FF Outdoor Glider Larry Kruse VICTIMIZED As accompanying photos tend reveal Outdoor Glider flying truly victimized weather Badger Moun tain site Fliers garbed everything foul weather gear T-shirts shorts indicate atmospheric conditions went through com plete range really cold windy Sunday nearly perfect Wednesday Monday marginal Tuesday could classed very acceptable Sunday has traditionally set aside door flying Nationals within recent memo ry retrospect A-I fliers wishing case Richland greeted winds bent wing wires snapped plug-in panels fuselage juncture before smallish Gliders could get free towline running downwind did prove solution Steve Geraghty could attest De spite technique taking off soon helper released model Steve forced continuously repair airplane between flights stay ahead Greg Wornall Stan Buddenbohm Paul Kellas others challenge winds Open Similarly Toby Vanderbeek elected fly Junior neatly built Tadpole design its semi-Jedelsky wing strong enough let him fly successfully Tuesday though Sunday never over 40 Glider fingers under balmy skies early conditions light Stan Buddenbohms well-engineered Zeph yr Hand-Launched Glider used Silly Putty pop-up-tail DT system mounted wing described Harry Murphys October 1989 FF Duration column Its clock work-type system no clock parts spotty lift Picking good air became easier morning warmed up Stan Buddenbohm dominated Free Flight Champs Taft also led way Open HLG Richland racking up six straight maxes before finally dropping flight Mark Sexton followed four maxes plus being closely pursued Greg Wornall came within 38 seconds Sexton 504 Interesting design variations evident Open HLG Built-up open-bay-wing designs like Bruce Kimballs Climbmax Phil Hainers EZ Rider contrasted against all-sheetwood/car bon-fiber-reinforced-wing ships like Budden bohms Zephyr seemed have advantages open-bay ships harking back Stay brothers Wasp before Ritz wing seemed seek out ride light lift better all-sheet wings other hand Buddenbohms monster arm served well rigid structural techniques like cross-grained tip Continued page 181 Jack Oleary Bloomington MN watches Ted Katsanis signal before launching Teds Arlene Hannah El Dorado CA ready modified Dragmaster classic Tom Hutchin- launch hubby Bruces A-2 Towline Glider son A-2 design Look t background its first official flightone series retrieval space Nats site led first-place win event November 1989 71 Alan Mace Kent WA flew Hainer-design ed EZ Rider first place Senior HLG several other young fliers received some excellent coaching experi enced modelers contest progressed Jun Jblokov ws nine members Leningrad Aero Club came USSR fly AMA Nats Jun ap peared seasoned flier top competitors A-2 Towline event first Nats perky little Sarina Wilson flew Junior HLG placed right up best chucking all-wood Glider total 44 seconds Toby Vanderbeek Cupertino CA pleased performance Tadpole A-i Towline Glider carried him first place Junior Toby dad Bill fly Oakland Cloud Dusters club Doug Hannay Delta British Columbia dis plays classic launch form wind releases Greg Wornalls Hot-Max A-i Towline Glider Greg second Open self-preservation did everyone else except officials Sandy Charlene Frank stayed bitter end Nats FF GIider/Kruse Continued page 71 lets alleviate tip flutter provide washout carbon-wrapped fuselage eliminate fuse lage flex launch speeds Unlike other FF events good representation both Junior Senior fliers HLG Particularly impressive amount mentoring going experienced model ers helping young people launch techniques fine-trimming models gener ally providing much-needed encouragement positive reinforcement youngsters Junior high time posted Brett Whiting 110 followed Clint Hanneson second Dallas Mace third Alan Mace posted quality 276 win Senior outdistancing Lance Bays Jason Youck Re gardless well guys flew eas ily out-prettied little Sarina Wilson flying first contest story A-2 course arrival Russian contingent consisting A-2 flier Jun Jblokov coach Viktor Dudenko curious about Russians equipment model design flying skills Due lan guage barrier no interpreter present real formation came observation con versation As photos show Jblokovs ship much-flown much-repaired model standard FAI configuration featuring circletow hook carbon-fiber-reinforced wing spars able witness flight Russian Jun seemed very comfortable ship tow waited until several Ameri cans launched before trotting off down field make sure ship centered lift zoomed off line Ultimately ended up fifth place behind Steve Geraghty Kevin Col lins James Thornberg Bruce Hannah Hannahs fine score 1500 registered appropriately decorated red white blue ship demonstrated certain patriotic overtones well great flying skill Nats FF Scale/Kruse Continued page 72 James Woods nice CP-65 Porterfield Col legiate done up red white trim rem iniscent Earl Stahl design its proportions flight potential Peanut Scale its usual quota Fikes La ceys also Dick Petersons neat little LETX2-377 appeared have agricul tural heritage Ken Groves entered immacu lately crafted Bristol Scout biplane also went biplane route Don Srull-designed Voisin canard floatplane good enough representation aircraft type quality name modelers en sure good Scale contest As noted first paragraph anticipation high see some ships take air destined happen though Scale director John Guenther FF CD Stan Alexander made concerted suc cessful effort find suitable ROG surface least marginally acceptable retrieval site capricious weather victimized FF throughout week chose Thursday settle JR Galaxy B PCM Computer has user friendly central processing unit state-of-the-art Features include ABC&W 10KHZ narrow band dual conversion receiver 4 JR 4001 servos rechargeable Tx & airborne NiCds NiCd charger complete servo accessoes & hardware LCD display servo reverse & subtrims channels dual rates & exponential aileron elevator rudder interference/battery fail safe ATV stop watch count down timer accumulated use timer memory 7 separate aircraft Tx PCM/PPM selectable adjustable stick length swivel antenna direct servo controller trainer system low battery alarm plug RE module RF output meter data reset servo test Special helicopter ACC tail rotor accelerator ATS throttle hold adjustable throttle curves3 adjustable pitch curves4 inverted flight system airplane mode Special aircraft Snap roll2 flaperon differential aileron v-tail mix elevator-flap mix 4 free mix programs II Available your___ local hobby dealer LJUI7UI11ICu$ Distributed Hobby Dynamics Distributors e 1-800-458-0241 PO Box 3726 Champaign IL 61826-3726 FAX 1-217-355-0058 November 1989 181 Only 7ay Fly Ga laxy Galaxy 8 Computer
Edition: Model Aviation - 1989/11
Page Numbers: 71, 181
FF Outdoor Glider Larry Kruse VICTIMIZED As accompanying photos tend reveal Outdoor Glider flying truly victimized weather Badger Moun tain site Fliers garbed everything foul weather gear T-shirts shorts indicate atmospheric conditions went through com plete range really cold windy Sunday nearly perfect Wednesday Monday marginal Tuesday could classed very acceptable Sunday has traditionally set aside door flying Nationals within recent memo ry retrospect A-I fliers wishing case Richland greeted winds bent wing wires snapped plug-in panels fuselage juncture before smallish Gliders could get free towline running downwind did prove solution Steve Geraghty could attest De spite technique taking off soon helper released model Steve forced continuously repair airplane between flights stay ahead Greg Wornall Stan Buddenbohm Paul Kellas others challenge winds Open Similarly Toby Vanderbeek elected fly Junior neatly built Tadpole design its semi-Jedelsky wing strong enough let him fly successfully Tuesday though Sunday never over 40 Glider fingers under balmy skies early conditions light Stan Buddenbohms well-engineered Zeph yr Hand-Launched Glider used Silly Putty pop-up-tail DT system mounted wing described Harry Murphys October 1989 FF Duration column Its clock work-type system no clock parts spotty lift Picking good air became easier morning warmed up Stan Buddenbohm dominated Free Flight Champs Taft also led way Open HLG Richland racking up six straight maxes before finally dropping flight Mark Sexton followed four maxes plus being closely pursued Greg Wornall came within 38 seconds Sexton 504 Interesting design variations evident Open HLG Built-up open-bay-wing designs like Bruce Kimballs Climbmax Phil Hainers EZ Rider contrasted against all-sheetwood/car bon-fiber-reinforced-wing ships like Budden bohms Zephyr seemed have advantages open-bay ships harking back Stay brothers Wasp before Ritz wing seemed seek out ride light lift better all-sheet wings other hand Buddenbohms monster arm served well rigid structural techniques like cross-grained tip Continued page 181 Jack Oleary Bloomington MN watches Ted Katsanis signal before launching Teds Arlene Hannah El Dorado CA ready modified Dragmaster classic Tom Hutchin- launch hubby Bruces A-2 Towline Glider son A-2 design Look t background its first official flightone series retrieval space Nats site led first-place win event November 1989 71 Alan Mace Kent WA flew Hainer-design ed EZ Rider first place Senior HLG several other young fliers received some excellent coaching experi enced modelers contest progressed Jun Jblokov ws nine members Leningrad Aero Club came USSR fly AMA Nats Jun ap peared seasoned flier top competitors A-2 Towline event first Nats perky little Sarina Wilson flew Junior HLG placed right up best chucking all-wood Glider total 44 seconds Toby Vanderbeek Cupertino CA pleased performance Tadpole A-i Towline Glider carried him first place Junior Toby dad Bill fly Oakland Cloud Dusters club Doug Hannay Delta British Columbia dis plays classic launch form wind releases Greg Wornalls Hot-Max A-i Towline Glider Greg second Open self-preservation did everyone else except officials Sandy Charlene Frank stayed bitter end Nats FF GIider/Kruse Continued page 71 lets alleviate tip flutter provide washout carbon-wrapped fuselage eliminate fuse lage flex launch speeds Unlike other FF events good representation both Junior Senior fliers HLG Particularly impressive amount mentoring going experienced model ers helping young people launch techniques fine-trimming models gener ally providing much-needed encouragement positive reinforcement youngsters Junior high time posted Brett Whiting 110 followed Clint Hanneson second Dallas Mace third Alan Mace posted quality 276 win Senior outdistancing Lance Bays Jason Youck Re gardless well guys flew eas ily out-prettied little Sarina Wilson flying first contest story A-2 course arrival Russian contingent consisting A-2 flier Jun Jblokov coach Viktor Dudenko curious about Russians equipment model design flying skills Due lan guage barrier no interpreter present real formation came observation con versation As photos show Jblokovs ship much-flown much-repaired model standard FAI configuration featuring circletow hook carbon-fiber-reinforced wing spars able witness flight Russian Jun seemed very comfortable ship tow waited until several Ameri cans launched before trotting off down field make sure ship centered lift zoomed off line Ultimately ended up fifth place behind Steve Geraghty Kevin Col lins James Thornberg Bruce Hannah Hannahs fine score 1500 registered appropriately decorated red white blue ship demonstrated certain patriotic overtones well great flying skill Nats FF Scale/Kruse Continued page 72 James Woods nice CP-65 Porterfield Col legiate done up red white trim rem iniscent Earl Stahl design its proportions flight potential Peanut Scale its usual quota Fikes La ceys also Dick Petersons neat little LETX2-377 appeared have agricul tural heritage Ken Groves entered immacu lately crafted Bristol Scout biplane also went biplane route Don Srull-designed Voisin canard floatplane good enough representation aircraft type quality name modelers en sure good Scale contest As noted first paragraph anticipation high see some ships take air destined happen though Scale director John Guenther FF CD Stan Alexander made concerted suc cessful effort find suitable ROG surface least marginally acceptable retrieval site capricious weather victimized FF throughout week chose Thursday settle JR Galaxy B PCM Computer has user friendly central processing unit state-of-the-art Features include ABC&W 10KHZ narrow band dual conversion receiver 4 JR 4001 servos rechargeable Tx & airborne NiCds NiCd charger complete servo accessoes & hardware LCD display servo reverse & subtrims channels dual rates & exponential aileron elevator rudder interference/battery fail safe ATV stop watch count down timer accumulated use timer memory 7 separate aircraft Tx PCM/PPM selectable adjustable stick length swivel antenna direct servo controller trainer system low battery alarm plug RE module RF output meter data reset servo test Special helicopter ACC tail rotor accelerator ATS throttle hold adjustable throttle curves3 adjustable pitch curves4 inverted flight system airplane mode Special aircraft Snap roll2 flaperon differential aileron v-tail mix elevator-flap mix 4 free mix programs II Available your___ local hobby dealer LJUI7UI11ICu$ Distributed Hobby Dynamics Distributors e 1-800-458-0241 PO Box 3726 Champaign IL 61826-3726 FAX 1-217-355-0058 November 1989 181 Only 7ay Fly Ga laxy Galaxy 8 Computer