FF World American team guys did quite well competition especially FiC Power Randy Archer placed second behind S Korban USSR Reigning World Champ Bob White placed fourth behind Poland USSR FR Germany FiB Wakefield Rubber FlA A-2 Glider Dale Elder placed 14th Kneeling L-R Walt Ghio Jack Brown Bob White Jim Quinn Standing L-R Team Manager Roger Simpson Doug Gaibreath Ken Phair Randy Archer Matt Gawain Dale Elder Jim Parker Assistant Team Manager Hector Dlez FOR THIS FIRST FAI Free Flight World Champs held South America tory should record very fine competition popular winners Argentinas La Cruz Airfield provided quite reasonable though never easy conditions 195 entrants 30 nations contestants warmly greeted Argentinian people accounts standards fliers enjoyed memorably pleasant stay aside occasional bouts stomach trouble organizers quite obviously worked hard preparation event must congratulated smoothness general efficiency prevailed throughout competition partly due fact venue Aerodrome La Cruz used National South American Pan American Champion ships previous occasions events gave Federacion Argentina de Aeromod elismo FAA organizing committee nec essary experience handle such enor mous undertaking reasonable aplomb addition Argentinians benefited timely useful suggestions Pierre Chaussebourg served president Jury Sandy Pimenoffs absence Accommodations conveniently lo cated 10 kilometers north flying field Touristic Complex south side Embalse Rio Tercero resort town 130 kilometers south Cordoba City town near beautiful lake district largest dams South America Since May off-season Embalse complex seven hotels lodges closed except attending World Championships rooms quite nice plumbing functioned room attendants did excellent laun dry service early arrival large num bers people strained limits abil ity hotel complex management lo cate additional foodstuffs service per sonnel Some guests especially Ho tel No Four 30-man US team quartered appeared bit intolerant seeming inadequacies town Embalse kilometer east hotel complex sleepy pleasant place quite similar what youll find along coast Mexico shops usually seemed closed until American wives shop-till-you-drop gang sighted quickly opened doors brought out goods Amid topsy-turvy economic condi tions Argentina time food gas oline relatively inexpensive yet highly prized commodities Several rent-acars furnished local thieves gas sup ply until police requested proContinued page 163 Hosted Argentina 1989 event gathered 195 best Free Flight 30 countries some robust competition some times trying conditions USSR pretty much dominated three events Randy Archer along inveterate Bob White made strong showing US team ELee Hines October 1989 65 Quite attention-getter awards cere mony RQ welcome blimp seen floating auditorium close ceiling pilot caller plane needs improve ment should said calling lacks some thing problem should defined giveand-take will improve both pilot caller respective duties make team unit stronger Keep hints ideas coming can pass See next month RC Helicopters/Jolly Continued page 63 time opened box took four hours complete both radio installation assembly Helicopter Everything fit nicely well-written manual machine lit erally screwed together before eyes Looking Concept 30 DX novices viewpoint can see would far less timidating other machines Taking consideration assembled ver sion Concept well-written man ual whole package gives feeling sured success mean could feel Con cept going perform well just looking through instruction manual perform well did Everything tracked well first liftoff have admit Concept Legend nonetheless best-performing 30-size machine Ive flown Equipped OS 28 FSR engine fivechannel RC system gyro Concept 30 has enough power perform admirably trainer ship exhibits balanced controls head being soft enough dual rates needed novice just now consid ering getting RC Helicopters heartily rec ommend Concept 30 DX very stable good-flying machine should train well advanced flier ready go aerobatics would suggest buying SE version comes nylon paddles few ball races pitch slider mixing arms stabilizer seesaw would also want install 05 32 little bit extra power would also suggest try set new weighted wood main rotor blades have now have found Concept likes extra inertia autorotations op tions can really wind Concept up let go DX will Helicopter maneuvers Now few words negative side muffler supplied Concept blocks lowspeed adjustment carburetor really much problem have found once carb set dont need adjust low speed often long use clean fuel con sistent mixtures really bothers muffler available Capital Precision Prod ucts Honolulu cures problem next item clear windshield trim line inscribed too small would advise lay windshield opening cabin mark required size soft-tip pen trim fit also found dampening little soft Ky osho has now got stiffer dampening rubbers avail able Kyosho Concept 30 super ma chine Great Planes perfect distributor handle project has OS engines marketing know-how ensure Kyosho parts will available local shops Never resting Kyosho now has Hughes 500E Jet Ranger Hughes 300 fuselages convert Concept semiscale flier Also available new recoil hand starter lets leave electric home future article will show some things can really set Concept up hotdogging Until really recommend Hel icopter cant wait see rumored 60-size version What can say except think great Concept BCNU FFWC General/Hines Continued page 65 vide guards around clock both ho tels grounds everyone housed close proxim Ity tremendous opportunity fliers around globe exchange ideas make new friends renew old ac quaintances Everyone did just occasion rooms crowded international visitors could seen waving arms finding ways around language barriers examining new model parts making notes sketches World Champs Swap Meet always magnet attraction year seemed bring record amount cottage industry Free Flight goodies trade sale over world want VP variable-pitch prop assembly See Poles Chinese maybe Rus sians want timers What kind See guy red T-shirt Gracias Think nothin mate wanted could find itthe limit much wanted spend Chinese full catalog Free Flight items sale including com plete airplanes made clubmates October 1989 163 AVAILABLE AT AMERICAS 6475 DISTRIBUTED BY FINEST HOBBY SHOPS ZIfDVDWRhD8 7550 Sac ISabrini Rood oadoro CA 93422 466-1717 Electric Flight f Controller Perfect 05 Motors 510 cells Has arake2 month Lightweight 12 00money hock Adjustable switching pointgoarontee Soiderless terminal easy hookap ON/OFF Controiler $2495 Power save weight 0120 Size 2Zxt3L63 gh efficiency 006/ loss Add SiSO shipping california residents add 65% $163 Tax Send Check money order Cowes withlitHigh Sky Faiaioeoonealor3929 Kansas St #9 other conoectors oneSan DierioCA 92104 also available 415 342 5581 GOLDEN GATE HOBBIES PO BOX 282005 SAN FRANCISCO CA 94128 M/C OR COD CATALOG $ 200 OR FREE WITH ORDERS HATORI BLUEPRINT SHOWS ALL EXHAUST ITEMS FULL SIZE 2F X 4fT $ 5 HA TORI TETTRA DIGICON IM-MSK WE NEED DEALERS SPECIALISTS IN CUSTOM COX TEE DEE & REED ENGINES 020S 049S 05V5074S& 09S ALL CUS TOM & STOCK PARTS VAILABLE INDIVIDUALLY COMPETITION ACCESSORIES & CUSTOMIZED K&B ENGINES RACING WHEELS KLOTZ OIL CA ROON FIBER SOLID LINES ALL KINDS OF FUEL TUBING FOUR BRANDS OFGLOWPLUGS HARD-TO-FIND HA RD WA RE OLD TIMER SUPPLIES COILS CONDENSERS NGK & STIlT SPARK PLUGS SILK 12 COLORS QUALITY DOPE BRUSHES 5& 7LOOP 1/4 RUBBER BANDS TRANSISTOR IGNITION SYSTEMS RESISTOR HIGH TENSION LEADS 1/2A TEXACO PLA YBOY SR KIT 1/2A TEXACO ENGINES & PARTS KSB & IGNITION TIMERS RUBBER POWER KITS PROPS TISSUE AND OTHER SUPPLIES CYANOACRYLA TES& EPOXIES ORDER BY MAIL OR PHONE 619 728-4395 SORRY NO COD VISA & MASTERCARD WELCOME MINIMUM MERCHANDISE ORDER $1000 SHIPPING & HANDLING FEE $200 FOR INSURANCE ADD $100 STOCK ORDERS SHIPPED WITHIN 24 HRS monthly publication covering International RC Soaring Scene US $17 yr 21/yr 1st class canada/Mexico $22/yr US funds Asia & Pacific $28/yr US funds Europeand UK $28/yr USfunds Surface Mall Foreign $18/yr US funds RC SOARING DIGEST PO Box 4079 Payson AZ 85547 Chinese champion design en gines pans carbon booms tubes US tow hooks choose like going crazy candy store organizing committee capably di rected Mario de Salvo put several years planning public relations ef forts including multiple trips abroad undertaking opening ceremony barbecue-style banquet followed very well received relax ing happy prelude hard tasks store over next several days opening speeches mercifully short opin ion Championship officials thought otherwise apologizing saying Argentines afflicted disease long-windedness Events proceeded generally wellplanned time schedule allowances flexibility necessary An excellent youth choral group serenaded us before awards ceremony allowed late arrivals seated Awards pre sented swiftly accompanied rousing cheers favorites amid sea flashing camera strobes Capping final banquet attendant trading souve nirs toasts conquering heroes said good-byes another two yearsand Dont forget write FFWC FlA Glider/Hines Continued page 67 found first thermaland swiftly trailed locust swarm Nordics Jim Parker among victims inevita ble line tangles ensued landed soft grass undamaged flo tilla Tchops soft lift achieved max flier Polish team Aus tralias Peter Nash missing out Nash bad day dropping fourth fifth rounds well Jim Parker however made no mistakes refly maxing nicely match team members Matt Gewain Dale Elder put US team creditable position having dropped 1 sec end second round Several teams however notably Russians Nyhegn fam ily Denmarkwere already outstrip ping Americans perfect scores rounds progressed fairly normally throughout day although weather conditionssmallish thermals fair amount afternoon turbulenceguaranteed plenty drama Among will tell never got easy De Boer Netherlands 167 sec Round 3 Van Wallene Netherlands 166 sec Round 2 plus 91 sec Round 5 Somers Neth erlands 167 sec Round 3 109 sec Round 6 Dondero Argentina 136 sec Round 3 Madelin Great Britain 84 sec Round 3 Kochkarev USSR 119 sec Round 4 Breeman Belgium 63 sec Round 6 147 sec Round 7 Wilkening FR Germany 53 sec Round 4 1983 Nordic Champ Matt Gewain 148 sec Round 4 beginning Round 6 saw both Austrians Nyhegns Denmark tied full max scores Close behind Finland 16 sec USA 32 sec USSR 61 sec came upheaval rankings Henning Bo Nyhegn dropped 90-sec times Klaus Salzer Austria clanged 101 sec Kim Henriksson dropped Fin land out scoring 120 sec Two Bulgarians Slavov 1977 Glider Champ Kostadin Rojadiev clean scores through Round 6 uncanny coincidence next round prove undoing Both fliers crashed times 12 sec plunging unen viable 34th-place tie Round 6 shakeup left US team leading 29 sec over Russians round go before fly offs looking Nordic Team Trophy would go guys Round 7 began 3 pm saw Dale max advance flyoff Jim fin ished strongly six solid 180-sec flights dubious distinction ranking just below flyoff group spoke Eugene Verbitski assured Rus sians indeed made maxes Support ers American team under im pression Matt maxed well congratulations turned out premature Sadly Matts flight round 60 sec making ex cellent team USSR Glider champions once again As four-minute flyoff round began 430 pm 15 remaining fliers faced cooling breeze three five meters per second lively enough make circle towing exercise frustration less atten tive experienced fit among Al immediately Andres Lepp towed up circled downwind apparently lift sensed ground After two test circles progressively farther down wind zoomed off thermal along Rojadiev Sexton Tchop others Sahi spotted bigger piece lift up wind quickly intercepted Ar inger deftly sprinted crosswind massive zoom placing white-and-brightorange Glider same elevation Finns climbing model Gobbo Italy also got ride seemed certain reward maxes wind seemed increase somewhat during 15 minutes allotted flyoff such narrow columns lift could found both difficult detect tran sitory Dale Elder several con tenders still flown round nearly over Kiting bird some 200 meters upwind looking elusive piece air Dale found himself trying circle what appeared lift unable sprint fast enough grass bring around off After crash landing two minutes remaining very tired Dale ran back flight line backup 164 Model Aviation IJuIf nv-uI- ir VIV WHY VERAGES OVER 9000 PROPS ii IMMEDIATE SHIPMENT ON VISA/MC
Edition: Model Aviation - 1989/10
Page Numbers: 65, 163, 164
FF World American team guys did quite well competition especially FiC Power Randy Archer placed second behind S Korban USSR Reigning World Champ Bob White placed fourth behind Poland USSR FR Germany FiB Wakefield Rubber FlA A-2 Glider Dale Elder placed 14th Kneeling L-R Walt Ghio Jack Brown Bob White Jim Quinn Standing L-R Team Manager Roger Simpson Doug Gaibreath Ken Phair Randy Archer Matt Gawain Dale Elder Jim Parker Assistant Team Manager Hector Dlez FOR THIS FIRST FAI Free Flight World Champs held South America tory should record very fine competition popular winners Argentinas La Cruz Airfield provided quite reasonable though never easy conditions 195 entrants 30 nations contestants warmly greeted Argentinian people accounts standards fliers enjoyed memorably pleasant stay aside occasional bouts stomach trouble organizers quite obviously worked hard preparation event must congratulated smoothness general efficiency prevailed throughout competition partly due fact venue Aerodrome La Cruz used National South American Pan American Champion ships previous occasions events gave Federacion Argentina de Aeromod elismo FAA organizing committee nec essary experience handle such enor mous undertaking reasonable aplomb addition Argentinians benefited timely useful suggestions Pierre Chaussebourg served president Jury Sandy Pimenoffs absence Accommodations conveniently lo cated 10 kilometers north flying field Touristic Complex south side Embalse Rio Tercero resort town 130 kilometers south Cordoba City town near beautiful lake district largest dams South America Since May off-season Embalse complex seven hotels lodges closed except attending World Championships rooms quite nice plumbing functioned room attendants did excellent laun dry service early arrival large num bers people strained limits abil ity hotel complex management lo cate additional foodstuffs service per sonnel Some guests especially Ho tel No Four 30-man US team quartered appeared bit intolerant seeming inadequacies town Embalse kilometer east hotel complex sleepy pleasant place quite similar what youll find along coast Mexico shops usually seemed closed until American wives shop-till-you-drop gang sighted quickly opened doors brought out goods Amid topsy-turvy economic condi tions Argentina time food gas oline relatively inexpensive yet highly prized commodities Several rent-acars furnished local thieves gas sup ply until police requested proContinued page 163 Hosted Argentina 1989 event gathered 195 best Free Flight 30 countries some robust competition some times trying conditions USSR pretty much dominated three events Randy Archer along inveterate Bob White made strong showing US team ELee Hines October 1989 65 Quite attention-getter awards cere mony RQ welcome blimp seen floating auditorium close ceiling pilot caller plane needs improve ment should said calling lacks some thing problem should defined giveand-take will improve both pilot caller respective duties make team unit stronger Keep hints ideas coming can pass See next month RC Helicopters/Jolly Continued page 63 time opened box took four hours complete both radio installation assembly Helicopter Everything fit nicely well-written manual machine lit erally screwed together before eyes Looking Concept 30 DX novices viewpoint can see would far less timidating other machines Taking consideration assembled ver sion Concept well-written man ual whole package gives feeling sured success mean could feel Con cept going perform well just looking through instruction manual perform well did Everything tracked well first liftoff have admit Concept Legend nonetheless best-performing 30-size machine Ive flown Equipped OS 28 FSR engine fivechannel RC system gyro Concept 30 has enough power perform admirably trainer ship exhibits balanced controls head being soft enough dual rates needed novice just now consid ering getting RC Helicopters heartily rec ommend Concept 30 DX very stable good-flying machine should train well advanced flier ready go aerobatics would suggest buying SE version comes nylon paddles few ball races pitch slider mixing arms stabilizer seesaw would also want install 05 32 little bit extra power would also suggest try set new weighted wood main rotor blades have now have found Concept likes extra inertia autorotations op tions can really wind Concept up let go DX will Helicopter maneuvers Now few words negative side muffler supplied Concept blocks lowspeed adjustment carburetor really much problem have found once carb set dont need adjust low speed often long use clean fuel con sistent mixtures really bothers muffler available Capital Precision Prod ucts Honolulu cures problem next item clear windshield trim line inscribed too small would advise lay windshield opening cabin mark required size soft-tip pen trim fit also found dampening little soft Ky osho has now got stiffer dampening rubbers avail able Kyosho Concept 30 super ma chine Great Planes perfect distributor handle project has OS engines marketing know-how ensure Kyosho parts will available local shops Never resting Kyosho now has Hughes 500E Jet Ranger Hughes 300 fuselages convert Concept semiscale flier Also available new recoil hand starter lets leave electric home future article will show some things can really set Concept up hotdogging Until really recommend Hel icopter cant wait see rumored 60-size version What can say except think great Concept BCNU FFWC General/Hines Continued page 65 vide guards around clock both ho tels grounds everyone housed close proxim Ity tremendous opportunity fliers around globe exchange ideas make new friends renew old ac quaintances Everyone did just occasion rooms crowded international visitors could seen waving arms finding ways around language barriers examining new model parts making notes sketches World Champs Swap Meet always magnet attraction year seemed bring record amount cottage industry Free Flight goodies trade sale over world want VP variable-pitch prop assembly See Poles Chinese maybe Rus sians want timers What kind See guy red T-shirt Gracias Think nothin mate wanted could find itthe limit much wanted spend Chinese full catalog Free Flight items sale including com plete airplanes made clubmates October 1989 163 AVAILABLE AT AMERICAS 6475 DISTRIBUTED BY FINEST HOBBY SHOPS ZIfDVDWRhD8 7550 Sac ISabrini Rood oadoro CA 93422 466-1717 Electric Flight f Controller Perfect 05 Motors 510 cells Has arake2 month Lightweight 12 00money hock Adjustable switching pointgoarontee Soiderless terminal easy hookap ON/OFF Controiler $2495 Power save weight 0120 Size 2Zxt3L63 gh efficiency 006/ loss Add SiSO shipping california residents add 65% $163 Tax Send Check money order Cowes withlitHigh Sky Faiaioeoonealor3929 Kansas St #9 other conoectors oneSan DierioCA 92104 also available 415 342 5581 GOLDEN GATE HOBBIES PO BOX 282005 SAN FRANCISCO CA 94128 M/C OR COD CATALOG $ 200 OR FREE WITH ORDERS HATORI BLUEPRINT SHOWS ALL EXHAUST ITEMS FULL SIZE 2F X 4fT $ 5 HA TORI TETTRA DIGICON IM-MSK WE NEED DEALERS SPECIALISTS IN CUSTOM COX TEE DEE & REED ENGINES 020S 049S 05V5074S& 09S ALL CUS TOM & STOCK PARTS VAILABLE INDIVIDUALLY COMPETITION ACCESSORIES & CUSTOMIZED K&B ENGINES RACING WHEELS KLOTZ OIL CA ROON FIBER SOLID LINES ALL KINDS OF FUEL TUBING FOUR BRANDS OFGLOWPLUGS HARD-TO-FIND HA RD WA RE OLD TIMER SUPPLIES COILS CONDENSERS NGK & STIlT SPARK PLUGS SILK 12 COLORS QUALITY DOPE BRUSHES 5& 7LOOP 1/4 RUBBER BANDS TRANSISTOR IGNITION SYSTEMS RESISTOR HIGH TENSION LEADS 1/2A TEXACO PLA YBOY SR KIT 1/2A TEXACO ENGINES & PARTS KSB & IGNITION TIMERS RUBBER POWER KITS PROPS TISSUE AND OTHER SUPPLIES CYANOACRYLA TES& EPOXIES ORDER BY MAIL OR PHONE 619 728-4395 SORRY NO COD VISA & MASTERCARD WELCOME MINIMUM MERCHANDISE ORDER $1000 SHIPPING & HANDLING FEE $200 FOR INSURANCE ADD $100 STOCK ORDERS SHIPPED WITHIN 24 HRS monthly publication covering International RC Soaring Scene US $17 yr 21/yr 1st class canada/Mexico $22/yr US funds Asia & Pacific $28/yr US funds Europeand UK $28/yr USfunds Surface Mall Foreign $18/yr US funds RC SOARING DIGEST PO Box 4079 Payson AZ 85547 Chinese champion design en gines pans carbon booms tubes US tow hooks choose like going crazy candy store organizing committee capably di rected Mario de Salvo put several years planning public relations ef forts including multiple trips abroad undertaking opening ceremony barbecue-style banquet followed very well received relax ing happy prelude hard tasks store over next several days opening speeches mercifully short opin ion Championship officials thought otherwise apologizing saying Argentines afflicted disease long-windedness Events proceeded generally wellplanned time schedule allowances flexibility necessary An excellent youth choral group serenaded us before awards ceremony allowed late arrivals seated Awards pre sented swiftly accompanied rousing cheers favorites amid sea flashing camera strobes Capping final banquet attendant trading souve nirs toasts conquering heroes said good-byes another two yearsand Dont forget write FFWC FlA Glider/Hines Continued page 67 found first thermaland swiftly trailed locust swarm Nordics Jim Parker among victims inevita ble line tangles ensued landed soft grass undamaged flo tilla Tchops soft lift achieved max flier Polish team Aus tralias Peter Nash missing out Nash bad day dropping fourth fifth rounds well Jim Parker however made no mistakes refly maxing nicely match team members Matt Gewain Dale Elder put US team creditable position having dropped 1 sec end second round Several teams however notably Russians Nyhegn fam ily Denmarkwere already outstrip ping Americans perfect scores rounds progressed fairly normally throughout day although weather conditionssmallish thermals fair amount afternoon turbulenceguaranteed plenty drama Among will tell never got easy De Boer Netherlands 167 sec Round 3 Van Wallene Netherlands 166 sec Round 2 plus 91 sec Round 5 Somers Neth erlands 167 sec Round 3 109 sec Round 6 Dondero Argentina 136 sec Round 3 Madelin Great Britain 84 sec Round 3 Kochkarev USSR 119 sec Round 4 Breeman Belgium 63 sec Round 6 147 sec Round 7 Wilkening FR Germany 53 sec Round 4 1983 Nordic Champ Matt Gewain 148 sec Round 4 beginning Round 6 saw both Austrians Nyhegns Denmark tied full max scores Close behind Finland 16 sec USA 32 sec USSR 61 sec came upheaval rankings Henning Bo Nyhegn dropped 90-sec times Klaus Salzer Austria clanged 101 sec Kim Henriksson dropped Fin land out scoring 120 sec Two Bulgarians Slavov 1977 Glider Champ Kostadin Rojadiev clean scores through Round 6 uncanny coincidence next round prove undoing Both fliers crashed times 12 sec plunging unen viable 34th-place tie Round 6 shakeup left US team leading 29 sec over Russians round go before fly offs looking Nordic Team Trophy would go guys Round 7 began 3 pm saw Dale max advance flyoff Jim fin ished strongly six solid 180-sec flights dubious distinction ranking just below flyoff group spoke Eugene Verbitski assured Rus sians indeed made maxes Support ers American team under im pression Matt maxed well congratulations turned out premature Sadly Matts flight round 60 sec making ex cellent team USSR Glider champions once again As four-minute flyoff round began 430 pm 15 remaining fliers faced cooling breeze three five meters per second lively enough make circle towing exercise frustration less atten tive experienced fit among Al immediately Andres Lepp towed up circled downwind apparently lift sensed ground After two test circles progressively farther down wind zoomed off thermal along Rojadiev Sexton Tchop others Sahi spotted bigger piece lift up wind quickly intercepted Ar inger deftly sprinted crosswind massive zoom placing white-and-brightorange Glider same elevation Finns climbing model Gobbo Italy also got ride seemed certain reward maxes wind seemed increase somewhat during 15 minutes allotted flyoff such narrow columns lift could found both difficult detect tran sitory Dale Elder several con tenders still flown round nearly over Kiting bird some 200 meters upwind looking elusive piece air Dale found himself trying circle what appeared lift unable sprint fast enough grass bring around off After crash landing two minutes remaining very tired Dale ran back flight line backup 164 Model Aviation IJuIf nv-uI- ir VIV WHY VERAGES OVER 9000 PROPS ii IMMEDIATE SHIPMENT ON VISA/MC
Edition: Model Aviation - 1989/10
Page Numbers: 65, 163, 164
FF World American team guys did quite well competition especially FiC Power Randy Archer placed second behind S Korban USSR Reigning World Champ Bob White placed fourth behind Poland USSR FR Germany FiB Wakefield Rubber FlA A-2 Glider Dale Elder placed 14th Kneeling L-R Walt Ghio Jack Brown Bob White Jim Quinn Standing L-R Team Manager Roger Simpson Doug Gaibreath Ken Phair Randy Archer Matt Gawain Dale Elder Jim Parker Assistant Team Manager Hector Dlez FOR THIS FIRST FAI Free Flight World Champs held South America tory should record very fine competition popular winners Argentinas La Cruz Airfield provided quite reasonable though never easy conditions 195 entrants 30 nations contestants warmly greeted Argentinian people accounts standards fliers enjoyed memorably pleasant stay aside occasional bouts stomach trouble organizers quite obviously worked hard preparation event must congratulated smoothness general efficiency prevailed throughout competition partly due fact venue Aerodrome La Cruz used National South American Pan American Champion ships previous occasions events gave Federacion Argentina de Aeromod elismo FAA organizing committee nec essary experience handle such enor mous undertaking reasonable aplomb addition Argentinians benefited timely useful suggestions Pierre Chaussebourg served president Jury Sandy Pimenoffs absence Accommodations conveniently lo cated 10 kilometers north flying field Touristic Complex south side Embalse Rio Tercero resort town 130 kilometers south Cordoba City town near beautiful lake district largest dams South America Since May off-season Embalse complex seven hotels lodges closed except attending World Championships rooms quite nice plumbing functioned room attendants did excellent laun dry service early arrival large num bers people strained limits abil ity hotel complex management lo cate additional foodstuffs service per sonnel Some guests especially Ho tel No Four 30-man US team quartered appeared bit intolerant seeming inadequacies town Embalse kilometer east hotel complex sleepy pleasant place quite similar what youll find along coast Mexico shops usually seemed closed until American wives shop-till-you-drop gang sighted quickly opened doors brought out goods Amid topsy-turvy economic condi tions Argentina time food gas oline relatively inexpensive yet highly prized commodities Several rent-acars furnished local thieves gas sup ply until police requested proContinued page 163 Hosted Argentina 1989 event gathered 195 best Free Flight 30 countries some robust competition some times trying conditions USSR pretty much dominated three events Randy Archer along inveterate Bob White made strong showing US team ELee Hines October 1989 65 Quite attention-getter awards cere mony RQ welcome blimp seen floating auditorium close ceiling pilot caller plane needs improve ment should said calling lacks some thing problem should defined giveand-take will improve both pilot caller respective duties make team unit stronger Keep hints ideas coming can pass See next month RC Helicopters/Jolly Continued page 63 time opened box took four hours complete both radio installation assembly Helicopter Everything fit nicely well-written manual machine lit erally screwed together before eyes Looking Concept 30 DX novices viewpoint can see would far less timidating other machines Taking consideration assembled ver sion Concept well-written man ual whole package gives feeling sured success mean could feel Con cept going perform well just looking through instruction manual perform well did Everything tracked well first liftoff have admit Concept Legend nonetheless best-performing 30-size machine Ive flown Equipped OS 28 FSR engine fivechannel RC system gyro Concept 30 has enough power perform admirably trainer ship exhibits balanced controls head being soft enough dual rates needed novice just now consid ering getting RC Helicopters heartily rec ommend Concept 30 DX very stable good-flying machine should train well advanced flier ready go aerobatics would suggest buying SE version comes nylon paddles few ball races pitch slider mixing arms stabilizer seesaw would also want install 05 32 little bit extra power would also suggest try set new weighted wood main rotor blades have now have found Concept likes extra inertia autorotations op tions can really wind Concept up let go DX will Helicopter maneuvers Now few words negative side muffler supplied Concept blocks lowspeed adjustment carburetor really much problem have found once carb set dont need adjust low speed often long use clean fuel con sistent mixtures really bothers muffler available Capital Precision Prod ucts Honolulu cures problem next item clear windshield trim line inscribed too small would advise lay windshield opening cabin mark required size soft-tip pen trim fit also found dampening little soft Ky osho has now got stiffer dampening rubbers avail able Kyosho Concept 30 super ma chine Great Planes perfect distributor handle project has OS engines marketing know-how ensure Kyosho parts will available local shops Never resting Kyosho now has Hughes 500E Jet Ranger Hughes 300 fuselages convert Concept semiscale flier Also available new recoil hand starter lets leave electric home future article will show some things can really set Concept up hotdogging Until really recommend Hel icopter cant wait see rumored 60-size version What can say except think great Concept BCNU FFWC General/Hines Continued page 65 vide guards around clock both ho tels grounds everyone housed close proxim Ity tremendous opportunity fliers around globe exchange ideas make new friends renew old ac quaintances Everyone did just occasion rooms crowded international visitors could seen waving arms finding ways around language barriers examining new model parts making notes sketches World Champs Swap Meet always magnet attraction year seemed bring record amount cottage industry Free Flight goodies trade sale over world want VP variable-pitch prop assembly See Poles Chinese maybe Rus sians want timers What kind See guy red T-shirt Gracias Think nothin mate wanted could find itthe limit much wanted spend Chinese full catalog Free Flight items sale including com plete airplanes made clubmates October 1989 163 AVAILABLE AT AMERICAS 6475 DISTRIBUTED BY FINEST HOBBY SHOPS ZIfDVDWRhD8 7550 Sac ISabrini Rood oadoro CA 93422 466-1717 Electric Flight f Controller Perfect 05 Motors 510 cells Has arake2 month Lightweight 12 00money hock Adjustable switching pointgoarontee Soiderless terminal easy hookap ON/OFF Controiler $2495 Power save weight 0120 Size 2Zxt3L63 gh efficiency 006/ loss Add SiSO shipping california residents add 65% $163 Tax Send Check money order Cowes withlitHigh Sky Faiaioeoonealor3929 Kansas St #9 other conoectors oneSan DierioCA 92104 also available 415 342 5581 GOLDEN GATE HOBBIES PO BOX 282005 SAN FRANCISCO CA 94128 M/C OR COD CATALOG $ 200 OR FREE WITH ORDERS HATORI BLUEPRINT SHOWS ALL EXHAUST ITEMS FULL SIZE 2F X 4fT $ 5 HA TORI TETTRA DIGICON IM-MSK WE NEED DEALERS SPECIALISTS IN CUSTOM COX TEE DEE & REED ENGINES 020S 049S 05V5074S& 09S ALL CUS TOM & STOCK PARTS VAILABLE INDIVIDUALLY COMPETITION ACCESSORIES & CUSTOMIZED K&B ENGINES RACING WHEELS KLOTZ OIL CA ROON FIBER SOLID LINES ALL KINDS OF FUEL TUBING FOUR BRANDS OFGLOWPLUGS HARD-TO-FIND HA RD WA RE OLD TIMER SUPPLIES COILS CONDENSERS NGK & STIlT SPARK PLUGS SILK 12 COLORS QUALITY DOPE BRUSHES 5& 7LOOP 1/4 RUBBER BANDS TRANSISTOR IGNITION SYSTEMS RESISTOR HIGH TENSION LEADS 1/2A TEXACO PLA YBOY SR KIT 1/2A TEXACO ENGINES & PARTS KSB & IGNITION TIMERS RUBBER POWER KITS PROPS TISSUE AND OTHER SUPPLIES CYANOACRYLA TES& EPOXIES ORDER BY MAIL OR PHONE 619 728-4395 SORRY NO COD VISA & MASTERCARD WELCOME MINIMUM MERCHANDISE ORDER $1000 SHIPPING & HANDLING FEE $200 FOR INSURANCE ADD $100 STOCK ORDERS SHIPPED WITHIN 24 HRS monthly publication covering International RC Soaring Scene US $17 yr 21/yr 1st class canada/Mexico $22/yr US funds Asia & Pacific $28/yr US funds Europeand UK $28/yr USfunds Surface Mall Foreign $18/yr US funds RC SOARING DIGEST PO Box 4079 Payson AZ 85547 Chinese champion design en gines pans carbon booms tubes US tow hooks choose like going crazy candy store organizing committee capably di rected Mario de Salvo put several years planning public relations ef forts including multiple trips abroad undertaking opening ceremony barbecue-style banquet followed very well received relax ing happy prelude hard tasks store over next several days opening speeches mercifully short opin ion Championship officials thought otherwise apologizing saying Argentines afflicted disease long-windedness Events proceeded generally wellplanned time schedule allowances flexibility necessary An excellent youth choral group serenaded us before awards ceremony allowed late arrivals seated Awards pre sented swiftly accompanied rousing cheers favorites amid sea flashing camera strobes Capping final banquet attendant trading souve nirs toasts conquering heroes said good-byes another two yearsand Dont forget write FFWC FlA Glider/Hines Continued page 67 found first thermaland swiftly trailed locust swarm Nordics Jim Parker among victims inevita ble line tangles ensued landed soft grass undamaged flo tilla Tchops soft lift achieved max flier Polish team Aus tralias Peter Nash missing out Nash bad day dropping fourth fifth rounds well Jim Parker however made no mistakes refly maxing nicely match team members Matt Gewain Dale Elder put US team creditable position having dropped 1 sec end second round Several teams however notably Russians Nyhegn fam ily Denmarkwere already outstrip ping Americans perfect scores rounds progressed fairly normally throughout day although weather conditionssmallish thermals fair amount afternoon turbulenceguaranteed plenty drama Among will tell never got easy De Boer Netherlands 167 sec Round 3 Van Wallene Netherlands 166 sec Round 2 plus 91 sec Round 5 Somers Neth erlands 167 sec Round 3 109 sec Round 6 Dondero Argentina 136 sec Round 3 Madelin Great Britain 84 sec Round 3 Kochkarev USSR 119 sec Round 4 Breeman Belgium 63 sec Round 6 147 sec Round 7 Wilkening FR Germany 53 sec Round 4 1983 Nordic Champ Matt Gewain 148 sec Round 4 beginning Round 6 saw both Austrians Nyhegns Denmark tied full max scores Close behind Finland 16 sec USA 32 sec USSR 61 sec came upheaval rankings Henning Bo Nyhegn dropped 90-sec times Klaus Salzer Austria clanged 101 sec Kim Henriksson dropped Fin land out scoring 120 sec Two Bulgarians Slavov 1977 Glider Champ Kostadin Rojadiev clean scores through Round 6 uncanny coincidence next round prove undoing Both fliers crashed times 12 sec plunging unen viable 34th-place tie Round 6 shakeup left US team leading 29 sec over Russians round go before fly offs looking Nordic Team Trophy would go guys Round 7 began 3 pm saw Dale max advance flyoff Jim fin ished strongly six solid 180-sec flights dubious distinction ranking just below flyoff group spoke Eugene Verbitski assured Rus sians indeed made maxes Support ers American team under im pression Matt maxed well congratulations turned out premature Sadly Matts flight round 60 sec making ex cellent team USSR Glider champions once again As four-minute flyoff round began 430 pm 15 remaining fliers faced cooling breeze three five meters per second lively enough make circle towing exercise frustration less atten tive experienced fit among Al immediately Andres Lepp towed up circled downwind apparently lift sensed ground After two test circles progressively farther down wind zoomed off thermal along Rojadiev Sexton Tchop others Sahi spotted bigger piece lift up wind quickly intercepted Ar inger deftly sprinted crosswind massive zoom placing white-and-brightorange Glider same elevation Finns climbing model Gobbo Italy also got ride seemed certain reward maxes wind seemed increase somewhat during 15 minutes allotted flyoff such narrow columns lift could found both difficult detect tran sitory Dale Elder several con tenders still flown round nearly over Kiting bird some 200 meters upwind looking elusive piece air Dale found himself trying circle what appeared lift unable sprint fast enough grass bring around off After crash landing two minutes remaining very tired Dale ran back flight line backup 164 Model Aviation IJuIf nv-uI- ir VIV WHY VERAGES OVER 9000 PROPS ii IMMEDIATE SHIPMENT ON VISA/MC