out Sorry Tony just too funny pass up wont tell about managed lose over $100000 US cash about ended up outside garbage bin hotel parking lot Day 6 Friday July 11 Today would finish Round 2 fly complete third round temperature slightly cooler previous day winds light flying conditions near ideal Lossen first fly among top five flew excellent flight afraid check scoreboard surprise got 365 three less Marts secondround score previous day 23 short first round left door open move closer winners flight went quite well wind little bit stronger earlier slightly cross still near ideal minor faults result 366 point ahead Lossen three points behind Matt scores would like mention still quite low certainly standards have grown accustomed US Canada top score Round 2 368/540 score enough take fifth third place Wessels Shultz Germany 4th 5th Steve Helms scored 347 moved 6th Tony 335 7th due bad luck Dean dropped 18th place However two rounds go lot can happen Round 3 got underway around 1015 wind starting pick up swinging easterly southwesterly bringing cooler temperature Mediterranean Sea turn out Matts bad luck round Ap parently something went wrong electric starter thought engine malfunctioning Therefore due fear 3-mm starting time running out went backup model did see flight told flopped stall turn generally performed poorly scoring 354 Lossen other hand super performance posted round high 391 including five-point bonus below average sound level Again man aged get second high score 365 maintaining 3rd place after Round 3 Peter Wessels Germany got 351 Helms Koger Ken Rinks England posted 347 Tony last man fly about 730 attempted bring flight closer speed up roll rate resulted rather untidy flight noticeable changes altitude headings score disappoint ing 342 about right Day 7 Saturday July 12 Round 4 last day qualifying flights started out gray skies threat stormy conditions late day Temperatures much cooler no sun first half round scheduled between eight 11 second half starting until 4 pm situation worried little fly until second half flying conditions first half almost perfect alight steady wind no sun Matt 5th man fly managed come up what Continued page 134 February 1987 43 Taco Tijsma 0 Holland devised scoring program used contest carried another step way shown picture actually operate computer three-man FAI Jury wasthere overseethe event resolve anydisputes L-R Pierre Chaussebourg France Otakar Saffek Czechoslovakia Werner Groth W Germany wooden propeller blades same make size may Cut fit correctly using good slow-cure epoxy Half thickness prop hub retained excellent strength qual ities advertising flyer concludes note states Using gauge feel can excellent job restoring broken props ever accept no responsibility product turn out other words company sell ing device recognizes finished product may less perfect compared new propeller dont want held respon sible should involved incident result ing restored prop suggest spend money new one-piece propellers long run could save Have safe month John Preston Model Aviation 1810 Samuel Morse Dr Reston Virginia 22090 F3A Euro/Kristensen Continued page 43 thought mediocre performance score 383 slightly higher Steve flew shortly afterward came up vith highest score contest 373 should good enough get him flyoff Dean Koger again some bad luck having problems YS engine loading up sitting runway idling preparation takeoff happened again during takeoff roll Tony chase plane down runway accidentally kicked ele vator half bent down approximately created very bad trim condition plague Dean throughout flight Deans score fourth round quite low atonly 332 meantthat would able make flyoff would worth mentioning problems very likely have made flyoff flying gen erally very good second half 4th round got underway precisely four oclock Tony first fly put best flight far 385 well within striking distance flyoff spot although several unknown fac tors could come play such Lossens flight yet come scored very high effect Tonys score would minimized normalizing Also DiBaggio Bertalozzi Italy position knock both Steve Tony out flyoff way going determine flyoff positions course select top five European competitors also include non-Europeans placed ahead of top five Europeans Now well last half fourth round storm did materialize al though wind slightly stronger time flew really enough make difference also posted highest score 382 Helms got 373 Lossen flew near end quite strong wind came up 397 Ken Rinks thought might make flyoff got 356 did make cut Day 8 Sunday July 12 am sure woke up 540am Unable go back sleep got up went out contest site get couple practice flights flyoff start until ATT- CHEK1 ON-Board Battery Tester Saves Time. Saves Models BAiTCH EK RX-1 $1495 USA NEW Install RC Models Check receiver battery status press button Small Light 1/2 oz Precise Rugged ORDER TODAY dealer Protune Corp 9141462-8452 PO Box 1808 Poughkeepsie NY 12601 DEALER INOUIRIES J WELCOME J SEND450 per 5/8 ID Coupler or5OOper3/4 lDTo DANA AEROSPACE CORP 1110 E 5th St rior WI 54880 134 Model Aviation seen similar flights far Safety Prestonjudges have tendency loosen up toward Continued page 22the end contest Whats Ugly Flies Great SUCG RETAIL $24995 CIRCUS $18995 PRICE ITEM 4* POKRAFT Specifications Wing Span Wing Area Length Engine40 Radio System Est Finish Weight V 60 720 Sq 46in /cycl 4 Channel 96 oz STICK DAS UGLY Das Ugly Stick time favorite aircraft designed Phil Kraft last american world champion now available Ready Fly kit complete 60 sized kit constructed ity balsa ply no foamt kit ready body wing pieces covered red film type finish final assembly takes few hours Cenerous hardware includes motor mount landing gear wheels control rods horns spinner fuel tank Whats Beautiful Flies Better REED FALCON beautiful tournament champ ons w nner designed Ken Bonnema now available scaled down version turn around sport scale enthusiasts want aerobatic biplane no limitations kit constructed balsa ply.no foam includes fiberglass ABS cowl wheel pants clear canopy generous hardware pkg full size plans SUCG RETAIL $22995 CIRCUS PRICE 16995 w/ABS COWL ITEM 4*MRL200A CIRCUS PF CE 7995 w/FIBERCLASS C OWL ITEM #MRL200F g5 Specifications Wing Span54 Wing Area1079 sq Length54 Engine60 90 2/cycl 120 4/cycl Radio System4 B Channel Est Finish Weight 85 95 lhs \CII*5 HODDHS 3132 S Highland Dr Las Vegas Nevada 89109 Customer Service Call 1-702-732-0022 Orders Call Toll Free I-800-782-0022j advertisement good thru 1st issue month Prices sublect change 1000 am no around during flights realized elevator servo going bad quick trip back hotel change have shower time flyoff start Lessen first off qualified first place put absolutely magic performance got 402 Matt next posted 396 Steve Helms shared third spot 375 Fan Mm Wessels far behind 373 372 respectively Lessens 402 score made him sure winner contest Well deserved might add Flyoff Round 2 thing impressed contest would way organizers able consistently get officials judges pilots together get things started time precisely three oclock second round underway Starting order reversed Europeans flying first Lessen again proved belonged top 397 meant topped scoreboard rounds meet except Round 2 3rd behind Matt myself Matts score second flyoff round dropped back 381 own improved 383 elevator servo definitely giving trouble no changes would take place among top three bad weather predicted earlier afternoon threatening second half flyoff fact real possibility flight would rained out very last pilot fly contest Somehow managed hold off just long enough wrap up contest finest flyoff per formances ever hadnt early recovery spin flight might have top round Anyway Lessen too far ahead anyone catch him happy 383 10 minutes after completion flight rain poured down thun der lightning last about half hour really too bad organizers got thunder shower because lot spectators gathered watch flyoff left result missed flying demon stration Italians very good prize-giving ceremony organizers done really good job promoting event local community through radio TV newspapers large billboard-type signs over town Several large party-type tents set up tables chairs concession selling beer soft drinks hot dogs etc doing brisk business local Volvo dealership tent showing off latest models kiddie car ride set up gives idea effort Europeans put event mag nitude Continued page 138 HObbY Horn Old Timer _ 2t LM45S 8 GAS lionEL 4/odL eSgwicg eccsea 8REAKER 1991 BROOKLYN DODGER 56 Cabin ~NEWEST5 Retail S5295*sINTRoDuCTORY PRICEC $3900 1939 Record Breaker 96 $69 56 1939 Zipper 5L0$5356 1930 Kloud King 63 $92 36 1991 Bngidir 56 $9076 1991 Super Quaker 78 $7276 1990 So Long 5e$3036 1936 Buccaneer tO $5996 1938 Clipper MKI 72$9156 1937 Dallaire 108 $75 16 1935 Miss Aaerica 89 $7196 1991 Playboy Sr 00 $5116 1991 Playboy Jr 50$31 10 1938 Powerhouse 89 $53 56 1900 Sailplane 70 $0976 l93eTrenton Terror 72 $9076 l995Ranger96$3196 1939 Korda Wake 99 $1916 1939 Mercury 72 $5836 kits qualify SAM events FF & RIO feature highest quality machine cut & sanded parts Superior Competition sheet strip wood wire & window material Plans orig FF models easily convertible 3db RIO KITS Sailplanes Electric power Gas Hobby Horn SENSOAR Glider 78 OSsI $1860 Midway Model GNOME R/C Hand Launch Glider$2005 Jolly Models FLINGER R/O HLG 58 Span$2900 Midway Model FAST EDDIE Aerobatic /05 Elec$1900 Jolly Models ELECTRICUS Electric Glider 05s$32SO Leisure PLAYBOY SR 67 Gear 05 Elect $3000 Astro ASTRO SPORT 37 Direct 05 elect $2250 Leisure WASP 37 Direct 05 Electrics$2250 Midway ULTRA MK IV 06 Geared 09 EP $3900 Midway PLYING QUAKER 89 00-059 stroke $6976 Oks/Midway DENNY JR 72 Alum Camel$6396 Oks/Midway BUZZARD BOMBSHELL 72$0196 FULL LINE OF ELECTRIC SYSTEMS t Parts Aval SHIPPING & HANDLING 64 Page CATALOOUE Up $000 add $150$200 PP/tat Class $001 $2000 add $220 copy wilt sent $2001 $9500 add $300 free-when requested $9001 $7000 add $350 order over $7000 add $900HOBBY HORN CA Addressees add 6% tas 15173 Moran St tAt Send MO visa/MCI#--EaptPO Bow 2212 Check tallow up 30Westminster Ca 92680 days CK clearancet 17101 0930311 j COD Esact Charges plus $150 Hdl Cash OnlyltAft Hrs 17101 89512031 February 1987 135 2rnr lUG THP DESIGN TAILORED HELICAL PITCH DEVELOPEDTO GIVE MAXIMUM THRUST AT 4 CYCLE ENGINE RPM ALLTHE LATEST TECHNIQUES USED ON OUR PRO SERIES 3 SEE BELOW DIAPITCH THP 1266/s778 13677/o8 14877/a8 1587 16678 PRICE 299 379 479 689 989 NEW PRO SERIES 3 NEW HIGH TECH AIRFOIL SECTION 1OTO2OYoINCREASE IN THRUST MFGOFSELECTHARD MAPLE WOOD WILL NOT FATIGUE LIKE SYNTHETICS FUELPROOFHIGH LUSTER FINISH DIAPITCHPRICE 534149 834149 72833Io456179 8334568189 845667199 9456677/o199 104588/o7209 106W8W209 10SEW219 Ii4677/o7/o78229 ii5W229 11SEW239 1167239 124W279 125W279 1256279 1356349 1456459 1556659 164VoN0969 16678969 RC PYLON RACING SERIES 500 DIA PITCH PRICE 7 5N 5N 279 8 6778 299 SERIES 400C 86877Io7289 9 777 289 W WIDE BLADE EW EXTRA WIDE N NARROW F3A Euro/Kristensen Continued page 135 prize-giving ceremony very nice indeed flag raising playing appropriate national anthems winners Europe understood beginning us Europe would eligible become European Champion Americans Chinese myself Canada received medal token participation 3rd European Championship 1986 LaGarde As always no Contest magnitude complete closing banquet 830 pm participants gathered shirt-and-tie affair town civic center mayor organizers other dig nitaries enjoyable time plenty camaraderie paper airplanes sending messages back forth between tables party broke up shortly before mid night too soon Dean 630 am flight international airport Marseille approximately 1 hours car hotel LaGarde meant get up 3 am three hours sleep start journey homeward Needless say couple exhausted guys arrived Toronto some 20 hours later four-hour vers both Paris London return trip model boxes checked straight through Marseille minimum amount hassle no cost sitting floor baggage claim area Toronto waiting us got through passport control So ended trip 3rd European Championships can truly say enjoyable experience ex tremely informative areas Now have ingredients necessary all-out effort World Championships held fall 1987 France See RC Scale/Wischers Continued page 45 Butt-joint panel lines should really de pressed groove surface modelers prefer simple approach simulate line using self-adhesive chart tape 1/64-in wide cause quick easy method viewed distance isnt unreasonable simu lation Black lines white airplane exam ple can applied draftsmans ruling pen India ink lines bold spectacular totally unrealistic Raised rivet detail simulate button-head riv ets can applied Wilbold R/C-56 Weldbond glue Transfer individual drops glue small puddle Onto model round tooth pick may sound like lot tedious labor actually can done reasonably short time toothpick dipped puddle touched models surface leave small droplet Adjust droplet diameter cut ting off toothpick tip larger tip diameter Send SSAE Ir complete line PAUW DIESELS Englands Finest 049 35 RIC STD Send $100 list Eric Cluttoi 913 Cedar Lane Tullahoma Tenn 37388 WOOLSS 0100057 SCALE P.OrO SERV106 5000 0*400 flECKS PLANS 3 VIEWS PHOTO-PACKS PLANS ENLARGING SASE EnlEgIng Catalog s3OO SCALE PlANS PHOTO SERVICE 3209 Mdoo Goema5oo N C 27403 P50 1919 2925239 No Cohen FLYING SCALE MODEL RIC PLANS Super Detail os InstruCtion Sheets ~Smith Plans 19163 Shadowood Dr Send SASE fMonument CO 80132 HandytoDisneyWo C WORLD Bedrnnno seeps 5 KitChen A/C Poo Teon 010 SC Ityng No May 8500 wk JunnO 940 wk ogli y&mnnhyracesasoaaabe 617928 4043 NFO CONSTRUCT ON ~RtVEW5 HOW TO S U W0~ ISMO M de gMg 980 dChe 50 MO RESEARCH USROAM N p enon nee 2 eeM h Opa SADS 004 * SCALE DOCUMENTATION * FEATURING INGS OS REPLA-TECH 1987 INTEONATIONAL AIRPLANE48500 MC KENZIE HWY CATALOG $250VIDA OREGON 97488 138 Model Aviation THE LEADER IN COMPETITION PROPELLERS NEW CLE nrnrr o*t1ta5 L4TNES lSt 5279 Up PrecIsion Tools CEiNFDILL FDDLS Ce i77Books $200 Catalog MeSeIs 210aM Sale Ad SpsingfleldONo 45808 h -322-8882 linES lSO A015 s us sapplia 3 Anlation Modeler fl BLUE4iDE MACHINERY AND TIS INC POBo 5-Y HoIog WV Non CaokeoSiane2 3e 200 pogr 04Moooa 00 Si *1. oilfoo oooOorforoMrooodqoroooA ro Fordo.Oo oi Ad. 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Edition: Model Aviation - 1987/02
Page Numbers: 40, 41, 42, 43, 134, 135, 138
uacorop eveni provided fantastic view Site LaGarde near Toulon southern France Competitors 15 European European F3A winningest RC Pattern pilots North America gives us day-by-day account participation 1986 trend-setting event Elvan Kristensen THE FOLLOWING day-by-day ac count 3rd European F3A Aerobatics Championships held LaGarde France July 9-13 1986 written Ivan Kristensen manner give reader better understanding what goes exciting events Day 1 Sunday July 6 trip off excellent start Dean Koger arrived Dayton travel out Toronto International Airport airport met Peter Alnutt incidentally has considerable international Free Flight acclaim Peter able have us checked through security way special entrance primarily used airline staff flight personnel thereby enabling us checked through faster other wise would possible should mention Peter employee Air Canada happened duty day left Peter also boarding passes ready special bonus us seated Super Club section British Air ways 747 take us Toronto London England Day 2 Monday July 7 started about half-hour past midnight Toronto time Good morning ladies gen tlemen captain speaking quick look out window confirmed indeed morning just off coast Ireland still cruising 38000 feet about 1 hours go Heathrow Airport London After 4-hour wait off again en route direct Marseille During flight informed flight attendant two pieces baggage made onto aircraft immediately suspected would model boxes confirmed soon after arrival Marseille However check Air Frances missing baggage han dlers assured us boxes would arrive later flight delivered hotel LaGarde Left Wolfgang Matt Liechtenstein placed second flew now-familiar Joker airplane powered long-stroke Webra con trolled bya Robbe PCM new computer radio manufactured Futaba Right Tobias Schulz W Gernanyflew own-design Chal lenge Vito eighth place long-stroke side-exhaust Webra engine Graupner radio Model weighed whopping 9 lb 4 oz 40 Model Aviation uu,iiiu uunuuu puu rn Chin, USA Canada Results event may bellwether lined up horseshoe format given official welcome mayor LaGarde French aero club very official festive mood indeed city hampions airport Marseile met Tony Frackowiak Steve Helms arrived day earlier sure nice met couple friendly faces arrived strange country after long journey too much sleep trip LaGarde should have taken about 1 hours car ended up taking somewhat longer due us getting lost several times did finally get settled good badly-needed nights rest Day 3 Tuesday July 8 awoke beautiful day skies southern France filled sunshine warm tem peratures ranging 30C area First task hand see model boxes arrived However hotel personnel informed us contact Air France behalf boxes left airport 730 should arriving time Sure enough 10am boxes delivered good order Off flying site went Due European custom flier goes up time able have practice flight today everything went well went back hotel get ready official welcome city hall scheduled begin 1800 hours six oclock team members sup porters participating nations 18 total 15 European countries plus China USA Canada gathered parking lot far city hall LaGarde marched city hall headed up marching band group young baton girls team young boy girl walking ahead carrying sign name country square city hall teams hips hall again marchedthis time memorial wreath laid town community center refreshments kinds presentations February 1987 41 European Pattern championsforeigners eligible Center Bertram Lossen first left Wolfgang Mafl second right Peter Weasels third pictures author souvenir team managers completed official welcome 10 pm team managers required attend briefing As participant Canada attend meeting primarily information clarify new rules regard box measuring noise 3m 98 dB rather im 105 dB also scoring sound judges during flight now FM rules scoring sound judges works like majority judging panel agrees model quieter average five points K-l will added total flight score per counting judge judging panel agrees model noisy five points subtracted total flight score counting judge majority agrees model average majority agreement cannot established will deemed average no change flight score will take place Day 4 Wednesday July 9 Another beautiful day again temperatures low 30s Today set aside official practice processing team allotted 30-minute time slot strictly adhered Also sound equipment made available during time period check models American team first off eight oclock everything went well Sound ranged 94 dB Steve Helms 95 Tony Frackowiak 97 Dean Koger among last fly about five oclock afternoon quick sound check showed 92 dB well below maxi mum 98 practice flight particularly good wind picked up quite bit during day observed Wolfgang Matts flight closely Hanno Prettner being attendance Matt considered beat based 2nd-place finish Flevo hof World Championships 1985 So far organization has seemed quite good although meals have left quite bit desired Day 5 Thursday July 10 Today actual competition got underway precisely 7 am judges ready pilots walting anticipation day started out wind calm cool temperatures Steve Helms second up posted disappointing score 319 59% after respectable flight minor faults Mart 8th fly posted 377 remain high score round until Bertram Lossen Germany came up 388 score high flight Round 1 Tony Dean both scored 339 yours truly 352 Standings after Round 11 Lossen 388 2 Mart 377 3 Wessels 353 4 Lui Aykyang 353 5 Kristensen 352 8 Frackowiak 339 9 Koger 339 21 Helms 319 Round 2 started four oclock time wind picked up considerably temperatures hovering around 300C Dean Koger 6th up did realize until airborne several trims moved transmit ter Worse yet direction snap switch somehow moved 42 Model Aviation Say cheese Standing L-R Dean Koger US Ivan Kristensen Canada Steve Helms US Kneeling Ken Rinks England Wolfgang Matt Liechtenstein Tony Frackowiak US cant tell what fliers doing scoreboard looks like very nice cant read print picture can tell results charts standings top nine didnt change bit preliminary rounds flyoffs Steve Helms Checkmatefinished very respectably fourth positive snap negative snap result zero maneuvernot because negative snap illegal because startled him see aircraft pitch nega tively during snap causing him immediately let go completing part rotation finishing aileron Scoring 288 Dean hoped throwaway flight again opportunity watch Wolfgang Matt Liechtenstein fly felt flight good first check scoreboard con firmed Marts 368 gave everyone relief might chance catch up During second round rather hu morous incident took place Just prior Matts flight Tony Frackowiak reason leave spectator stand get some thing rental car Steve sharing find got doors locked Steve key would appear windows left rolled down far enough Tony attempt stick arm through open door inside However least expect gremlins strike Tony two problems first could open car door inside second was unable remove arm door resulted rather loud call Steve still sitting stands come bail him out Sorry Tony just too funny pass up wont tell about managed lose over $100000 US cash about ended up outside garbage bin hotel parking lot Day 6 Friday July 11 Today would finish Round 2 fly complete third round temperature slightly cooler previous day winds light flying conditions near ideal Lossen first fly among top five flew excellent flight afraid check scoreboard surprise got 365 three less Marts secondround score previous day 23 short first round left door open move closer winners flight went quite well wind little bit stronger earlier slightly cross still near ideal minor faults result 366 point ahead Lossen three points behind Matt scores would like mention still quite low certainly standards have grown accustomed US Canada top score Round 2 368/540 score enough take fifth third place Wessels Shultz Germany 4th 5th Steve Helms scored 347 moved 6th Tony 335 7th due bad luck Dean dropped 18th place However two rounds go lot can happen Round 3 got underway around 1015 wind starting pick up swinging easterly southwesterly bringing cooler temperature Mediterranean Sea turn out Matts bad luck round Ap parently something went wrong electric starter thought engine malfunctioning Therefore due fear 3-mm starting time running out went backup model did see flight told flopped stall turn generally performed poorly scoring 354 Lossen other hand super performance posted round high 391 including five-point bonus below average sound level Again man aged get second high score 365 maintaining 3rd place after Round 3 Peter Wessels Germany got 351 Helms Koger Ken Rinks England posted 347 Tony last man fly about 730 attempted bring flight closer speed up roll rate resulted rather untidy flight noticeable changes altitude headings score disappoint ing 342 about right Day 7 Saturday July 12 Round 4 last day qualifying flights started out gray skies threat stormy conditions late day Temperatures much cooler no sun first half round scheduled between eight 11 second half starting until 4 pm situation worried little fly until second half flying conditions first half almost perfect alight steady wind no sun Matt 5th man fly managed come up what Continued page 134 February 1987 43 Taco Tijsma 0 Holland devised scoring program used contest carried another step way shown picture actually operate computer three-man FAI Jury wasthere overseethe event resolve anydisputes L-R Pierre Chaussebourg France Otakar Saffek Czechoslovakia Werner Groth W Germany wooden propeller blades same make size may Cut fit correctly using good slow-cure epoxy Half thickness prop hub retained excellent strength qual ities advertising flyer concludes note states Using gauge feel can excellent job restoring broken props ever accept no responsibility product turn out other words company sell ing device recognizes finished product may less perfect compared new propeller dont want held respon sible should involved incident result ing restored prop suggest spend money new one-piece propellers long run could save Have safe month John Preston Model Aviation 1810 Samuel Morse Dr Reston Virginia 22090 F3A Euro/Kristensen Continued page 43 thought mediocre performance score 383 slightly higher Steve flew shortly afterward came up vith highest score contest 373 should good enough get him flyoff Dean Koger again some bad luck having problems YS engine loading up sitting runway idling preparation takeoff happened again during takeoff roll Tony chase plane down runway accidentally kicked ele vator half bent down approximately created very bad trim condition plague Dean throughout flight Deans score fourth round quite low atonly 332 meantthat would able make flyoff would worth mentioning problems very likely have made flyoff flying gen erally very good second half 4th round got underway precisely four oclock Tony first fly put best flight far 385 well within striking distance flyoff spot although several unknown fac tors could come play such Lossens flight yet come scored very high effect Tonys score would minimized normalizing Also DiBaggio Bertalozzi Italy position knock both Steve Tony out flyoff way going determine flyoff positions course select top five European competitors also include non-Europeans placed ahead of top five Europeans Now well last half fourth round storm did materialize al though wind slightly stronger time flew really enough make difference also posted highest score 382 Helms got 373 Lossen flew near end quite strong wind came up 397 Ken Rinks thought might make flyoff got 356 did make cut Day 8 Sunday July 12 am sure woke up 540am Unable go back sleep got up went out contest site get couple practice flights flyoff start until ATT- CHEK1 ON-Board Battery Tester Saves Time. Saves Models BAiTCH EK RX-1 $1495 USA NEW Install RC Models Check receiver battery status press button Small Light 1/2 oz Precise Rugged ORDER TODAY dealer Protune Corp 9141462-8452 PO Box 1808 Poughkeepsie NY 12601 DEALER INOUIRIES J WELCOME J SEND450 per 5/8 ID Coupler or5OOper3/4 lDTo DANA AEROSPACE CORP 1110 E 5th St rior WI 54880 134 Model Aviation seen similar flights far Safety Prestonjudges have tendency loosen up toward Continued page 22the end contest Whats Ugly Flies Great SUCG RETAIL $24995 CIRCUS $18995 PRICE ITEM 4* POKRAFT Specifications Wing Span Wing Area Length Engine40 Radio System Est Finish Weight V 60 720 Sq 46in /cycl 4 Channel 96 oz STICK DAS UGLY Das Ugly Stick time favorite aircraft designed Phil Kraft last american world champion now available Ready Fly kit complete 60 sized kit constructed ity balsa ply no foamt kit ready body wing pieces covered red film type finish final assembly takes few hours Cenerous hardware includes motor mount landing gear wheels control rods horns spinner fuel tank Whats Beautiful Flies Better REED FALCON beautiful tournament champ ons w nner designed Ken Bonnema now available scaled down version turn around sport scale enthusiasts want aerobatic biplane no limitations kit constructed balsa ply.no foam includes fiberglass ABS cowl wheel pants clear canopy generous hardware pkg full size plans SUCG RETAIL $22995 CIRCUS PRICE 16995 w/ABS COWL ITEM 4*MRL200A CIRCUS PF CE 7995 w/FIBERCLASS C OWL ITEM #MRL200F g5 Specifications Wing Span54 Wing Area1079 sq Length54 Engine60 90 2/cycl 120 4/cycl Radio System4 B Channel Est Finish Weight 85 95 lhs \CII*5 HODDHS 3132 S Highland Dr Las Vegas Nevada 89109 Customer Service Call 1-702-732-0022 Orders Call Toll Free I-800-782-0022j advertisement good thru 1st issue month Prices sublect change 1000 am no around during flights realized elevator servo going bad quick trip back hotel change have shower time flyoff start Lessen first off qualified first place put absolutely magic performance got 402 Matt next posted 396 Steve Helms shared third spot 375 Fan Mm Wessels far behind 373 372 respectively Lessens 402 score made him sure winner contest Well deserved might add Flyoff Round 2 thing impressed contest would way organizers able consistently get officials judges pilots together get things started time precisely three oclock second round underway Starting order reversed Europeans flying first Lessen again proved belonged top 397 meant topped scoreboard rounds meet except Round 2 3rd behind Matt myself Matts score second flyoff round dropped back 381 own improved 383 elevator servo definitely giving trouble no changes would take place among top three bad weather predicted earlier afternoon threatening second half flyoff fact real possibility flight would rained out very last pilot fly contest Somehow managed hold off just long enough wrap up contest finest flyoff per formances ever hadnt early recovery spin flight might have top round Anyway Lessen too far ahead anyone catch him happy 383 10 minutes after completion flight rain poured down thun der lightning last about half hour really too bad organizers got thunder shower because lot spectators gathered watch flyoff left result missed flying demon stration Italians very good prize-giving ceremony organizers done really good job promoting event local community through radio TV newspapers large billboard-type signs over town Several large party-type tents set up tables chairs concession selling beer soft drinks hot dogs etc doing brisk business local Volvo dealership tent showing off latest models kiddie car ride set up gives idea effort Europeans put event mag nitude Continued page 138 HObbY Horn Old Timer _ 2t LM45S 8 GAS lionEL 4/odL eSgwicg eccsea 8REAKER 1991 BROOKLYN DODGER 56 Cabin ~NEWEST5 Retail S5295*sINTRoDuCTORY PRICEC $3900 1939 Record Breaker 96 $69 56 1939 Zipper 5L0$5356 1930 Kloud King 63 $92 36 1991 Bngidir 56 $9076 1991 Super Quaker 78 $7276 1990 So Long 5e$3036 1936 Buccaneer tO $5996 1938 Clipper MKI 72$9156 1937 Dallaire 108 $75 16 1935 Miss Aaerica 89 $7196 1991 Playboy Sr 00 $5116 1991 Playboy Jr 50$31 10 1938 Powerhouse 89 $53 56 1900 Sailplane 70 $0976 l93eTrenton Terror 72 $9076 l995Ranger96$3196 1939 Korda Wake 99 $1916 1939 Mercury 72 $5836 kits qualify SAM events FF & RIO feature highest quality machine cut & sanded parts Superior Competition sheet strip wood wire & window material Plans orig FF models easily convertible 3db RIO KITS Sailplanes Electric power Gas Hobby Horn SENSOAR Glider 78 OSsI $1860 Midway Model GNOME R/C Hand Launch Glider$2005 Jolly Models FLINGER R/O HLG 58 Span$2900 Midway Model FAST EDDIE Aerobatic /05 Elec$1900 Jolly Models ELECTRICUS Electric Glider 05s$32SO Leisure PLAYBOY SR 67 Gear 05 Elect $3000 Astro ASTRO SPORT 37 Direct 05 elect $2250 Leisure WASP 37 Direct 05 Electrics$2250 Midway ULTRA MK IV 06 Geared 09 EP $3900 Midway PLYING QUAKER 89 00-059 stroke $6976 Oks/Midway DENNY JR 72 Alum Camel$6396 Oks/Midway BUZZARD BOMBSHELL 72$0196 FULL LINE OF ELECTRIC SYSTEMS t Parts Aval SHIPPING & HANDLING 64 Page CATALOOUE Up $000 add $150$200 PP/tat Class $001 $2000 add $220 copy wilt sent $2001 $9500 add $300 free-when requested $9001 $7000 add $350 order over $7000 add $900HOBBY HORN CA Addressees add 6% tas 15173 Moran St tAt Send MO visa/MCI#--EaptPO Bow 2212 Check tallow up 30Westminster Ca 92680 days CK clearancet 17101 0930311 j COD Esact Charges plus $150 Hdl Cash OnlyltAft Hrs 17101 89512031 February 1987 135 2rnr lUG THP DESIGN TAILORED HELICAL PITCH DEVELOPEDTO GIVE MAXIMUM THRUST AT 4 CYCLE ENGINE RPM ALLTHE LATEST TECHNIQUES USED ON OUR PRO SERIES 3 SEE BELOW DIAPITCH THP 1266/s778 13677/o8 14877/a8 1587 16678 PRICE 299 379 479 689 989 NEW PRO SERIES 3 NEW HIGH TECH AIRFOIL SECTION 1OTO2OYoINCREASE IN THRUST MFGOFSELECTHARD MAPLE WOOD WILL NOT FATIGUE LIKE SYNTHETICS FUELPROOFHIGH LUSTER FINISH DIAPITCHPRICE 534149 834149 72833Io456179 8334568189 845667199 9456677/o199 104588/o7209 106W8W209 10SEW219 Ii4677/o7/o78229 ii5W229 11SEW239 1167239 124W279 125W279 1256279 1356349 1456459 1556659 164VoN0969 16678969 RC PYLON RACING SERIES 500 DIA PITCH PRICE 7 5N 5N 279 8 6778 299 SERIES 400C 86877Io7289 9 777 289 W WIDE BLADE EW EXTRA WIDE N NARROW F3A Euro/Kristensen Continued page 135 prize-giving ceremony very nice indeed flag raising playing appropriate national anthems winners Europe understood beginning us Europe would eligible become European Champion Americans Chinese myself Canada received medal token participation 3rd European Championship 1986 LaGarde As always no Contest magnitude complete closing banquet 830 pm participants gathered shirt-and-tie affair town civic center mayor organizers other dig nitaries enjoyable time plenty camaraderie paper airplanes sending messages back forth between tables party broke up shortly before mid night too soon Dean 630 am flight international airport Marseille approximately 1 hours car hotel LaGarde meant get up 3 am three hours sleep start journey homeward Needless say couple exhausted guys arrived Toronto some 20 hours later four-hour vers both Paris London return trip model boxes checked straight through Marseille minimum amount hassle no cost sitting floor baggage claim area Toronto waiting us got through passport control So ended trip 3rd European Championships can truly say enjoyable experience ex tremely informative areas Now have ingredients necessary all-out effort World Championships held fall 1987 France See RC Scale/Wischers Continued page 45 Butt-joint panel lines should really de pressed groove surface modelers prefer simple approach simulate line using self-adhesive chart tape 1/64-in wide cause quick easy method viewed distance isnt unreasonable simu lation Black lines white airplane exam ple can applied draftsmans ruling pen India ink lines bold spectacular totally unrealistic Raised rivet detail simulate button-head riv ets can applied Wilbold R/C-56 Weldbond glue Transfer individual drops glue small puddle Onto model round tooth pick may sound like lot tedious labor actually can done reasonably short time toothpick dipped puddle touched models surface leave small droplet Adjust droplet diameter cut ting off toothpick tip larger tip diameter Send SSAE Ir complete line PAUW DIESELS Englands Finest 049 35 RIC STD Send $100 list Eric Cluttoi 913 Cedar Lane Tullahoma Tenn 37388 WOOLSS 0100057 SCALE P.OrO SERV106 5000 0*400 flECKS PLANS 3 VIEWS PHOTO-PACKS PLANS ENLARGING SASE EnlEgIng Catalog s3OO SCALE PlANS PHOTO SERVICE 3209 Mdoo Goema5oo N C 27403 P50 1919 2925239 No Cohen FLYING SCALE MODEL RIC PLANS Super Detail os InstruCtion Sheets ~Smith Plans 19163 Shadowood Dr Send SASE fMonument CO 80132 HandytoDisneyWo C WORLD Bedrnnno seeps 5 KitChen A/C Poo Teon 010 SC Ityng No May 8500 wk JunnO 940 wk ogli y&mnnhyracesasoaaabe 617928 4043 NFO CONSTRUCT ON ~RtVEW5 HOW TO S U W0~ ISMO M de gMg 980 dChe 50 MO RESEARCH USROAM N p enon nee 2 eeM h Opa SADS 004 * SCALE DOCUMENTATION * FEATURING INGS OS REPLA-TECH 1987 INTEONATIONAL AIRPLANE48500 MC KENZIE HWY CATALOG $250VIDA OREGON 97488 138 Model Aviation THE LEADER IN COMPETITION PROPELLERS NEW CLE nrnrr o*t1ta5 L4TNES lSt 5279 Up PrecIsion Tools CEiNFDILL FDDLS Ce i77Books $200 Catalog MeSeIs 210aM Sale Ad SpsingfleldONo 45808 h -322-8882 linES lSO A015 s us sapplia 3 Anlation Modeler fl BLUE4iDE MACHINERY AND TIS INC POBo 5-Y HoIog WV Non CaokeoSiane2 3e 200 pogr 04Moooa 00 Si *1. oilfoo oooOorforoMrooodqoroooA ro Fordo.Oo oi Ad. 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Edition: Model Aviation - 1987/02
Page Numbers: 40, 41, 42, 43, 134, 135, 138
uacorop eveni provided fantastic view Site LaGarde near Toulon southern France Competitors 15 European European F3A winningest RC Pattern pilots North America gives us day-by-day account participation 1986 trend-setting event Elvan Kristensen THE FOLLOWING day-by-day ac count 3rd European F3A Aerobatics Championships held LaGarde France July 9-13 1986 written Ivan Kristensen manner give reader better understanding what goes exciting events Day 1 Sunday July 6 trip off excellent start Dean Koger arrived Dayton travel out Toronto International Airport airport met Peter Alnutt incidentally has considerable international Free Flight acclaim Peter able have us checked through security way special entrance primarily used airline staff flight personnel thereby enabling us checked through faster other wise would possible should mention Peter employee Air Canada happened duty day left Peter also boarding passes ready special bonus us seated Super Club section British Air ways 747 take us Toronto London England Day 2 Monday July 7 started about half-hour past midnight Toronto time Good morning ladies gen tlemen captain speaking quick look out window confirmed indeed morning just off coast Ireland still cruising 38000 feet about 1 hours go Heathrow Airport London After 4-hour wait off again en route direct Marseille During flight informed flight attendant two pieces baggage made onto aircraft immediately suspected would model boxes confirmed soon after arrival Marseille However check Air Frances missing baggage han dlers assured us boxes would arrive later flight delivered hotel LaGarde Left Wolfgang Matt Liechtenstein placed second flew now-familiar Joker airplane powered long-stroke Webra con trolled bya Robbe PCM new computer radio manufactured Futaba Right Tobias Schulz W Gernanyflew own-design Chal lenge Vito eighth place long-stroke side-exhaust Webra engine Graupner radio Model weighed whopping 9 lb 4 oz 40 Model Aviation uu,iiiu uunuuu puu rn Chin, USA Canada Results event may bellwether lined up horseshoe format given official welcome mayor LaGarde French aero club very official festive mood indeed city hampions airport Marseile met Tony Frackowiak Steve Helms arrived day earlier sure nice met couple friendly faces arrived strange country after long journey too much sleep trip LaGarde should have taken about 1 hours car ended up taking somewhat longer due us getting lost several times did finally get settled good badly-needed nights rest Day 3 Tuesday July 8 awoke beautiful day skies southern France filled sunshine warm tem peratures ranging 30C area First task hand see model boxes arrived However hotel personnel informed us contact Air France behalf boxes left airport 730 should arriving time Sure enough 10am boxes delivered good order Off flying site went Due European custom flier goes up time able have practice flight today everything went well went back hotel get ready official welcome city hall scheduled begin 1800 hours six oclock team members sup porters participating nations 18 total 15 European countries plus China USA Canada gathered parking lot far city hall LaGarde marched city hall headed up marching band group young baton girls team young boy girl walking ahead carrying sign name country square city hall teams hips hall again marchedthis time memorial wreath laid town community center refreshments kinds presentations February 1987 41 European Pattern championsforeigners eligible Center Bertram Lossen first left Wolfgang Mafl second right Peter Weasels third pictures author souvenir team managers completed official welcome 10 pm team managers required attend briefing As participant Canada attend meeting primarily information clarify new rules regard box measuring noise 3m 98 dB rather im 105 dB also scoring sound judges during flight now FM rules scoring sound judges works like majority judging panel agrees model quieter average five points K-l will added total flight score per counting judge judging panel agrees model noisy five points subtracted total flight score counting judge majority agrees model average majority agreement cannot established will deemed average no change flight score will take place Day 4 Wednesday July 9 Another beautiful day again temperatures low 30s Today set aside official practice processing team allotted 30-minute time slot strictly adhered Also sound equipment made available during time period check models American team first off eight oclock everything went well Sound ranged 94 dB Steve Helms 95 Tony Frackowiak 97 Dean Koger among last fly about five oclock afternoon quick sound check showed 92 dB well below maxi mum 98 practice flight particularly good wind picked up quite bit during day observed Wolfgang Matts flight closely Hanno Prettner being attendance Matt considered beat based 2nd-place finish Flevo hof World Championships 1985 So far organization has seemed quite good although meals have left quite bit desired Day 5 Thursday July 10 Today actual competition got underway precisely 7 am judges ready pilots walting anticipation day started out wind calm cool temperatures Steve Helms second up posted disappointing score 319 59% after respectable flight minor faults Mart 8th fly posted 377 remain high score round until Bertram Lossen Germany came up 388 score high flight Round 1 Tony Dean both scored 339 yours truly 352 Standings after Round 11 Lossen 388 2 Mart 377 3 Wessels 353 4 Lui Aykyang 353 5 Kristensen 352 8 Frackowiak 339 9 Koger 339 21 Helms 319 Round 2 started four oclock time wind picked up considerably temperatures hovering around 300C Dean Koger 6th up did realize until airborne several trims moved transmit ter Worse yet direction snap switch somehow moved 42 Model Aviation Say cheese Standing L-R Dean Koger US Ivan Kristensen Canada Steve Helms US Kneeling Ken Rinks England Wolfgang Matt Liechtenstein Tony Frackowiak US cant tell what fliers doing scoreboard looks like very nice cant read print picture can tell results charts standings top nine didnt change bit preliminary rounds flyoffs Steve Helms Checkmatefinished very respectably fourth positive snap negative snap result zero maneuvernot because negative snap illegal because startled him see aircraft pitch nega tively during snap causing him immediately let go completing part rotation finishing aileron Scoring 288 Dean hoped throwaway flight again opportunity watch Wolfgang Matt Liechtenstein fly felt flight good first check scoreboard con firmed Marts 368 gave everyone relief might chance catch up During second round rather hu morous incident took place Just prior Matts flight Tony Frackowiak reason leave spectator stand get some thing rental car Steve sharing find got doors locked Steve key would appear windows left rolled down far enough Tony attempt stick arm through open door inside However least expect gremlins strike Tony two problems first could open car door inside second was unable remove arm door resulted rather loud call Steve still sitting stands come bail him out Sorry Tony just too funny pass up wont tell about managed lose over $100000 US cash about ended up outside garbage bin hotel parking lot Day 6 Friday July 11 Today would finish Round 2 fly complete third round temperature slightly cooler previous day winds light flying conditions near ideal Lossen first fly among top five flew excellent flight afraid check scoreboard surprise got 365 three less Marts secondround score previous day 23 short first round left door open move closer winners flight went quite well wind little bit stronger earlier slightly cross still near ideal minor faults result 366 point ahead Lossen three points behind Matt scores would like mention still quite low certainly standards have grown accustomed US Canada top score Round 2 368/540 score enough take fifth third place Wessels Shultz Germany 4th 5th Steve Helms scored 347 moved 6th Tony 335 7th due bad luck Dean dropped 18th place However two rounds go lot can happen Round 3 got underway around 1015 wind starting pick up swinging easterly southwesterly bringing cooler temperature Mediterranean Sea turn out Matts bad luck round Ap parently something went wrong electric starter thought engine malfunctioning Therefore due fear 3-mm starting time running out went backup model did see flight told flopped stall turn generally performed poorly scoring 354 Lossen other hand super performance posted round high 391 including five-point bonus below average sound level Again man aged get second high score 365 maintaining 3rd place after Round 3 Peter Wessels Germany got 351 Helms Koger Ken Rinks England posted 347 Tony last man fly about 730 attempted bring flight closer speed up roll rate resulted rather untidy flight noticeable changes altitude headings score disappoint ing 342 about right Day 7 Saturday July 12 Round 4 last day qualifying flights started out gray skies threat stormy conditions late day Temperatures much cooler no sun first half round scheduled between eight 11 second half starting until 4 pm situation worried little fly until second half flying conditions first half almost perfect alight steady wind no sun Matt 5th man fly managed come up what Continued page 134 February 1987 43 Taco Tijsma 0 Holland devised scoring program used contest carried another step way shown picture actually operate computer three-man FAI Jury wasthere overseethe event resolve anydisputes L-R Pierre Chaussebourg France Otakar Saffek Czechoslovakia Werner Groth W Germany wooden propeller blades same make size may Cut fit correctly using good slow-cure epoxy Half thickness prop hub retained excellent strength qual ities advertising flyer concludes note states Using gauge feel can excellent job restoring broken props ever accept no responsibility product turn out other words company sell ing device recognizes finished product may less perfect compared new propeller dont want held respon sible should involved incident result ing restored prop suggest spend money new one-piece propellers long run could save Have safe month John Preston Model Aviation 1810 Samuel Morse Dr Reston Virginia 22090 F3A Euro/Kristensen Continued page 43 thought mediocre performance score 383 slightly higher Steve flew shortly afterward came up vith highest score contest 373 should good enough get him flyoff Dean Koger again some bad luck having problems YS engine loading up sitting runway idling preparation takeoff happened again during takeoff roll Tony chase plane down runway accidentally kicked ele vator half bent down approximately created very bad trim condition plague Dean throughout flight Deans score fourth round quite low atonly 332 meantthat would able make flyoff would worth mentioning problems very likely have made flyoff flying gen erally very good second half 4th round got underway precisely four oclock Tony first fly put best flight far 385 well within striking distance flyoff spot although several unknown fac tors could come play such Lossens flight yet come scored very high effect Tonys score would minimized normalizing Also DiBaggio Bertalozzi Italy position knock both Steve Tony out flyoff way going determine flyoff positions course select top five European competitors also include non-Europeans placed ahead of top five Europeans Now well last half fourth round storm did materialize al though wind slightly stronger time flew really enough make difference also posted highest score 382 Helms got 373 Lossen flew near end quite strong wind came up 397 Ken Rinks thought might make flyoff got 356 did make cut Day 8 Sunday July 12 am sure woke up 540am Unable go back sleep got up went out contest site get couple practice flights flyoff start until ATT- CHEK1 ON-Board Battery Tester Saves Time. Saves Models BAiTCH EK RX-1 $1495 USA NEW Install RC Models Check receiver battery status press button Small Light 1/2 oz Precise Rugged ORDER TODAY dealer Protune Corp 9141462-8452 PO Box 1808 Poughkeepsie NY 12601 DEALER INOUIRIES J WELCOME J SEND450 per 5/8 ID Coupler or5OOper3/4 lDTo DANA AEROSPACE CORP 1110 E 5th St rior WI 54880 134 Model Aviation seen similar flights far Safety Prestonjudges have tendency loosen up toward Continued page 22the end contest Whats Ugly Flies Great SUCG RETAIL $24995 CIRCUS $18995 PRICE ITEM 4* POKRAFT Specifications Wing Span Wing Area Length Engine40 Radio System Est Finish Weight V 60 720 Sq 46in /cycl 4 Channel 96 oz STICK DAS UGLY Das Ugly Stick time favorite aircraft designed Phil Kraft last american world champion now available Ready Fly kit complete 60 sized kit constructed ity balsa ply no foamt kit ready body wing pieces covered red film type finish final assembly takes few hours Cenerous hardware includes motor mount landing gear wheels control rods horns spinner fuel tank Whats Beautiful Flies Better REED FALCON beautiful tournament champ ons w nner designed Ken Bonnema now available scaled down version turn around sport scale enthusiasts want aerobatic biplane no limitations kit constructed balsa ply.no foam includes fiberglass ABS cowl wheel pants clear canopy generous hardware pkg full size plans SUCG RETAIL $22995 CIRCUS PRICE 16995 w/ABS COWL ITEM 4*MRL200A CIRCUS PF CE 7995 w/FIBERCLASS C OWL ITEM #MRL200F g5 Specifications Wing Span54 Wing Area1079 sq Length54 Engine60 90 2/cycl 120 4/cycl Radio System4 B Channel Est Finish Weight 85 95 lhs \CII*5 HODDHS 3132 S Highland Dr Las Vegas Nevada 89109 Customer Service Call 1-702-732-0022 Orders Call Toll Free I-800-782-0022j advertisement good thru 1st issue month Prices sublect change 1000 am no around during flights realized elevator servo going bad quick trip back hotel change have shower time flyoff start Lessen first off qualified first place put absolutely magic performance got 402 Matt next posted 396 Steve Helms shared third spot 375 Fan Mm Wessels far behind 373 372 respectively Lessens 402 score made him sure winner contest Well deserved might add Flyoff Round 2 thing impressed contest would way organizers able consistently get officials judges pilots together get things started time precisely three oclock second round underway Starting order reversed Europeans flying first Lessen again proved belonged top 397 meant topped scoreboard rounds meet except Round 2 3rd behind Matt myself Matts score second flyoff round dropped back 381 own improved 383 elevator servo definitely giving trouble no changes would take place among top three bad weather predicted earlier afternoon threatening second half flyoff fact real possibility flight would rained out very last pilot fly contest Somehow managed hold off just long enough wrap up contest finest flyoff per formances ever hadnt early recovery spin flight might have top round Anyway Lessen too far ahead anyone catch him happy 383 10 minutes after completion flight rain poured down thun der lightning last about half hour really too bad organizers got thunder shower because lot spectators gathered watch flyoff left result missed flying demon stration Italians very good prize-giving ceremony organizers done really good job promoting event local community through radio TV newspapers large billboard-type signs over town Several large party-type tents set up tables chairs concession selling beer soft drinks hot dogs etc doing brisk business local Volvo dealership tent showing off latest models kiddie car ride set up gives idea effort Europeans put event mag nitude Continued page 138 HObbY Horn Old Timer _ 2t LM45S 8 GAS lionEL 4/odL eSgwicg eccsea 8REAKER 1991 BROOKLYN DODGER 56 Cabin ~NEWEST5 Retail S5295*sINTRoDuCTORY PRICEC $3900 1939 Record Breaker 96 $69 56 1939 Zipper 5L0$5356 1930 Kloud King 63 $92 36 1991 Bngidir 56 $9076 1991 Super Quaker 78 $7276 1990 So Long 5e$3036 1936 Buccaneer tO $5996 1938 Clipper MKI 72$9156 1937 Dallaire 108 $75 16 1935 Miss Aaerica 89 $7196 1991 Playboy Sr 00 $5116 1991 Playboy Jr 50$31 10 1938 Powerhouse 89 $53 56 1900 Sailplane 70 $0976 l93eTrenton Terror 72 $9076 l995Ranger96$3196 1939 Korda Wake 99 $1916 1939 Mercury 72 $5836 kits qualify SAM events FF & RIO feature highest quality machine cut & sanded parts Superior Competition sheet strip wood wire & window material Plans orig FF models easily convertible 3db RIO KITS Sailplanes Electric power Gas Hobby Horn SENSOAR Glider 78 OSsI $1860 Midway Model GNOME R/C Hand Launch Glider$2005 Jolly Models FLINGER R/O HLG 58 Span$2900 Midway Model FAST EDDIE Aerobatic /05 Elec$1900 Jolly Models ELECTRICUS Electric Glider 05s$32SO Leisure PLAYBOY SR 67 Gear 05 Elect $3000 Astro ASTRO SPORT 37 Direct 05 elect $2250 Leisure WASP 37 Direct 05 Electrics$2250 Midway ULTRA MK IV 06 Geared 09 EP $3900 Midway PLYING QUAKER 89 00-059 stroke $6976 Oks/Midway DENNY JR 72 Alum Camel$6396 Oks/Midway BUZZARD BOMBSHELL 72$0196 FULL LINE OF ELECTRIC SYSTEMS t Parts Aval SHIPPING & HANDLING 64 Page CATALOOUE Up $000 add $150$200 PP/tat Class $001 $2000 add $220 copy wilt sent $2001 $9500 add $300 free-when requested $9001 $7000 add $350 order over $7000 add $900HOBBY HORN CA Addressees add 6% tas 15173 Moran St tAt Send MO visa/MCI#--EaptPO Bow 2212 Check tallow up 30Westminster Ca 92680 days CK clearancet 17101 0930311 j COD Esact Charges plus $150 Hdl Cash OnlyltAft Hrs 17101 89512031 February 1987 135 2rnr lUG THP DESIGN TAILORED HELICAL PITCH DEVELOPEDTO GIVE MAXIMUM THRUST AT 4 CYCLE ENGINE RPM ALLTHE LATEST TECHNIQUES USED ON OUR PRO SERIES 3 SEE BELOW DIAPITCH THP 1266/s778 13677/o8 14877/a8 1587 16678 PRICE 299 379 479 689 989 NEW PRO SERIES 3 NEW HIGH TECH AIRFOIL SECTION 1OTO2OYoINCREASE IN THRUST MFGOFSELECTHARD MAPLE WOOD WILL NOT FATIGUE LIKE SYNTHETICS FUELPROOFHIGH LUSTER FINISH DIAPITCHPRICE 534149 834149 72833Io456179 8334568189 845667199 9456677/o199 104588/o7209 106W8W209 10SEW219 Ii4677/o7/o78229 ii5W229 11SEW239 1167239 124W279 125W279 1256279 1356349 1456459 1556659 164VoN0969 16678969 RC PYLON RACING SERIES 500 DIA PITCH PRICE 7 5N 5N 279 8 6778 299 SERIES 400C 86877Io7289 9 777 289 W WIDE BLADE EW EXTRA WIDE N NARROW F3A Euro/Kristensen Continued page 135 prize-giving ceremony very nice indeed flag raising playing appropriate national anthems winners Europe understood beginning us Europe would eligible become European Champion Americans Chinese myself Canada received medal token participation 3rd European Championship 1986 LaGarde As always no Contest magnitude complete closing banquet 830 pm participants gathered shirt-and-tie affair town civic center mayor organizers other dig nitaries enjoyable time plenty camaraderie paper airplanes sending messages back forth between tables party broke up shortly before mid night too soon Dean 630 am flight international airport Marseille approximately 1 hours car hotel LaGarde meant get up 3 am three hours sleep start journey homeward Needless say couple exhausted guys arrived Toronto some 20 hours later four-hour vers both Paris London return trip model boxes checked straight through Marseille minimum amount hassle no cost sitting floor baggage claim area Toronto waiting us got through passport control So ended trip 3rd European Championships can truly say enjoyable experience ex tremely informative areas Now have ingredients necessary all-out effort World Championships held fall 1987 France See RC Scale/Wischers Continued page 45 Butt-joint panel lines should really de pressed groove surface modelers prefer simple approach simulate line using self-adhesive chart tape 1/64-in wide cause quick easy method viewed distance isnt unreasonable simu lation Black lines white airplane exam ple can applied draftsmans ruling pen India ink lines bold spectacular totally unrealistic Raised rivet detail simulate button-head riv ets can applied Wilbold R/C-56 Weldbond glue Transfer 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uacorop eveni provided fantastic view Site LaGarde near Toulon southern France Competitors 15 European European F3A winningest RC Pattern pilots North America gives us day-by-day account participation 1986 trend-setting event Elvan Kristensen THE FOLLOWING day-by-day ac count 3rd European F3A Aerobatics Championships held LaGarde France July 9-13 1986 written Ivan Kristensen manner give reader better understanding what goes exciting events Day 1 Sunday July 6 trip off excellent start Dean Koger arrived Dayton travel out Toronto International Airport airport met Peter Alnutt incidentally has considerable international Free Flight acclaim Peter able have us checked through security way special entrance primarily used airline staff flight personnel thereby enabling us checked through faster other wise would possible should mention Peter employee Air Canada happened duty day left Peter also boarding passes ready special bonus us seated Super Club section British Air ways 747 take us Toronto London England Day 2 Monday July 7 started about half-hour past midnight Toronto time Good morning ladies gen tlemen captain speaking quick look out window confirmed indeed morning just off coast Ireland still cruising 38000 feet about 1 hours go Heathrow Airport London After 4-hour wait off again en route direct Marseille During flight informed flight attendant two pieces baggage made onto aircraft immediately suspected would model boxes confirmed soon after arrival Marseille However check Air Frances missing baggage han dlers assured us boxes would arrive later flight delivered hotel LaGarde Left Wolfgang Matt Liechtenstein placed second flew now-familiar Joker airplane powered long-stroke Webra con trolled bya Robbe PCM new computer radio manufactured Futaba Right Tobias Schulz W Gernanyflew own-design Chal lenge Vito eighth place long-stroke side-exhaust Webra engine Graupner radio Model weighed whopping 9 lb 4 oz 40 Model Aviation uu,iiiu uunuuu puu rn Chin, USA Canada Results event may bellwether lined up horseshoe format given official welcome mayor LaGarde French aero club very official festive mood indeed city hampions airport Marseile met Tony Frackowiak Steve Helms arrived day earlier sure nice met couple friendly faces arrived strange country after long journey too much sleep trip LaGarde should have taken about 1 hours car ended up taking somewhat longer due us getting lost several times did finally get settled good badly-needed nights rest Day 3 Tuesday July 8 awoke beautiful day skies southern France filled sunshine warm tem peratures ranging 30C area First task hand see model boxes arrived However hotel personnel informed us contact Air France behalf boxes left airport 730 should arriving time Sure enough 10am boxes delivered good order Off flying site went Due European custom flier goes up time able have practice flight today everything went well went back hotel get ready official welcome city hall scheduled begin 1800 hours six oclock team members sup porters participating nations 18 total 15 European countries plus China USA Canada gathered parking lot far city hall LaGarde marched city hall headed up marching band group young baton girls team young boy girl walking ahead carrying sign name country square city hall teams hips hall again marchedthis time memorial wreath laid town community center refreshments kinds presentations February 1987 41 European Pattern championsforeigners eligible Center Bertram Lossen first left Wolfgang Mafl second right Peter Weasels third pictures author souvenir team managers completed official welcome 10 pm team managers required attend briefing As participant Canada attend meeting primarily information clarify new rules regard box measuring noise 3m 98 dB rather im 105 dB also scoring sound judges during flight now FM rules scoring sound judges works like majority judging panel agrees model quieter average five points K-l will added total flight score per counting judge judging panel agrees model noisy five points subtracted total flight score counting judge majority agrees model average majority agreement cannot established will deemed average no change flight score will take place Day 4 Wednesday July 9 Another beautiful day again temperatures low 30s Today set aside official practice processing team allotted 30-minute time slot strictly adhered Also sound equipment made available during time period check models American team first off eight oclock everything went well Sound ranged 94 dB Steve Helms 95 Tony Frackowiak 97 Dean Koger among last fly about five oclock afternoon quick sound check showed 92 dB well below maxi mum 98 practice flight particularly good wind picked up quite bit during day observed Wolfgang Matts flight closely Hanno Prettner being attendance Matt considered beat based 2nd-place finish Flevo hof World Championships 1985 So far organization has seemed quite good although meals have left quite bit desired Day 5 Thursday July 10 Today actual competition got underway precisely 7 am judges ready pilots walting anticipation day started out wind calm cool temperatures Steve Helms second up posted disappointing score 319 59% after respectable flight minor faults Mart 8th fly posted 377 remain high score round until Bertram Lossen Germany came up 388 score high flight Round 1 Tony Dean both scored 339 yours truly 352 Standings after Round 11 Lossen 388 2 Mart 377 3 Wessels 353 4 Lui Aykyang 353 5 Kristensen 352 8 Frackowiak 339 9 Koger 339 21 Helms 319 Round 2 started four oclock time wind picked up considerably temperatures hovering around 300C Dean Koger 6th up did realize until airborne several trims moved transmit ter Worse yet direction snap switch somehow moved 42 Model Aviation Say cheese Standing L-R Dean Koger US Ivan Kristensen Canada Steve Helms US Kneeling Ken Rinks England Wolfgang Matt Liechtenstein Tony Frackowiak US cant tell what fliers doing scoreboard looks like very nice cant read print picture can tell results charts standings top nine didnt change bit preliminary rounds flyoffs Steve Helms Checkmatefinished very respectably fourth positive snap negative snap result zero maneuvernot because negative snap illegal because startled him see aircraft pitch nega tively during snap causing him immediately let go completing part rotation finishing aileron Scoring 288 Dean hoped throwaway flight again opportunity watch Wolfgang Matt Liechtenstein fly felt flight good first check scoreboard con firmed Marts 368 gave everyone relief might chance catch up During second round rather hu morous incident took place Just prior Matts flight Tony Frackowiak reason leave spectator stand get some thing rental car Steve sharing find got doors locked Steve key would appear windows left rolled down far enough Tony attempt stick arm through open door inside However least expect gremlins strike Tony two problems first could open car door inside second was unable remove arm door resulted rather loud call Steve still sitting stands come bail him out Sorry Tony just too funny pass up wont tell about managed lose over $100000 US cash about ended up outside garbage bin hotel parking lot Day 6 Friday July 11 Today would finish Round 2 fly complete third round temperature slightly cooler previous day winds light flying conditions near ideal Lossen first fly among top five flew excellent flight afraid check scoreboard surprise got 365 three less Marts secondround score previous day 23 short first round left door open move closer winners flight went quite well wind little bit stronger earlier slightly cross still near ideal minor faults result 366 point ahead Lossen three points behind Matt scores would like mention still quite low certainly standards have grown accustomed US Canada top score Round 2 368/540 score enough take fifth third place Wessels Shultz Germany 4th 5th Steve Helms scored 347 moved 6th Tony 335 7th due bad luck Dean dropped 18th place However two rounds go lot can happen Round 3 got underway around 1015 wind starting pick up swinging easterly southwesterly bringing cooler temperature Mediterranean Sea turn out Matts bad luck round Ap parently something went wrong electric starter thought engine malfunctioning Therefore due fear 3-mm starting time running out went backup model did see flight told flopped stall turn generally performed poorly scoring 354 Lossen other hand super performance posted round high 391 including five-point bonus below average sound level Again man aged get second high score 365 maintaining 3rd place after Round 3 Peter Wessels Germany got 351 Helms Koger Ken Rinks England posted 347 Tony last man fly about 730 attempted bring flight closer speed up roll rate resulted rather untidy flight noticeable changes altitude headings score disappoint ing 342 about right Day 7 Saturday July 12 Round 4 last day qualifying flights started out gray skies threat stormy conditions late day Temperatures much cooler no sun first half round scheduled between eight 11 second half starting until 4 pm situation worried little fly until second half flying conditions first half almost perfect alight steady wind no sun Matt 5th man fly managed come up what Continued page 134 February 1987 43 Taco Tijsma 0 Holland devised scoring program used contest carried another step way shown picture actually operate computer three-man FAI Jury wasthere overseethe event resolve anydisputes L-R Pierre Chaussebourg France Otakar Saffek Czechoslovakia Werner Groth W Germany wooden propeller blades same make size may Cut fit correctly using good slow-cure epoxy Half thickness prop hub retained excellent strength qual ities advertising flyer concludes note states Using gauge feel can excellent job restoring broken props ever accept no responsibility product turn out other words company sell ing device recognizes finished product may less perfect compared new propeller dont want held respon sible should involved incident result ing restored prop suggest spend money new one-piece propellers long run could save Have safe month John Preston Model Aviation 1810 Samuel Morse Dr Reston Virginia 22090 F3A Euro/Kristensen Continued page 43 thought mediocre performance score 383 slightly higher Steve flew shortly afterward came up vith highest score contest 373 should good enough get him flyoff Dean Koger again some bad luck having problems YS engine loading up sitting runway idling preparation takeoff happened again during takeoff roll Tony chase plane down runway accidentally kicked ele vator half bent down approximately created very bad trim condition plague Dean throughout flight Deans score fourth round quite low atonly 332 meantthat would able make flyoff would worth mentioning problems very likely have made flyoff flying gen erally very good second half 4th round got underway precisely four oclock Tony first fly put best flight far 385 well within striking distance flyoff spot although several unknown fac tors could come play such Lossens flight yet come scored very high effect Tonys score would minimized normalizing Also DiBaggio Bertalozzi Italy position knock both Steve Tony out flyoff way going determine flyoff positions course select top five European competitors also include non-Europeans placed ahead of top five Europeans Now well last half fourth round storm did materialize al though wind slightly stronger time flew really enough make difference also posted highest score 382 Helms got 373 Lossen flew near end quite strong wind came up 397 Ken Rinks thought might make flyoff got 356 did make cut Day 8 Sunday July 12 am sure woke up 540am Unable go back sleep got up went out contest site get couple practice flights flyoff start until ATT- CHEK1 ON-Board Battery Tester Saves Time. Saves Models BAiTCH EK RX-1 $1495 USA NEW Install RC Models Check receiver battery status press button Small Light 1/2 oz Precise Rugged ORDER TODAY dealer Protune Corp 9141462-8452 PO Box 1808 Poughkeepsie NY 12601 DEALER INOUIRIES J WELCOME J SEND450 per 5/8 ID Coupler or5OOper3/4 lDTo DANA AEROSPACE CORP 1110 E 5th St rior WI 54880 134 Model Aviation seen similar flights far Safety Prestonjudges have tendency loosen up toward Continued page 22the end contest Whats Ugly Flies Great SUCG RETAIL $24995 CIRCUS $18995 PRICE ITEM 4* POKRAFT Specifications Wing Span Wing Area Length Engine40 Radio System Est Finish Weight V 60 720 Sq 46in /cycl 4 Channel 96 oz STICK DAS UGLY Das Ugly Stick time favorite aircraft designed Phil Kraft last american world champion now available Ready Fly kit complete 60 sized kit constructed ity balsa ply no foamt kit ready body wing pieces covered red film type finish final assembly takes few hours Cenerous hardware includes motor mount landing gear wheels control rods horns spinner fuel tank Whats Beautiful Flies Better REED FALCON beautiful tournament champ ons w nner designed Ken Bonnema now available scaled down version turn around sport scale enthusiasts want aerobatic biplane no limitations kit constructed balsa ply.no foam includes fiberglass ABS cowl wheel pants clear canopy generous hardware pkg full size plans SUCG RETAIL $22995 CIRCUS PRICE 16995 w/ABS COWL ITEM 4*MRL200A CIRCUS PF CE 7995 w/FIBERCLASS C OWL ITEM #MRL200F g5 Specifications Wing Span54 Wing Area1079 sq Length54 Engine60 90 2/cycl 120 4/cycl Radio System4 B Channel Est Finish Weight 85 95 lhs \CII*5 HODDHS 3132 S Highland Dr Las Vegas Nevada 89109 Customer Service Call 1-702-732-0022 Orders Call Toll Free I-800-782-0022j advertisement good thru 1st issue month Prices sublect change 1000 am no around during flights realized elevator servo going bad quick trip back hotel change have shower time flyoff start Lessen first off qualified first place put absolutely magic performance got 402 Matt next posted 396 Steve Helms shared third spot 375 Fan Mm Wessels far behind 373 372 respectively Lessens 402 score made him sure winner contest Well deserved might add Flyoff Round 2 thing impressed contest would way organizers able consistently get officials judges pilots together get things started time precisely three oclock second round underway Starting order reversed Europeans flying first Lessen again proved belonged top 397 meant topped scoreboard rounds meet except Round 2 3rd behind Matt myself Matts score second flyoff round dropped back 381 own improved 383 elevator servo definitely giving trouble no changes would take place among top three bad weather predicted earlier afternoon threatening second half flyoff fact real possibility flight would rained out very last pilot fly contest Somehow managed hold off just long enough wrap up contest finest flyoff per formances ever hadnt early recovery spin flight might have top round Anyway Lessen too far ahead anyone catch him happy 383 10 minutes after completion flight rain poured down thun der lightning last about half hour really too bad organizers got thunder shower because lot spectators gathered watch flyoff left result missed flying demon stration Italians very good prize-giving ceremony organizers done really good job promoting event local community through radio TV newspapers large billboard-type signs over town Several large party-type tents set up tables chairs concession selling beer soft drinks hot dogs etc doing brisk business local Volvo dealership tent showing off latest models kiddie car ride set up gives idea effort Europeans put event mag nitude Continued page 138 HObbY Horn Old Timer _ 2t LM45S 8 GAS lionEL 4/odL eSgwicg eccsea 8REAKER 1991 BROOKLYN DODGER 56 Cabin ~NEWEST5 Retail S5295*sINTRoDuCTORY PRICEC $3900 1939 Record Breaker 96 $69 56 1939 Zipper 5L0$5356 1930 Kloud King 63 $92 36 1991 Bngidir 56 $9076 1991 Super Quaker 78 $7276 1990 So Long 5e$3036 1936 Buccaneer tO $5996 1938 Clipper MKI 72$9156 1937 Dallaire 108 $75 16 1935 Miss Aaerica 89 $7196 1991 Playboy Sr 00 $5116 1991 Playboy Jr 50$31 10 1938 Powerhouse 89 $53 56 1900 Sailplane 70 $0976 l93eTrenton Terror 72 $9076 l995Ranger96$3196 1939 Korda Wake 99 $1916 1939 Mercury 72 $5836 kits qualify SAM events FF & RIO feature highest quality machine cut & sanded parts Superior Competition sheet strip wood wire & window material Plans orig FF models easily convertible 3db RIO KITS Sailplanes Electric power Gas Hobby Horn SENSOAR Glider 78 OSsI $1860 Midway Model GNOME R/C Hand Launch Glider$2005 Jolly Models FLINGER R/O HLG 58 Span$2900 Midway Model FAST EDDIE Aerobatic /05 Elec$1900 Jolly Models ELECTRICUS Electric Glider 05s$32SO Leisure PLAYBOY SR 67 Gear 05 Elect $3000 Astro ASTRO SPORT 37 Direct 05 elect $2250 Leisure WASP 37 Direct 05 Electrics$2250 Midway ULTRA MK IV 06 Geared 09 EP $3900 Midway PLYING QUAKER 89 00-059 stroke $6976 Oks/Midway DENNY JR 72 Alum Camel$6396 Oks/Midway BUZZARD BOMBSHELL 72$0196 FULL LINE OF ELECTRIC SYSTEMS t Parts Aval SHIPPING & HANDLING 64 Page CATALOOUE Up $000 add $150$200 PP/tat Class $001 $2000 add $220 copy wilt sent $2001 $9500 add $300 free-when requested $9001 $7000 add $350 order over $7000 add $900HOBBY HORN CA Addressees add 6% tas 15173 Moran St tAt Send MO visa/MCI#--EaptPO Bow 2212 Check tallow up 30Westminster Ca 92680 days CK clearancet 17101 0930311 j COD Esact Charges plus $150 Hdl Cash OnlyltAft Hrs 17101 89512031 February 1987 135 2rnr lUG THP DESIGN TAILORED HELICAL PITCH DEVELOPEDTO GIVE MAXIMUM THRUST AT 4 CYCLE ENGINE RPM ALLTHE LATEST TECHNIQUES USED ON OUR PRO SERIES 3 SEE BELOW DIAPITCH THP 1266/s778 13677/o8 14877/a8 1587 16678 PRICE 299 379 479 689 989 NEW PRO SERIES 3 NEW HIGH TECH AIRFOIL SECTION 1OTO2OYoINCREASE IN THRUST MFGOFSELECTHARD MAPLE WOOD WILL NOT FATIGUE LIKE SYNTHETICS FUELPROOFHIGH LUSTER FINISH DIAPITCHPRICE 534149 834149 72833Io456179 8334568189 845667199 9456677/o199 104588/o7209 106W8W209 10SEW219 Ii4677/o7/o78229 ii5W229 11SEW239 1167239 124W279 125W279 1256279 1356349 1456459 1556659 164VoN0969 16678969 RC PYLON RACING SERIES 500 DIA PITCH PRICE 7 5N 5N 279 8 6778 299 SERIES 400C 86877Io7289 9 777 289 W WIDE BLADE EW EXTRA WIDE N NARROW F3A Euro/Kristensen Continued page 135 prize-giving ceremony very nice indeed flag raising playing appropriate national anthems winners Europe understood beginning us Europe would eligible become European Champion Americans Chinese myself Canada received medal token participation 3rd European Championship 1986 LaGarde As always no Contest magnitude complete closing banquet 830 pm participants gathered shirt-and-tie affair town civic center mayor organizers other dig nitaries enjoyable time plenty camaraderie paper airplanes sending messages back forth between tables party broke up shortly before mid night too soon Dean 630 am flight international airport Marseille approximately 1 hours car hotel LaGarde meant get up 3 am three hours sleep start journey homeward Needless say couple exhausted guys arrived Toronto some 20 hours later four-hour vers both Paris London return trip model boxes checked straight through Marseille minimum amount hassle no cost sitting floor baggage claim area Toronto waiting us got through passport control So ended trip 3rd European Championships can truly say enjoyable experience ex tremely informative areas Now have ingredients necessary all-out effort World Championships held fall 1987 France See RC Scale/Wischers Continued page 45 Butt-joint panel lines should really de pressed groove surface modelers prefer simple approach simulate line using self-adhesive chart tape 1/64-in wide cause quick easy method viewed distance isnt unreasonable simu lation Black lines white airplane exam ple can applied draftsmans ruling pen India ink lines bold spectacular totally unrealistic Raised rivet detail simulate button-head riv ets can applied Wilbold R/C-56 Weldbond glue Transfer individual drops glue small puddle Onto model round tooth pick may sound like lot tedious labor actually can done reasonably short time toothpick dipped puddle touched models surface leave small droplet Adjust droplet diameter cut ting off toothpick tip larger tip diameter Send SSAE Ir complete line PAUW DIESELS Englands Finest 049 35 RIC STD Send $100 list Eric Cluttoi 913 Cedar Lane Tullahoma Tenn 37388 WOOLSS 0100057 SCALE P.OrO SERV106 5000 0*400 flECKS PLANS 3 VIEWS PHOTO-PACKS PLANS ENLARGING SASE EnlEgIng Catalog s3OO SCALE PlANS PHOTO SERVICE 3209 Mdoo Goema5oo N C 27403 P50 1919 2925239 No Cohen FLYING SCALE MODEL RIC PLANS Super Detail os InstruCtion Sheets ~Smith Plans 19163 Shadowood Dr Send SASE fMonument CO 80132 HandytoDisneyWo C WORLD Bedrnnno seeps 5 KitChen A/C Poo Teon 010 SC Ityng No May 8500 wk JunnO 940 wk ogli y&mnnhyracesasoaaabe 617928 4043 NFO CONSTRUCT ON ~RtVEW5 HOW TO S U W0~ ISMO M de gMg 980 dChe 50 MO RESEARCH USROAM N p enon nee 2 eeM h Opa SADS 004 * SCALE DOCUMENTATION * FEATURING INGS OS REPLA-TECH 1987 INTEONATIONAL AIRPLANE48500 MC KENZIE HWY CATALOG $250VIDA OREGON 97488 138 Model Aviation THE LEADER IN COMPETITION PROPELLERS NEW CLE nrnrr o*t1ta5 L4TNES lSt 5279 Up PrecIsion Tools CEiNFDILL FDDLS Ce i77Books $200 Catalog MeSeIs 210aM Sale Ad SpsingfleldONo 45808 h -322-8882 linES lSO A015 s us sapplia 3 Anlation Modeler fl BLUE4iDE MACHINERY AND TIS INC POBo 5-Y HoIog WV Non CaokeoSiane2 3e 200 pogr 04Moooa 00 Si *1. oilfoo oooOorforoMrooodqoroooA ro Fordo.Oo oi Ad. 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Edition: Model Aviation - 1987/02
Page Numbers: 40, 41, 42, 43, 134, 135, 138
uacorop eveni provided fantastic view Site LaGarde near Toulon southern France Competitors 15 European European F3A winningest RC Pattern pilots North America gives us day-by-day account participation 1986 trend-setting event Elvan Kristensen THE FOLLOWING day-by-day ac count 3rd European F3A Aerobatics Championships held LaGarde France July 9-13 1986 written Ivan Kristensen manner give reader better understanding what goes exciting events Day 1 Sunday July 6 trip off excellent start Dean Koger arrived Dayton travel out Toronto International Airport airport met Peter Alnutt incidentally has considerable international Free Flight acclaim Peter able have us checked through security way special entrance primarily used airline staff flight personnel thereby enabling us checked through faster other wise would possible should mention Peter employee Air Canada happened duty day left Peter also boarding passes ready special bonus us seated Super Club section British Air ways 747 take us Toronto London England Day 2 Monday July 7 started about half-hour past midnight Toronto time Good morning ladies gen tlemen captain speaking quick look out window confirmed indeed morning just off coast Ireland still cruising 38000 feet about 1 hours go Heathrow Airport London After 4-hour wait off again en route direct Marseille During flight informed flight attendant two pieces baggage made onto aircraft immediately suspected would model boxes confirmed soon after arrival Marseille However check Air Frances missing baggage han dlers assured us boxes would arrive later flight delivered hotel LaGarde Left Wolfgang Matt Liechtenstein placed second flew now-familiar Joker airplane powered long-stroke Webra con trolled bya Robbe PCM new computer radio manufactured Futaba Right Tobias Schulz W Gernanyflew own-design Chal lenge Vito eighth place long-stroke side-exhaust Webra engine Graupner radio Model weighed whopping 9 lb 4 oz 40 Model Aviation uu,iiiu uunuuu puu rn Chin, USA Canada Results event may bellwether lined up horseshoe format given official welcome mayor LaGarde French aero club very official festive mood indeed city hampions airport Marseile met Tony Frackowiak Steve Helms arrived day earlier sure nice met couple friendly faces arrived strange country after long journey too much sleep trip LaGarde should have taken about 1 hours car ended up taking somewhat longer due us getting lost several times did finally get settled good badly-needed nights rest Day 3 Tuesday July 8 awoke beautiful day skies southern France filled sunshine warm tem peratures ranging 30C area First task hand see model boxes arrived However hotel personnel informed us contact Air France behalf boxes left airport 730 should arriving time Sure enough 10am boxes delivered good order Off flying site went Due European custom flier goes up time able have practice flight today everything went well went back hotel get ready official welcome city hall scheduled begin 1800 hours six oclock team members sup porters participating nations 18 total 15 European countries plus China USA Canada gathered parking lot far city hall LaGarde marched city hall headed up marching band group young baton girls team young boy girl walking ahead carrying sign name country square city hall teams hips hall again marchedthis time memorial wreath laid town community center refreshments kinds presentations February 1987 41 European Pattern championsforeigners eligible Center Bertram Lossen first left Wolfgang Mafl second right Peter Weasels third pictures author souvenir team managers completed official welcome 10 pm team managers required attend briefing As participant Canada attend meeting primarily information clarify new rules regard box measuring noise 3m 98 dB rather im 105 dB also scoring sound judges during flight now FM rules scoring sound judges works like majority judging panel agrees model quieter average five points K-l will added total flight score per counting judge judging panel agrees model noisy five points subtracted total flight score counting judge majority agrees model average majority agreement cannot established will deemed average no change flight score will take place Day 4 Wednesday July 9 Another beautiful day again temperatures low 30s Today set aside official practice processing team allotted 30-minute time slot strictly adhered Also sound equipment made available during time period check models American team first off eight oclock everything went well Sound ranged 94 dB Steve Helms 95 Tony Frackowiak 97 Dean Koger among last fly about five oclock afternoon quick sound check showed 92 dB well below maxi mum 98 practice flight particularly good wind picked up quite bit during day observed Wolfgang Matts flight closely Hanno Prettner being attendance Matt considered beat based 2nd-place finish Flevo hof World Championships 1985 So far organization has seemed quite good although meals have left quite bit desired Day 5 Thursday July 10 Today actual competition got underway precisely 7 am judges ready pilots walting anticipation day started out wind calm cool temperatures Steve Helms second up posted disappointing score 319 59% after respectable flight minor faults Mart 8th fly posted 377 remain high score round until Bertram Lossen Germany came up 388 score high flight Round 1 Tony Dean both scored 339 yours truly 352 Standings after Round 11 Lossen 388 2 Mart 377 3 Wessels 353 4 Lui Aykyang 353 5 Kristensen 352 8 Frackowiak 339 9 Koger 339 21 Helms 319 Round 2 started four oclock time wind picked up considerably temperatures hovering around 300C Dean Koger 6th up did realize until airborne several trims moved transmit ter Worse yet direction snap switch somehow moved 42 Model Aviation Say cheese Standing L-R Dean Koger US Ivan Kristensen Canada Steve Helms US Kneeling Ken Rinks England Wolfgang Matt Liechtenstein Tony Frackowiak US cant tell what fliers doing scoreboard looks like very nice cant read print picture can tell results charts standings top nine didnt change bit preliminary rounds flyoffs Steve Helms Checkmatefinished very respectably fourth positive snap negative snap result zero maneuvernot because negative snap illegal because startled him see aircraft pitch nega tively during snap causing him immediately let go completing part rotation finishing aileron Scoring 288 Dean hoped throwaway flight again opportunity watch Wolfgang Matt Liechtenstein fly felt flight good first check scoreboard con firmed Marts 368 gave everyone relief might chance catch up During second round rather hu morous incident took place Just prior Matts flight Tony Frackowiak reason leave spectator stand get some thing rental car Steve sharing find got doors locked Steve key would appear windows left rolled down far enough Tony attempt stick arm through open door inside However least expect gremlins strike Tony two problems first could open car door inside second was unable remove arm door resulted rather loud call Steve still sitting stands come bail him out Sorry Tony just too funny pass up wont tell about managed lose over $100000 US cash about ended up outside garbage bin hotel parking lot Day 6 Friday July 11 Today would finish Round 2 fly complete third round temperature slightly cooler previous day winds light flying conditions near ideal Lossen first fly among top five flew excellent flight afraid check scoreboard surprise got 365 three less Marts secondround score previous day 23 short first round left door open move closer winners flight went quite well wind little bit stronger earlier slightly cross still near ideal minor faults result 366 point ahead Lossen three points behind Matt scores would like mention still quite low certainly standards have grown accustomed US Canada top score Round 2 368/540 score enough take fifth third place Wessels Shultz Germany 4th 5th Steve Helms scored 347 moved 6th Tony 335 7th due bad luck Dean dropped 18th place However two rounds go lot can happen Round 3 got underway around 1015 wind starting pick up swinging easterly southwesterly bringing cooler temperature Mediterranean Sea turn out Matts bad luck round Ap parently something went wrong electric starter thought engine malfunctioning Therefore due fear 3-mm starting time running out went backup model did see flight told flopped stall turn generally performed poorly scoring 354 Lossen other hand super performance posted round high 391 including five-point bonus below average sound level Again man aged get second high score 365 maintaining 3rd place after Round 3 Peter Wessels Germany got 351 Helms Koger Ken Rinks England posted 347 Tony last man fly about 730 attempted bring flight closer speed up roll rate resulted rather untidy flight noticeable changes altitude headings score disappoint ing 342 about right Day 7 Saturday July 12 Round 4 last day qualifying flights started out gray skies threat stormy conditions late day Temperatures much cooler no sun first half round scheduled between eight 11 second half starting until 4 pm situation worried little fly until second half flying conditions first half almost perfect alight steady wind no sun Matt 5th man fly managed come up what Continued page 134 February 1987 43 Taco Tijsma 0 Holland devised scoring program used contest carried another step way shown picture actually operate computer three-man FAI Jury wasthere overseethe event resolve anydisputes L-R Pierre Chaussebourg France Otakar Saffek Czechoslovakia Werner Groth W Germany wooden propeller blades same make size may Cut fit correctly using good slow-cure epoxy Half thickness prop hub retained excellent strength qual ities advertising flyer concludes note states Using gauge feel can excellent job restoring broken props ever accept no responsibility product turn out other words company sell ing device recognizes finished product may less perfect compared new propeller dont want held respon sible should involved incident result ing restored prop suggest spend money new one-piece propellers long run could save Have safe month John Preston Model Aviation 1810 Samuel Morse Dr Reston Virginia 22090 F3A Euro/Kristensen Continued page 43 thought mediocre performance score 383 slightly higher Steve flew shortly afterward came up vith highest score contest 373 should good enough get him flyoff Dean Koger again some bad luck having problems YS engine loading up sitting runway idling preparation takeoff happened again during takeoff roll Tony chase plane down runway accidentally kicked ele vator half bent down approximately created very bad trim condition plague Dean throughout flight Deans score fourth round quite low atonly 332 meantthat would able make flyoff would worth mentioning problems very likely have made flyoff flying gen erally very good second half 4th round got underway precisely four oclock Tony first fly put best flight far 385 well within striking distance flyoff spot although several unknown fac tors could come play such Lossens flight yet come scored very high effect Tonys score would minimized normalizing Also DiBaggio Bertalozzi Italy position knock both Steve Tony out flyoff way going determine flyoff positions course select top five European competitors also include non-Europeans placed ahead of top five Europeans Now well last half fourth round storm did materialize al though wind slightly stronger time flew really enough make difference also posted highest score 382 Helms got 373 Lossen flew near end quite strong wind came up 397 Ken Rinks thought might make flyoff got 356 did make cut Day 8 Sunday July 12 am sure woke up 540am Unable go back sleep got up went out contest site get couple practice flights flyoff start until ATT- CHEK1 ON-Board Battery Tester Saves Time. Saves Models BAiTCH EK RX-1 $1495 USA NEW Install RC Models Check receiver battery status press button Small Light 1/2 oz Precise Rugged ORDER TODAY dealer Protune Corp 9141462-8452 PO Box 1808 Poughkeepsie NY 12601 DEALER INOUIRIES J WELCOME J SEND450 per 5/8 ID Coupler or5OOper3/4 lDTo DANA AEROSPACE CORP 1110 E 5th St rior WI 54880 134 Model Aviation seen similar flights far Safety Prestonjudges have tendency loosen up toward Continued page 22the end contest Whats Ugly Flies Great SUCG RETAIL $24995 CIRCUS $18995 PRICE ITEM 4* POKRAFT Specifications Wing Span Wing Area Length Engine40 Radio System Est Finish Weight V 60 720 Sq 46in /cycl 4 Channel 96 oz STICK DAS UGLY Das Ugly Stick time favorite aircraft designed Phil Kraft last american world champion now available Ready Fly kit complete 60 sized kit constructed ity balsa ply no foamt kit ready body wing pieces covered red film type finish final assembly takes few hours Cenerous hardware includes motor mount landing gear wheels control rods horns spinner fuel tank Whats Beautiful Flies Better REED FALCON beautiful tournament champ ons w nner designed Ken Bonnema now available scaled down version turn around sport scale enthusiasts want aerobatic biplane no limitations kit constructed balsa ply.no foam includes fiberglass ABS cowl wheel pants clear canopy generous hardware pkg full size plans SUCG RETAIL $22995 CIRCUS PRICE 16995 w/ABS COWL ITEM 4*MRL200A CIRCUS PF CE 7995 w/FIBERCLASS C OWL ITEM #MRL200F g5 Specifications Wing Span54 Wing Area1079 sq Length54 Engine60 90 2/cycl 120 4/cycl Radio System4 B Channel Est Finish Weight 85 95 lhs \CII*5 HODDHS 3132 S Highland Dr Las Vegas Nevada 89109 Customer Service Call 1-702-732-0022 Orders Call Toll Free I-800-782-0022j advertisement good thru 1st issue month Prices sublect change 1000 am no around during flights realized elevator servo going bad quick trip back hotel change have shower time flyoff start Lessen first off qualified first place put absolutely magic performance got 402 Matt next posted 396 Steve Helms shared third spot 375 Fan Mm Wessels far behind 373 372 respectively Lessens 402 score made him sure winner contest Well deserved might add Flyoff Round 2 thing impressed contest would way organizers able consistently get officials judges pilots together get things started time precisely three oclock second round underway Starting order reversed Europeans flying first Lessen again proved belonged top 397 meant topped scoreboard rounds meet except Round 2 3rd behind Matt myself Matts score second flyoff round dropped back 381 own improved 383 elevator servo definitely giving trouble no changes would take place among top three bad weather predicted earlier afternoon threatening second half flyoff fact real possibility flight would rained out very last pilot fly contest Somehow managed hold off just long enough wrap up contest finest flyoff per formances ever hadnt early recovery spin flight might have top round Anyway Lessen too far ahead anyone catch him happy 383 10 minutes after completion flight rain poured down thun der lightning last about half hour really too bad organizers got thunder shower because lot spectators gathered watch flyoff left result missed flying demon stration Italians very good prize-giving ceremony organizers done really good job promoting event local community through radio TV newspapers large billboard-type signs over town Several large party-type tents set up tables chairs concession selling beer soft drinks hot dogs etc doing brisk business local Volvo dealership tent showing off latest models kiddie car ride set up gives idea effort Europeans put event mag nitude Continued page 138 HObbY Horn Old Timer _ 2t LM45S 8 GAS lionEL 4/odL eSgwicg eccsea 8REAKER 1991 BROOKLYN DODGER 56 Cabin ~NEWEST5 Retail S5295*sINTRoDuCTORY PRICEC $3900 1939 Record Breaker 96 $69 56 1939 Zipper 5L0$5356 1930 Kloud King 63 $92 36 1991 Bngidir 56 $9076 1991 Super Quaker 78 $7276 1990 So Long 5e$3036 1936 Buccaneer tO $5996 1938 Clipper MKI 72$9156 1937 Dallaire 108 $75 16 1935 Miss Aaerica 89 $7196 1991 Playboy Sr 00 $5116 1991 Playboy Jr 50$31 10 1938 Powerhouse 89 $53 56 1900 Sailplane 70 $0976 l93eTrenton Terror 72 $9076 l995Ranger96$3196 1939 Korda Wake 99 $1916 1939 Mercury 72 $5836 kits qualify SAM events FF & RIO feature highest quality machine cut & sanded parts Superior Competition sheet strip wood wire & window material Plans orig FF models easily convertible 3db RIO KITS Sailplanes Electric power Gas Hobby Horn SENSOAR Glider 78 OSsI $1860 Midway Model GNOME R/C Hand Launch Glider$2005 Jolly Models FLINGER R/O HLG 58 Span$2900 Midway Model FAST EDDIE Aerobatic /05 Elec$1900 Jolly Models ELECTRICUS Electric Glider 05s$32SO Leisure PLAYBOY SR 67 Gear 05 Elect $3000 Astro ASTRO SPORT 37 Direct 05 elect $2250 Leisure WASP 37 Direct 05 Electrics$2250 Midway ULTRA MK IV 06 Geared 09 EP $3900 Midway PLYING QUAKER 89 00-059 stroke $6976 Oks/Midway DENNY JR 72 Alum Camel$6396 Oks/Midway BUZZARD BOMBSHELL 72$0196 FULL LINE OF ELECTRIC SYSTEMS t Parts Aval SHIPPING & HANDLING 64 Page CATALOOUE Up $000 add $150$200 PP/tat Class $001 $2000 add $220 copy wilt sent $2001 $9500 add $300 free-when requested $9001 $7000 add $350 order over $7000 add $900HOBBY HORN CA Addressees add 6% tas 15173 Moran St tAt Send MO visa/MCI#--EaptPO Bow 2212 Check tallow up 30Westminster Ca 92680 days CK clearancet 17101 0930311 j COD Esact Charges plus $150 Hdl Cash OnlyltAft Hrs 17101 89512031 February 1987 135 2rnr lUG THP DESIGN TAILORED HELICAL PITCH DEVELOPEDTO GIVE MAXIMUM THRUST AT 4 CYCLE ENGINE RPM ALLTHE LATEST TECHNIQUES USED ON OUR PRO SERIES 3 SEE BELOW DIAPITCH THP 1266/s778 13677/o8 14877/a8 1587 16678 PRICE 299 379 479 689 989 NEW PRO SERIES 3 NEW HIGH TECH AIRFOIL SECTION 1OTO2OYoINCREASE IN THRUST MFGOFSELECTHARD MAPLE WOOD WILL NOT FATIGUE LIKE SYNTHETICS FUELPROOFHIGH LUSTER FINISH DIAPITCHPRICE 534149 834149 72833Io456179 8334568189 845667199 9456677/o199 104588/o7209 106W8W209 10SEW219 Ii4677/o7/o78229 ii5W229 11SEW239 1167239 124W279 125W279 1256279 1356349 1456459 1556659 164VoN0969 16678969 RC PYLON RACING SERIES 500 DIA PITCH PRICE 7 5N 5N 279 8 6778 299 SERIES 400C 86877Io7289 9 777 289 W WIDE BLADE EW EXTRA WIDE N NARROW F3A Euro/Kristensen Continued page 135 prize-giving ceremony very nice indeed flag raising playing appropriate national anthems winners Europe understood beginning us Europe would eligible become European Champion Americans Chinese myself Canada received medal token participation 3rd European Championship 1986 LaGarde As always no Contest magnitude complete closing banquet 830 pm participants gathered shirt-and-tie affair town civic center mayor organizers other dig nitaries enjoyable time plenty camaraderie paper airplanes sending messages back forth between tables party broke up shortly before mid night too soon Dean 630 am flight international airport Marseille approximately 1 hours car hotel LaGarde meant get up 3 am three hours sleep start journey homeward Needless say couple exhausted guys arrived Toronto some 20 hours later four-hour vers both Paris London return trip model boxes checked straight through Marseille minimum amount hassle no cost sitting floor baggage claim area Toronto waiting us got through passport control So ended trip 3rd European Championships can truly say enjoyable experience ex tremely informative areas Now have ingredients necessary all-out effort World Championships held fall 1987 France See RC Scale/Wischers Continued page 45 Butt-joint panel lines should really de pressed groove surface modelers prefer simple approach simulate line using self-adhesive chart tape 1/64-in wide cause quick easy method viewed distance isnt unreasonable simu lation Black lines white airplane exam ple can applied draftsmans ruling pen India ink lines bold spectacular totally unrealistic Raised rivet detail simulate button-head riv ets can applied Wilbold R/C-56 Weldbond glue Transfer individual drops glue small puddle Onto model round tooth pick may sound like lot tedious labor actually can done reasonably short time toothpick dipped puddle touched models surface leave small droplet Adjust droplet diameter cut ting off toothpick tip larger tip diameter Send SSAE Ir complete line PAUW DIESELS Englands Finest 049 35 RIC STD Send $100 list Eric Cluttoi 913 Cedar Lane Tullahoma Tenn 37388 WOOLSS 0100057 SCALE P.OrO SERV106 5000 0*400 flECKS PLANS 3 VIEWS PHOTO-PACKS PLANS ENLARGING SASE EnlEgIng Catalog s3OO SCALE PlANS PHOTO SERVICE 3209 Mdoo Goema5oo N C 27403 P50 1919 2925239 No Cohen FLYING SCALE MODEL RIC PLANS Super Detail os InstruCtion Sheets ~Smith Plans 19163 Shadowood Dr Send SASE fMonument CO 80132 HandytoDisneyWo C WORLD Bedrnnno seeps 5 KitChen A/C Poo Teon 010 SC Ityng No May 8500 wk JunnO 940 wk ogli y&mnnhyracesasoaaabe 617928 4043 NFO CONSTRUCT ON ~RtVEW5 HOW TO S U W0~ ISMO M de gMg 980 dChe 50 MO RESEARCH USROAM N p enon nee 2 eeM h Opa SADS 004 * SCALE DOCUMENTATION * FEATURING INGS OS REPLA-TECH 1987 INTEONATIONAL AIRPLANE48500 MC KENZIE HWY CATALOG $250VIDA OREGON 97488 138 Model Aviation THE LEADER IN COMPETITION PROPELLERS NEW CLE nrnrr o*t1ta5 L4TNES lSt 5279 Up PrecIsion Tools CEiNFDILL FDDLS Ce i77Books $200 Catalog MeSeIs 210aM Sale Ad SpsingfleldONo 45808 h -322-8882 linES lSO A015 s us sapplia 3 Anlation Modeler fl BLUE4iDE MACHINERY AND TIS INC POBo 5-Y HoIog WV Non CaokeoSiane2 3e 200 pogr 04Moooa 00 Si *1. oilfoo oooOorforoMrooodqoroooA ro Fordo.Oo oi Ad. 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Edition: Model Aviation - 1987/02
Page Numbers: 40, 41, 42, 43, 134, 135, 138
uacorop eveni provided fantastic view Site LaGarde near Toulon southern France Competitors 15 European European F3A winningest RC Pattern pilots North America gives us day-by-day account participation 1986 trend-setting event Elvan Kristensen THE FOLLOWING day-by-day ac count 3rd European F3A Aerobatics Championships held LaGarde France July 9-13 1986 written Ivan Kristensen manner give reader better understanding what goes exciting events Day 1 Sunday July 6 trip off excellent start Dean Koger arrived Dayton travel out Toronto International Airport airport met Peter Alnutt incidentally has considerable international Free Flight acclaim Peter able have us checked through security way special entrance primarily used airline staff flight personnel thereby enabling us checked through faster other wise would possible should mention Peter employee Air Canada happened duty day left Peter also boarding passes ready special bonus us seated Super Club section British Air ways 747 take us Toronto London England Day 2 Monday July 7 started about half-hour past midnight Toronto time Good morning ladies gen tlemen captain speaking quick look out window confirmed indeed morning just off coast Ireland still cruising 38000 feet about 1 hours go Heathrow Airport London After 4-hour wait off again en route direct Marseille During flight informed flight attendant two pieces baggage made onto aircraft immediately suspected would model boxes confirmed soon after arrival Marseille However check Air Frances missing baggage han dlers assured us boxes would arrive later flight delivered hotel LaGarde Left Wolfgang Matt Liechtenstein placed second flew now-familiar Joker airplane powered long-stroke Webra con trolled bya Robbe PCM new computer radio manufactured Futaba Right Tobias Schulz W Gernanyflew own-design Chal lenge Vito eighth place long-stroke side-exhaust Webra engine Graupner radio Model weighed whopping 9 lb 4 oz 40 Model Aviation uu,iiiu uunuuu puu rn Chin, USA Canada Results event may bellwether lined up horseshoe format given official welcome mayor LaGarde French aero club very official festive mood indeed city hampions airport Marseile met Tony Frackowiak Steve Helms arrived day earlier sure nice met couple friendly faces arrived strange country after long journey too much sleep trip LaGarde should have taken about 1 hours car ended up taking somewhat longer due us getting lost several times did finally get settled good badly-needed nights rest Day 3 Tuesday July 8 awoke beautiful day skies southern France filled sunshine warm tem peratures ranging 30C area First task hand see model boxes arrived However hotel personnel informed us contact Air France behalf boxes left airport 730 should arriving time Sure enough 10am boxes delivered good order Off flying site went Due European custom flier goes up time able have practice flight today everything went well went back hotel get ready official welcome city hall scheduled begin 1800 hours six oclock team members sup porters participating nations 18 total 15 European countries plus China USA Canada gathered parking lot far city hall LaGarde marched city hall headed up marching band group young baton girls team young boy girl walking ahead carrying sign name country square city hall teams hips hall again marchedthis time memorial wreath laid town community center refreshments kinds presentations February 1987 41 European Pattern championsforeigners eligible Center Bertram Lossen first left Wolfgang Mafl second right Peter Weasels third pictures author souvenir team managers completed official welcome 10 pm team managers required attend briefing As participant Canada attend meeting primarily information clarify new rules regard box measuring noise 3m 98 dB rather im 105 dB also scoring sound judges during flight now FM rules scoring sound judges works like majority judging panel agrees model quieter average five points K-l will added total flight score per counting judge judging panel agrees model noisy five points subtracted total flight score counting judge majority agrees model average majority agreement cannot established will deemed average no change flight score will take place Day 4 Wednesday July 9 Another beautiful day again temperatures low 30s Today set aside official practice processing team allotted 30-minute time slot strictly adhered Also sound equipment made available during time period check models American team first off eight oclock everything went well Sound ranged 94 dB Steve Helms 95 Tony Frackowiak 97 Dean Koger among last fly about five oclock afternoon quick sound check showed 92 dB well below maxi mum 98 practice flight particularly good wind picked up quite bit during day observed Wolfgang Matts flight closely Hanno Prettner being attendance Matt considered beat based 2nd-place finish Flevo hof World Championships 1985 So far organization has seemed quite good although meals have left quite bit desired Day 5 Thursday July 10 Today actual competition got underway precisely 7 am judges ready pilots walting anticipation day started out wind calm cool temperatures Steve Helms second up posted disappointing score 319 59% after respectable flight minor faults Mart 8th fly posted 377 remain high score round until Bertram Lossen Germany came up 388 score high flight Round 1 Tony Dean both scored 339 yours truly 352 Standings after Round 11 Lossen 388 2 Mart 377 3 Wessels 353 4 Lui Aykyang 353 5 Kristensen 352 8 Frackowiak 339 9 Koger 339 21 Helms 319 Round 2 started four oclock time wind picked up considerably temperatures hovering around 300C Dean Koger 6th up did realize until airborne several trims moved transmit ter Worse yet direction snap switch somehow moved 42 Model Aviation Say cheese Standing L-R Dean Koger US Ivan Kristensen Canada Steve Helms US Kneeling Ken Rinks England Wolfgang Matt Liechtenstein Tony Frackowiak US cant tell what fliers doing scoreboard looks like very nice cant read print picture can tell results charts standings top nine didnt change bit preliminary rounds flyoffs Steve Helms Checkmatefinished very respectably fourth positive snap negative snap result zero maneuvernot because negative snap illegal because startled him see aircraft pitch nega tively during snap causing him immediately let go completing part rotation finishing aileron Scoring 288 Dean hoped throwaway flight again opportunity watch Wolfgang Matt Liechtenstein fly felt flight good first check scoreboard con firmed Marts 368 gave everyone relief might chance catch up During second round rather hu morous incident took place Just prior Matts flight Tony Frackowiak reason leave spectator stand get some thing rental car Steve sharing find got doors locked Steve key would appear windows left rolled down far enough Tony attempt stick arm through open door inside However least expect gremlins strike Tony two problems first could open car door inside second was unable remove arm door resulted rather loud call Steve still sitting stands come bail him out Sorry Tony just too funny pass up wont tell about managed lose over $100000 US cash about ended up outside garbage bin hotel parking lot Day 6 Friday July 11 Today would finish Round 2 fly complete third round temperature slightly cooler previous day winds light flying conditions near ideal Lossen first fly among top five flew excellent flight afraid check scoreboard surprise got 365 three less Marts secondround score previous day 23 short first round left door open move closer winners flight went quite well wind little bit stronger earlier slightly cross still near ideal minor faults result 366 point ahead Lossen three points behind Matt scores would like mention still quite low certainly standards have grown accustomed US Canada top score Round 2 368/540 score enough take fifth third place Wessels Shultz Germany 4th 5th Steve Helms scored 347 moved 6th Tony 335 7th due bad luck Dean dropped 18th place However two rounds go lot can happen Round 3 got underway around 1015 wind starting pick up swinging easterly southwesterly bringing cooler temperature Mediterranean Sea turn out Matts bad luck round Ap parently something went wrong electric starter thought engine malfunctioning Therefore due fear 3-mm starting time running out went backup model did see flight told flopped stall turn generally performed poorly scoring 354 Lossen other hand super performance posted round high 391 including five-point bonus below average sound level Again man aged get second high score 365 maintaining 3rd place after Round 3 Peter Wessels Germany got 351 Helms Koger Ken Rinks England posted 347 Tony last man fly about 730 attempted bring flight closer speed up roll rate resulted rather untidy flight noticeable changes altitude headings score disappoint ing 342 about right Day 7 Saturday July 12 Round 4 last day qualifying flights started out gray skies threat stormy conditions late day Temperatures much cooler no sun first half round scheduled between eight 11 second half starting until 4 pm situation worried little fly until second half flying conditions first half almost perfect alight steady wind no sun Matt 5th man fly managed come up what Continued page 134 February 1987 43 Taco Tijsma 0 Holland devised scoring program used contest carried another step way shown picture actually operate computer three-man FAI Jury wasthere overseethe event resolve anydisputes L-R Pierre Chaussebourg France Otakar Saffek Czechoslovakia Werner Groth W Germany wooden propeller blades same make size may Cut fit correctly using good slow-cure epoxy Half thickness prop hub retained excellent strength qual ities advertising flyer concludes note states Using gauge feel can excellent job restoring broken props ever accept no responsibility product turn out other words company sell ing device recognizes finished product may less perfect compared new propeller dont want held respon sible should involved incident result ing restored prop suggest spend money new one-piece propellers long run could save Have safe month John Preston Model Aviation 1810 Samuel Morse Dr Reston Virginia 22090 F3A Euro/Kristensen Continued page 43 thought mediocre performance score 383 slightly higher Steve flew shortly afterward came up vith highest score contest 373 should good enough get him flyoff Dean Koger again some bad luck having problems YS engine loading up sitting runway idling preparation takeoff happened again during takeoff roll Tony chase plane down runway accidentally kicked ele vator half bent down approximately created very bad trim condition plague Dean throughout flight Deans score fourth round quite low atonly 332 meantthat would able make flyoff would worth mentioning problems very likely have made flyoff flying gen erally very good second half 4th round got underway precisely four oclock Tony first fly put best flight far 385 well within striking distance flyoff spot although several unknown fac tors could come play such Lossens flight yet come scored very high effect Tonys score would minimized normalizing Also DiBaggio Bertalozzi Italy position knock both Steve Tony out flyoff way going determine flyoff positions course select top five European competitors also include non-Europeans placed ahead of top five Europeans Now well last half fourth round storm did materialize al though wind slightly stronger time flew really enough make difference also posted highest score 382 Helms got 373 Lossen flew near end quite strong wind came up 397 Ken Rinks thought might make flyoff got 356 did make cut Day 8 Sunday July 12 am sure woke up 540am Unable go back sleep got up went out contest site get couple practice flights flyoff start until ATT- CHEK1 ON-Board Battery Tester Saves Time. 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magic performance got 402 Matt next posted 396 Steve Helms shared third spot 375 Fan Mm Wessels far behind 373 372 respectively Lessens 402 score made him sure winner contest Well deserved might add Flyoff Round 2 thing impressed contest would way organizers able consistently get officials judges pilots together get things started time precisely three oclock second round underway Starting order reversed Europeans flying first Lessen again proved belonged top 397 meant topped scoreboard rounds meet except Round 2 3rd behind Matt myself Matts score second flyoff round dropped back 381 own improved 383 elevator servo definitely giving trouble no changes would take place among top three bad weather predicted earlier afternoon threatening second half flyoff fact real possibility flight would rained out very last pilot fly contest Somehow managed hold off just long enough wrap up contest finest flyoff per formances ever hadnt early recovery spin flight might have top round Anyway Lessen too far ahead anyone catch him happy 383 10 minutes after completion flight rain poured down thun der lightning last about half hour really too bad organizers got thunder shower because lot spectators gathered watch flyoff left result missed flying demon stration Italians very good prize-giving ceremony organizers done really good job promoting event local community through radio TV newspapers large billboard-type signs over town Several large party-type tents set up tables chairs concession selling beer soft drinks hot dogs etc doing brisk business local Volvo dealership tent showing off latest models kiddie car ride set up gives idea effort Europeans put event mag nitude Continued page 138 HObbY Horn Old Timer _ 2t LM45S 8 GAS lionEL 4/odL eSgwicg eccsea 8REAKER 1991 BROOKLYN DODGER 56 Cabin ~NEWEST5 Retail S5295*sINTRoDuCTORY PRICEC $3900 1939 Record Breaker 96 $69 56 1939 Zipper 5L0$5356 1930 Kloud King 63 $92 36 1991 Bngidir 56 $9076 1991 Super Quaker 78 $7276 1990 So Long 5e$3036 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up 3 am three hours sleep start journey homeward Needless say couple exhausted guys arrived Toronto some 20 hours later four-hour vers both Paris London return trip model boxes checked straight through Marseille minimum amount hassle no cost sitting floor baggage claim area Toronto waiting us got through passport control So ended trip 3rd European Championships can truly say enjoyable experience ex tremely informative areas Now have ingredients necessary all-out effort World Championships held fall 1987 France See RC Scale/Wischers Continued page 45 Butt-joint panel lines should really de pressed groove surface modelers prefer simple approach simulate line using self-adhesive chart tape 1/64-in wide cause quick easy method viewed distance isnt unreasonable simu lation Black lines white airplane exam ple can applied draftsmans ruling pen India ink lines bold spectacular totally unrealistic Raised rivet detail simulate button-head riv ets can applied Wilbold R/C-56 Weldbond glue Transfer 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