F2C Team Race World Champs HERES EVENT seems designed frustrate dedicated mod eler object appears simple race against two other competitors using 15size engine airplane specified surface area fuselage cross section min imums idea model scaled up enough its width height would accommodate real pilot provide little forward visibility Over years flyingwing-style design has evolved cases ultrathin airfoil meets rules giving just enough lift min imum drag maximum fuel capacity allowed 7cc about oz game immediately becomes laps speed heat temperature Since heats semifinal races 100 laps 33-lap range plus glide per tank requires two-pit-stop race 25 laps takes three pit stops forth Most teams first try get enough speed work mileage what would expect unless EPA sanc tioned event Although isnt easy make models go 120 mph quest speed best engine its required run top efficiency mixture must maximum power compres sion setting adjusted accordingly third factor heat begins play havoc search laps comes play High compression makes lot power lean setting helps range wrong combination generates heat may slow stop progress Terms like meltdown cookup could have born Team Race circles die sel engine universal choice event Sport fliers can just tug lines add ing little whip help model along F final race two ltaiians Russian battiing out Shabashov ivan ov turned fast 6458 200 iaps win over Magil Pirazzini 15 sec onds back after suffering meltdown other italian team Voghera Rossi oniy about 30 seconds back Voghera neariy caught other two lines went back up finish iast few iaps ease strain engine FAT Team Race rules very much restrictive allowing no whipping backing around circle blocking pivoting number other things considered infractions unless can get away three-man jury sits tower ivanov does quick pit during finai So rotkin Russian Big Cheese iooks Hes very infiuentiai Soviet aeromodeiing Bob Oge changes compression setting plane during heatnot good sign Left Tim Gliiott gives ship finai check before heat Note weii-worn stick pocket good starting anything Rats Team Racers Right American team Jeff HoiifeiderlTim Giliott Sf00 WiiloughbylBob Oge John McCoiiumlChuck Rudner Everyone confident hoping great things year unfortunateiy Americans made semifinais 1990 close-up shows pressure refueler strapped mechanics arm bulb pressurizes container aiiowing uitra fast refueiing minimizing pit stop time fuei valve taped tO mechanics finger can almost instantly fill 7cc tank touching valve connector planes fuselage Theres no discern ible blur one-biaded prop Rus sians used conventional two-biaded prop watches conduct pilots pitmen during race Teams can receive two warnings third foul means going showers early Obviously jury has lot style meet 1976 Holland jury merciless during morning session disqualifying just about everybody disgruntled contestants team man agers complained long loud af ternoon session turned free-for-all late Paul Bugi spent whole heat whipping like crazy something like way Speed guys try get engine up pipe Paul would about 10 hot laps look up jury tower see yellow warning light warning light never came next day jury replaced Happily years jury con sistent though fairly strict fair number warnings occasional F2D Combat World Champs REMEMBER READING Walt Perkins account 1986 Control Line World Championships termed Combat crap shoot just fac disqualification seems such shame team can pre pare two years allowed two heats prove its worthiness advance semifinals year 44 teams entered top nine advanced semifinals Like beats semifinals consist 100 laps Two semifinals flown top three teams advance final 200-lap race Its honor among top nine teams course continuing final means youve really arrived top echelon disclaimers might suggest US team fell below its expectationsand finishing 11th among teams 18 coun tries does sound less impressive three American teams basically same group competed Kiev two tors involved winning major Combat contest including good fortune its really hard predict will well never hurts prepared say least Rich Lopez Tom Fluker US team prepared Rich 19 im maculate models Tom years ago except Chuck Rudner re placed Tom Knoppi fill out McCol lum/Rudner duo Hollfelder Tim Gil lott semis Kiev turning fast enough time place fifth overall year Bob Bert Metkemeijer made last semi spot racking up 3318-sec heat time Light years faster winning Soviet team Shabashov Ivanov turned best heat time 3179 engines capable running very fast Soviets arent forced run ragged edge hop ing setting holds American fliers found themselves ragged-edge posi tion hoping settings worked practice would hold races As cue just about flag lowered begin contest weather changed abruptly Suddenly procedures used during days spent out rain cold werent appropriate anymore Air inlets taped over keep engines hot opened up start ing procedures changed laps declined 44 teams competing must have 43 reasons didnt win place higher Dont misled some disqualifi cations final results Often pilots pre ferred disqualified whipping receive poor time DNF did fly Whether face-saving ploy frustration just trying too hard diffi cult say Continued page 207 couple fewer tested engine flew model numerous times make sure everything right flew prac tice Combat matches rain wind shine deserved lot better crap shoot out con test after third round Rich lost 114 Model Aviation Jeff Holifeider shows get opponents way Make em work Jeff Stoo Willoughby uij mowring win guy getting position pit over another aiready pining Rotation speed very quick youre screaming along 120 kph such short ines have some teams World Champs have never fiown another team same circle tough-to-beat firat-piace-winning Russian team left right new F2D Worid Cham pion Viachesiav Beiaiev igor Zhoinerkevich former 1988 Worid Champion Boris Faizov naan urnman trom weaen shows off two modeis different-styiss Hakan made quite impression Americans showboat fiights during practice Ln92 57 SB A- 770 q sauNa60 C1I 2-oId BASIC JEKYLL$20500 YB 61 RE Long28900 Rag Price49400 55lF46JLT $36500 28900 65400 Combo Value639900685500 S V E59500 59900 SCEILE EEROMTIC MODEL LAser 200- 72 span $195 00 Supar Chipmunk 72 span 125 00 Suko SU2BM 77 span 225 00 Diabolo 84 span 24500 CranfaId 80 span 22500 Sport SI Aercbac Module KIT FEATtJFES Quatty Lightasight Epoxy Fibargiass Fusalaga Wing ab & Rudder Foam Cores Cowling Osar Canopy Landing Gear & Plan ornia Residanta add 7 1/4% Bela Tax Silent ST UP5 L,gA 5 As 544 E 120 20 C1 2-oy BASICSaiI-54JL7 JEKYLL$12000$35000 YB 61 RE Long2690028200 Rag Price4790063200 Comb Value638900654800 SAVE59000 59400 SUKHOI SU-26M Detailed Lightwelglst*d Fiberglass Fuselage Moldin Veriical Fin 2psmPlugkiWrigDaslgn lEsq Transpa6an & ktansi Twa P*e in~ka Wng ftsb & Rjdde Fawn Co-as Flbar11lass Coelrig Cow Canopy Aiwanin Lwidng Gsa & Plan Easy & Fa Conzudon Special ln Basic Kit $120 -Built $350 ughtwaight Epoxy Fibo-glass Fuselage 8alsaZ Foam Wings 2 piaca wing dasign Canopy Iowls Full size plans detail building manu9 4rJet $245 World Champion model bode feabsaa Lighaaight Hahcop Epoxy Fibarglass Fusalaga 50 60 siza NN W Surpass Miss Beetle W sultsbls 70- 50 4pyds 45 2-cyds &EE LII Al 5WAEI 1511 1q14 lii l Aaaui 2 CLWC Tm Race/Johnson Continued page 114 five disqualifications first heat seven second two sets semi rounds Interest ingly enough top nine teams disqualified first set heats al though two received DQs during second ieat tried improve position st bottom nine-team cut though strong US performance st 1988 meet Kiev brought high lopes everyone seemed realize ast qualifying time depended hings working just right three teams re dedicated competent getting iat good time practice quite different rom getting race especially ieather conditions change drastically Dis ppointed after slow xowing Team Race crew already working strategy equipment thatll get hunt 1992 Englishman Dave Rudds Brits Colonials cheer ing section may its feet Amer icans next time CLWC Combat/Johnson Continued page 115 During earlier Bladder Grabber meet Seattle Howard isolation helpers trying get models ready Fortunately able get molded framed up jig before tossing everything box heading Europe Howard estimates spent 60 hours model its no surprise doesnt have second left employ er s vacation time still lots finishing touches like covering Howard needed spent week before World Champs room finishing off fleet Howards first test flights Monday little over day prior beginning official competition Howard joined others practice matches day before meet ap peared getting himself together after having few hours sleep models worked really well could see confidence building Tom Fluker Rich Lopez burning up sky fa miliar improved models like Howards powered Nelson en gines About problem glow plugs blew too frequently inopportune times opening round found three Ameri cans losing matches mostly due tak ing too much opponents streamer first cut US Combat team really down dumps night next day both Fluker Lopez won matches handily leaving Rush face So viet flier Igor Soviets expected Rush November 1990 207 GET READY FOR THE COMTT UTTYT TTXf WYNTER SAVE T%3rw Chip Hydes Jekyll Miss Beetle SFtOi LngA 55 s 70 Wgk. 544q ENENI 20s 20o 4-yd.anssC1ckoIO-oye Wing Span 77 Ideal 120 4-cyclal hoc
Edition: Model Aviation - 1990/11
Page Numbers: 113, 114, 207
F2C Team Race World Champs HERES EVENT seems designed frustrate dedicated mod eler object appears simple race against two other competitors using 15size engine airplane specified surface area fuselage cross section min imums idea model scaled up enough its width height would accommodate real pilot provide little forward visibility Over years flyingwing-style design has evolved cases ultrathin airfoil meets rules giving just enough lift min imum drag maximum fuel capacity allowed 7cc about oz game immediately becomes laps speed heat temperature Since heats semifinal races 100 laps 33-lap range plus glide per tank requires two-pit-stop race 25 laps takes three pit stops forth Most teams first try get enough speed work mileage what would expect unless EPA sanc tioned event Although isnt easy make models go 120 mph quest speed best engine its required run top efficiency mixture must maximum power compres sion setting adjusted accordingly third factor heat begins play havoc search laps comes play High compression makes lot power lean setting helps range wrong combination generates heat may slow stop progress Terms like meltdown cookup could have born Team Race circles die sel engine universal choice event Sport fliers can just tug lines add ing little whip help model along F final race two ltaiians Russian battiing out Shabashov ivan ov turned fast 6458 200 iaps win over Magil Pirazzini 15 sec onds back after suffering meltdown other italian team Voghera Rossi oniy about 30 seconds back Voghera neariy caught other two lines went back up finish iast few iaps ease strain engine FAT Team Race rules very much restrictive allowing no whipping backing around circle blocking pivoting number other things considered infractions unless can get away three-man jury sits tower ivanov does quick pit during finai So rotkin Russian Big Cheese iooks Hes very infiuentiai Soviet aeromodeiing Bob Oge changes compression setting plane during heatnot good sign Left Tim Gliiott gives ship finai check before heat Note weii-worn stick pocket good starting anything Rats Team Racers Right American team Jeff HoiifeiderlTim Giliott Sf00 WiiloughbylBob Oge John McCoiiumlChuck Rudner Everyone confident hoping great things year unfortunateiy Americans made semifinais 1990 close-up shows pressure refueler strapped mechanics arm bulb pressurizes container aiiowing uitra fast refueiing minimizing pit stop time fuei valve taped tO mechanics finger can almost instantly fill 7cc tank touching valve connector planes fuselage Theres no discern ible blur one-biaded prop Rus sians used conventional two-biaded prop watches conduct pilots pitmen during race Teams can receive two warnings third foul means going showers early Obviously jury has lot style meet 1976 Holland jury merciless during morning session disqualifying just about everybody disgruntled contestants team man agers complained long loud af ternoon session turned free-for-all late Paul Bugi spent whole heat whipping like crazy something like way Speed guys try get engine up pipe Paul would about 10 hot laps look up jury tower see yellow warning light warning light never came next day jury replaced Happily years jury con sistent though fairly strict fair number warnings occasional F2D Combat World Champs REMEMBER READING Walt Perkins account 1986 Control Line World Championships termed Combat crap shoot just fac disqualification seems such shame team can pre pare two years allowed two heats prove its worthiness advance semifinals year 44 teams entered top nine advanced semifinals Like beats semifinals consist 100 laps Two semifinals flown top three teams advance final 200-lap race Its honor among top nine teams course continuing final means youve really arrived top echelon disclaimers might suggest US team fell below its expectationsand finishing 11th among teams 18 coun tries does sound less impressive three American teams basically same group competed Kiev two tors involved winning major Combat contest including good fortune its really hard predict will well never hurts prepared say least Rich Lopez Tom Fluker US team prepared Rich 19 im maculate models Tom years ago except Chuck Rudner re placed Tom Knoppi fill out McCol lum/Rudner duo Hollfelder Tim Gil lott semis Kiev turning fast enough time place fifth overall year Bob Bert Metkemeijer made last semi spot racking up 3318-sec heat time Light years faster winning Soviet team Shabashov Ivanov turned best heat time 3179 engines capable running very fast Soviets arent forced run ragged edge hop ing setting holds American fliers found themselves ragged-edge posi tion hoping settings worked practice would hold races As cue just about flag lowered begin contest weather changed abruptly Suddenly procedures used during days spent out rain cold werent appropriate anymore Air inlets taped over keep engines hot opened up start ing procedures changed laps declined 44 teams competing must have 43 reasons didnt win place higher Dont misled some disqualifi cations final results Often pilots pre ferred disqualified whipping receive poor time DNF did fly Whether face-saving ploy frustration just trying too hard diffi cult say Continued page 207 couple fewer tested engine flew model numerous times make sure everything right flew prac tice Combat matches rain wind shine deserved lot better crap shoot out con test after third round Rich lost 114 Model Aviation Jeff Holifeider shows get opponents way Make em work Jeff Stoo Willoughby uij mowring win guy getting position pit over another aiready pining Rotation speed very quick youre screaming along 120 kph such short ines have some teams World Champs have never fiown another team same circle tough-to-beat firat-piace-winning Russian team left right new F2D Worid Cham pion Viachesiav Beiaiev igor Zhoinerkevich former 1988 Worid Champion Boris Faizov naan urnman trom weaen shows off two modeis different-styiss Hakan made quite impression Americans showboat fiights during practice Ln92 57 SB A- 770 q sauNa60 C1I 2-oId BASIC JEKYLL$20500 YB 61 RE Long28900 Rag Price49400 55lF46JLT $36500 28900 65400 Combo Value639900685500 S V E59500 59900 SCEILE EEROMTIC MODEL LAser 200- 72 span $195 00 Supar Chipmunk 72 span 125 00 Suko SU2BM 77 span 225 00 Diabolo 84 span 24500 CranfaId 80 span 22500 Sport SI Aercbac Module KIT FEATtJFES Quatty Lightasight Epoxy Fibargiass Fusalaga Wing ab & Rudder Foam Cores Cowling Osar Canopy Landing Gear & Plan ornia Residanta add 7 1/4% Bela Tax Silent ST UP5 L,gA 5 As 544 E 120 20 C1 2-oy BASICSaiI-54JL7 JEKYLL$12000$35000 YB 61 RE Long2690028200 Rag Price4790063200 Comb Value638900654800 SAVE59000 59400 SUKHOI SU-26M Detailed Lightwelglst*d Fiberglass Fuselage Moldin Veriical Fin 2psmPlugkiWrigDaslgn lEsq Transpa6an & ktansi Twa P*e in~ka Wng ftsb & Rjdde Fawn Co-as Flbar11lass Coelrig Cow Canopy Aiwanin Lwidng Gsa & Plan Easy & Fa Conzudon Special ln Basic Kit $120 -Built $350 ughtwaight Epoxy Fibo-glass Fuselage 8alsaZ Foam Wings 2 piaca wing dasign Canopy Iowls Full size plans detail building manu9 4rJet $245 World Champion model bode feabsaa Lighaaight Hahcop Epoxy Fibarglass Fusalaga 50 60 siza NN W Surpass Miss Beetle W sultsbls 70- 50 4pyds 45 2-cyds &EE LII Al 5WAEI 1511 1q14 lii l Aaaui 2 CLWC Tm Race/Johnson Continued page 114 five disqualifications first heat seven second two sets semi rounds Interest ingly enough top nine teams disqualified first set heats al though two received DQs during second ieat tried improve position st bottom nine-team cut though strong US performance st 1988 meet Kiev brought high lopes everyone seemed realize ast qualifying time depended hings working just right three teams re dedicated competent getting iat good time practice quite different rom getting race especially ieather conditions change drastically Dis ppointed after slow xowing Team Race crew already working strategy equipment thatll get hunt 1992 Englishman Dave Rudds Brits Colonials cheer ing section may its feet Amer icans next time CLWC Combat/Johnson Continued page 115 During earlier Bladder Grabber meet Seattle Howard isolation helpers trying get models ready Fortunately able get molded framed up jig before tossing everything box heading Europe Howard estimates spent 60 hours model its no surprise doesnt have second left employ er s vacation time still lots finishing touches like covering Howard needed spent week before World Champs room finishing off fleet Howards first test flights Monday little over day prior beginning official competition Howard joined others practice matches day before meet ap peared getting himself together after having few hours sleep models worked really well could see confidence building Tom Fluker Rich Lopez burning up sky fa miliar improved models like Howards powered Nelson en gines About problem glow plugs blew too frequently inopportune times opening round found three Ameri cans losing matches mostly due tak ing too much opponents streamer first cut US Combat team really down dumps night next day both Fluker Lopez won matches handily leaving Rush face So viet flier Igor Soviets expected Rush November 1990 207 GET READY FOR THE COMTT UTTYT TTXf WYNTER SAVE T%3rw Chip Hydes Jekyll Miss Beetle SFtOi LngA 55 s 70 Wgk. 544q ENENI 20s 20o 4-yd.anssC1ckoIO-oye Wing Span 77 Ideal 120 4-cyclal hoc
Edition: Model Aviation - 1990/11
Page Numbers: 113, 114, 207
F2C Team Race World Champs HERES EVENT seems designed frustrate dedicated mod eler object appears simple race against two other competitors using 15size engine airplane specified surface area fuselage cross section min imums idea model scaled up enough its width height would accommodate real pilot provide little forward visibility Over years flyingwing-style design has evolved cases ultrathin airfoil meets rules giving just enough lift min imum drag maximum fuel capacity allowed 7cc about oz game immediately becomes laps speed heat temperature Since heats semifinal races 100 laps 33-lap range plus glide per tank requires two-pit-stop race 25 laps takes three pit stops forth Most teams first try get enough speed work mileage what would expect unless EPA sanc tioned event Although isnt easy make models go 120 mph quest speed best engine its required run top efficiency mixture must maximum power compres sion setting adjusted accordingly third factor heat begins play havoc search laps comes play High compression makes lot power lean setting helps range wrong combination generates heat may slow stop progress Terms like meltdown cookup could have born Team Race circles die sel engine universal choice event Sport fliers can just tug lines add ing little whip help model along F final race two ltaiians Russian battiing out Shabashov ivan ov turned fast 6458 200 iaps win over Magil Pirazzini 15 sec onds back after suffering meltdown other italian team Voghera Rossi oniy about 30 seconds back Voghera neariy caught other two lines went back up finish iast few iaps ease strain engine FAT Team Race rules very much restrictive allowing no whipping backing around circle blocking pivoting number other things considered infractions unless can get away three-man jury sits tower ivanov does quick pit during finai So rotkin Russian Big Cheese iooks Hes very infiuentiai Soviet aeromodeiing Bob Oge changes compression setting plane during heatnot good sign Left Tim Gliiott gives ship finai check before heat Note weii-worn stick pocket good starting anything Rats Team Racers Right American team Jeff HoiifeiderlTim Giliott Sf00 WiiloughbylBob Oge John McCoiiumlChuck Rudner Everyone confident hoping great things year unfortunateiy Americans made semifinais 1990 close-up shows pressure refueler strapped mechanics arm bulb pressurizes container aiiowing uitra fast refueiing minimizing pit stop time fuei valve taped tO mechanics finger can almost instantly fill 7cc tank touching valve connector planes fuselage Theres no discern ible blur one-biaded prop Rus sians used conventional two-biaded prop watches conduct pilots pitmen during race Teams can receive two warnings third foul means going showers early Obviously jury has lot style meet 1976 Holland jury merciless during morning session disqualifying just about everybody disgruntled contestants team man agers complained long loud af ternoon session turned free-for-all late Paul Bugi spent whole heat whipping like crazy something like way Speed guys try get engine up pipe Paul would about 10 hot laps look up jury tower see yellow warning light warning light never came next day jury replaced Happily years jury con sistent though fairly strict fair number warnings occasional F2D Combat World Champs REMEMBER READING Walt Perkins account 1986 Control Line World Championships termed Combat crap shoot just fac disqualification seems such shame team can pre pare two years allowed two heats prove its worthiness advance semifinals year 44 teams entered top nine advanced semifinals Like beats semifinals consist 100 laps Two semifinals flown top three teams advance final 200-lap race Its honor among top nine teams course continuing final means youve really arrived top echelon disclaimers might suggest US team fell below its expectationsand finishing 11th among teams 18 coun tries does sound less impressive three American teams basically same group competed Kiev two tors involved winning major Combat contest including good fortune its really hard predict will well never hurts prepared say least Rich Lopez Tom Fluker US team prepared Rich 19 im maculate models Tom years ago except Chuck Rudner re placed Tom Knoppi fill out McCol lum/Rudner duo Hollfelder Tim Gil lott semis Kiev turning fast enough time place fifth overall year Bob Bert Metkemeijer made last semi spot racking up 3318-sec heat time Light years faster winning Soviet team Shabashov Ivanov turned best heat time 3179 engines capable running very fast Soviets arent forced run ragged edge hop ing setting holds American fliers found themselves ragged-edge posi tion hoping settings worked practice would hold races As cue just about flag lowered begin contest weather changed abruptly Suddenly procedures used during days spent out rain cold werent appropriate anymore Air inlets taped over keep engines hot opened up start ing procedures changed laps declined 44 teams competing must have 43 reasons didnt win place higher Dont misled some disqualifi cations final results Often pilots pre ferred disqualified whipping receive poor time DNF did fly Whether face-saving ploy frustration just trying too hard diffi cult say Continued page 207 couple fewer tested engine flew model numerous times make sure everything right flew prac tice Combat matches rain wind shine deserved lot better crap shoot out con test after third round Rich lost 114 Model Aviation Jeff Holifeider shows get opponents way Make em work Jeff Stoo Willoughby uij mowring win guy getting position pit over another aiready pining Rotation speed very quick youre screaming along 120 kph such short ines have some teams World Champs have never fiown another team same circle tough-to-beat firat-piace-winning Russian team left right new F2D Worid Cham pion Viachesiav Beiaiev igor Zhoinerkevich former 1988 Worid Champion Boris Faizov naan urnman trom weaen shows off two modeis different-styiss Hakan made quite impression Americans showboat fiights during practice Ln92 57 SB A- 770 q sauNa60 C1I 2-oId BASIC JEKYLL$20500 YB 61 RE Long28900 Rag Price49400 55lF46JLT $36500 28900 65400 Combo Value639900685500 S V E59500 59900 SCEILE EEROMTIC MODEL LAser 200- 72 span $195 00 Supar Chipmunk 72 span 125 00 Suko SU2BM 77 span 225 00 Diabolo 84 span 24500 CranfaId 80 span 22500 Sport SI Aercbac Module KIT FEATtJFES Quatty Lightasight Epoxy Fibargiass Fusalaga Wing ab & Rudder Foam Cores Cowling Osar Canopy Landing Gear & Plan ornia Residanta add 7 1/4% Bela Tax Silent ST UP5 L,gA 5 As 544 E 120 20 C1 2-oy BASICSaiI-54JL7 JEKYLL$12000$35000 YB 61 RE Long2690028200 Rag Price4790063200 Comb Value638900654800 SAVE59000 59400 SUKHOI SU-26M Detailed Lightwelglst*d Fiberglass Fuselage Moldin Veriical Fin 2psmPlugkiWrigDaslgn lEsq Transpa6an & ktansi Twa P*e in~ka Wng ftsb & Rjdde Fawn Co-as Flbar11lass Coelrig Cow Canopy Aiwanin Lwidng Gsa & Plan Easy & Fa Conzudon Special ln Basic Kit $120 -Built $350 ughtwaight Epoxy Fibo-glass Fuselage 8alsaZ Foam Wings 2 piaca wing dasign Canopy Iowls Full size plans detail building manu9 4rJet $245 World Champion model bode feabsaa Lighaaight Hahcop Epoxy Fibarglass Fusalaga 50 60 siza NN W Surpass Miss Beetle W sultsbls 70- 50 4pyds 45 2-cyds &EE LII Al 5WAEI 1511 1q14 lii l Aaaui 2 CLWC Tm Race/Johnson Continued page 114 five disqualifications first heat seven second two sets semi rounds Interest ingly enough top nine teams disqualified first set heats al though two received DQs during second ieat tried improve position st bottom nine-team cut though strong US performance st 1988 meet Kiev brought high lopes everyone seemed realize ast qualifying time depended hings working just right three teams re dedicated competent getting iat good time practice quite different rom getting race especially ieather conditions change drastically Dis ppointed after slow xowing Team Race crew already working strategy equipment thatll get hunt 1992 Englishman Dave Rudds Brits Colonials cheer ing section may its feet Amer icans next time CLWC Combat/Johnson Continued page 115 During earlier Bladder Grabber meet Seattle Howard isolation helpers trying get models ready Fortunately able get molded framed up jig before tossing everything box heading Europe Howard estimates spent 60 hours model its no surprise doesnt have second left employ er s vacation time still lots finishing touches like covering Howard needed spent week before World Champs room finishing off fleet Howards first test flights Monday little over day prior beginning official competition Howard joined others practice matches day before meet ap peared getting himself together after having few hours sleep models worked really well could see confidence building Tom Fluker Rich Lopez burning up sky fa miliar improved models like Howards powered Nelson en gines About problem glow plugs blew too frequently inopportune times opening round found three Ameri cans losing matches mostly due tak ing too much opponents streamer first cut US Combat team really down dumps night next day both Fluker Lopez won matches handily leaving Rush face So viet flier Igor Soviets expected Rush November 1990 207 GET READY FOR THE COMTT UTTYT TTXf WYNTER SAVE T%3rw Chip Hydes Jekyll Miss Beetle SFtOi LngA 55 s 70 Wgk. 544q ENENI 20s 20o 4-yd.anssC1ckoIO-oye Wing Span 77 Ideal 120 4-cyclal hoc