FFWC FIA GUder Also attendance North Koreans Czechs East Germans Cu bans Hungarys sole representative its F 1 C Power team Danes four Thomas Koster three-time World Champion sole FiC entrant three Nyhegns father Henning sons Bo Jes comprised Glider team Ja pan two FlC fliers Ozzie Vasquez lone Wakefield flier Venezuela 10 years after countrys first entry World Champs Lenny Breeman 1982 1984 European champ did same Glider Belgium COOL DAWN bathed Aerodromo La Cruz crisp morning light Glider guiders busied themselves putting up check flights challenging event about begin Actual sunrise occurred 810 Thursday May 25th light mist rose lake about 10 miles west La Cruz Cordoba province Argentina slight drift north east direction true ob structions FlA fliers concerned aboutthe buildings tree-lined com pound airfield Aerodromo La Cruz local field Argentine Air Force hosts Twenty-six countries represented Nordic A-2 event Conspicuous its absence Chinese Glider team has acquitted itself well recent World Championships Due extremely high cost air fare 3500 US dollars per re turn ticket Chinese Aeromodeling Asso ciation forced limit itself six com petitors FlB FLC teams chosen having highest chances vic tory 830 siren met swiftand probably nervousaction several fliers launched search buoyant air Promi nent among Andres Lepp back Soviet team first time since Spain 81 flew long Glider same World Champs AL-33 nice max Matt Gewain USA team went upwind southeast fair distance parked awhile found air wanted maxed 20 ft spare Jim Parker US next Though Glider showed promise making two-minute mark mushed 66 Model Aviation Above Victor Tchop USSR launching teammate Andres Lepps new AL-37 evening practice flight Above right happily smil ing Andres Lepp walks back knowing has finally won FlA World Championship after 20-plus years 01 trying bear-hugged famous teammate Eugene Verbitski Below dust rising off road downwind Andres Lepp seen preparing AL-37 flyoffs Gerhard Aringer left stool FR Ger captured fourth place FlA mostly Kevlar including boom Glider Gerhard managed some great launches competition hi teammate Fritz Wilkening seen waiting turn Second-place FlA winner 1977 Glider Champion T Rojadiev R Bulgaria pre paring Glider flyoffs team manager standing backup ship Left victorious Russian team waiting flyoffs Victor Tchop L holding No 38 Glider teammate Eugene Verbitski R holds backup Glider No 40 Note bi noculars tripods used timekeepersan excellent idea might incor porated rule book future World Championships Right Close-up view bunt mechanism Victor Tchops VT-40 worked quite well seemed allow some gain altitude model didnt fly competition ready go necessity arisen N Nicolov Bulgaria L Glider wait ing turn flyoffs Teammate Stoyen Kraev standing backup Mr Nicolov placed ninth competition Harry Grogan USA seen holding Dale Elders Glider Dale shown placed highest 14th among US FlA Glider fliers / settled moment turned wind leaving Jim less hoped 179 seconds third team member Dale Elder closed Round 1 fine 180 time 90-in still-air Grogan designed bird As testament excellent flying opening round 41 maxes recorded relatively neutral air Misses note Tahkapaa Finland Fantham Great Brit ain Palmieri Argentina Bucher Switzer land Blagojevic Yugoslavia Mac kenzie Canada foiled gliding behind above-mentioned trees aerodrome other hand several na tions full-house scores Austria Den mark Bulgaria FR Germany Neth erlands Poland perennial odds-on favorite Soviet Union organizers having wisely provided five-minute interval between rounds sta Ansgar Nuttgens Germany seen preparing Glider flyoffs did very well first World Championships competition enviable score 1260 Jes Nyhegen R 12th-place ranking Denmark sets up Glider flyoffs able assistance fellow Dane three-time World Champion Thomas Koster tion switching testing etc re porter certainly found helpful Round 2 gan 935 am sort variable gentle conditions call tweener-time short order fliers quietly search what could generously called faint lift over pampas grass terrain Lepp flew early using AL-33 again air smooth second max switched conventional Glider AL-37 2100mm span re maining flights Victor Tchop believe Continued page 164 Left Everything kitchen sink innovative modelers around Dutch man Allard Van Wallene disdains wood favor plastics composite materials body Hi Brid Glider molded fiberglass can see electronic DT timer transmitter antenna protruding through body just forward wing mount Right see flat foam center section wing joiner keying pin built October 1989 67 Peter Allnutt R Canada flew 12thplace rating Czechmate Glider Hes seen preparing flyoffs Team mate Jack McGillivray L assisting him Reinhard Truppe flew both FlA FiC Austria placing 13th 18th respectively 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 Glider set up ready second tempt flier waited ground few seconds catching breath hoping last-ditch thermal Dale went straight up off glide disappointing 70-sec time 14th place gallant try situations frequently become bit lottery year no exception first flyoff couldnt help ob serve best times returned fliers launched southern end flight line field either over longer pampas grass just downwind stubblefield Reigning World Champ Victor Tchop brought VT-38 intrepid Glider hed captured gold 87 France 88 European Champion ships Yugoslavia flown day obvious success 230-sec time flyoff however Tchop 10 sec short needed total defend ti tle Flying first world event Nuttgens did himself Germany credit near end round score 227 put him seventh place New Zealands Malcolm Sexton attempted max Lepps thermal unable center came landing 212 sec Five 15 fliers maxed awaiting return Gliders downwind brisk wind re trieval went smoothly fields good chasing no faced either pro longed waiting undue grief un mowed grass made generally soft forgiving landings few punctured model coverings worry about five-minute flyoff would decisive round found lift conditions less unchanged sirens sounding Andres Lepp position southernmost among five remain ing flight stations again began towing An dres AL-37 seemed unerringly tune tested air together Sens ing apparent thermal tension circled downwind once twice pausing mas terfully sidestep somewhat out control rival model Russian maintained su preme control seemed always keenly aware situation hand After last circle tow downwind make sure air Andres zoom launched spiraling up left-handed open climb recov ery perfect None other fliers position reach Andres air As AL-37 soared away what looked surefire max everyone else searched fruitlessly lift Andres sat launched watch ing entire flight daring hope hed remain unchallenged became obvious no rival maxes off ing Eugene Verbitski rushed congratu late Andres Together two Russians walked back crowd friends ad mirers flight line rising swell applause cheering Andres beam ing ear ear pride happiness Eugene shook hand bear hugged him Nordic flier has contrib uted much FlA come close winning least twice before fully deserved victory FFWC FiC Power/Hines Continued page 69 seemingly good recovery Kens model stalled ground 140 seconds virtually killed chance team prize Ken wasnt flier experiencing some problems Dave Sugden Canada Dick Johnson Roger Baggott Great Bri tam Gunnar Agren Sweden among others didnt max Out 48 competitors 33 achieved fourminute max midway through Round 2 wind shear stoppedbut wind gusts settling usual southwest erly direction earlier previous day wind cold needed extra layers clothing just keep warm Conditions worsened rounds progressed power patterns deteriorated buffeting turbulence trying harsh conditions brought fliers scores way down caused several crashes wind speed gusting near nine-meters-per-second limit nearly impossible detect small ther mals let alone start engine launch time Argentinas Mauricio Zito much home-field advantage anyone doing very well until dropped sixth round error Round 6 fact statistically worst 26 maxes 18 drops Despite sorry sixth round two teams still retained full scoresthe Poles Rus sians Jan Ochman Poland unlucky exciting seventh round managing 143 sec deserving Soviet team maxed out win four seconds over Chinese put flyoff Randy Archer meantime fly ing very well albeit couple squeak ers US team member make flyoff Doug Ken both plagued stalled flights drops last-gasp crash punctuating things Ken interest achieving sporting re sult' making allowances wind organizing committee postponed flyoffs until Sunday morning relief almost everyone spoke lucky 13 maxed out walked off Aerodromo La Cruz field earlier expectedwith two-night bonus think over strategies home stretch FFWC Fl B Rubber/Hines Continued page 70 seconds Fully half 74 fliers made max some notable exceptions Ben Itzhak Israel 1979 FlB victor gar EASY AS 1-2-3 Instructional Videotapes HOW TO VACUUM BAG FIBERGLASS WINGS AND WHERE TO BUY MATERIALS AND MAKING FIBERGLASS MOLDS otapes give ABCs making fiberglass molds wings what equipment material will need tapes allow manufac hire mosty fibergiass part technique CUTTING FOAM CORES AND MAKING TEM PLATES rs step-by-step technique foam wings plans Automatic Hands Off Foam cutter will give Shaip Tmiling Edges will given videotape Bonus DRAWING PLANS & PHOTOS FOR BAT TERY POWERED BUBBLE BLOWER le Blower puts outs million bubbles Its ap plication study thennals great Hand Launch Thennal flying PRICING HOW TO VACUUM BAG3495 Shipping MAKING MOLDS3495 Shipping CUTIING FOAM CORES3495 Shipping BAI1TERY BUBBLE BLOWER PLANS699 Available VHS & BETA Texas residents add 8% sates tax Pricing Subject Change Without Notice IoIk RfrCo o 1/4 Scale Kits $12995 Epoxy/Glass/Foam construction Drawingi Data Formula 120 Pylon Sport Standoff ScaleKit Price ping Credit Cards WelcomedOhio Residents Add 7% October 1989 165 Picture Worth Thousand Words
Edition: Model Aviation - 1989/10
Page Numbers: 66, 67, 164, 165
FFWC FIA GUder Also attendance North Koreans Czechs East Germans Cu bans Hungarys sole representative its F 1 C Power team Danes four Thomas Koster three-time World Champion sole FiC entrant three Nyhegns father Henning sons Bo Jes comprised Glider team Ja pan two FlC fliers Ozzie Vasquez lone Wakefield flier Venezuela 10 years after countrys first entry World Champs Lenny Breeman 1982 1984 European champ did same Glider Belgium COOL DAWN bathed Aerodromo La Cruz crisp morning light Glider guiders busied themselves putting up check flights challenging event about begin Actual sunrise occurred 810 Thursday May 25th light mist rose lake about 10 miles west La Cruz Cordoba province Argentina slight drift north east direction true ob structions FlA fliers concerned aboutthe buildings tree-lined com pound airfield Aerodromo La Cruz local field Argentine Air Force hosts Twenty-six countries represented Nordic A-2 event Conspicuous its absence Chinese Glider team has acquitted itself well recent World Championships Due extremely high cost air fare 3500 US dollars per re turn ticket Chinese Aeromodeling Asso ciation forced limit itself six com petitors FlB FLC teams chosen having highest chances vic tory 830 siren met swiftand probably nervousaction several fliers launched search buoyant air Promi nent among Andres Lepp back Soviet team first time since Spain 81 flew long Glider same World Champs AL-33 nice max Matt Gewain USA team went upwind southeast fair distance parked awhile found air wanted maxed 20 ft spare Jim Parker US next Though Glider showed promise making two-minute mark mushed 66 Model Aviation Above Victor Tchop USSR launching teammate Andres Lepps new AL-37 evening practice flight Above right happily smil ing Andres Lepp walks back knowing has finally won FlA World Championship after 20-plus years 01 trying bear-hugged famous teammate Eugene Verbitski Below dust rising off road downwind Andres Lepp seen preparing AL-37 flyoffs Gerhard Aringer left stool FR Ger captured fourth place FlA mostly Kevlar including boom Glider Gerhard managed some great launches competition hi teammate Fritz Wilkening seen waiting turn Second-place FlA winner 1977 Glider Champion T Rojadiev R Bulgaria pre paring Glider flyoffs team manager standing backup ship Left victorious Russian team waiting flyoffs Victor Tchop L holding No 38 Glider teammate Eugene Verbitski R holds backup Glider No 40 Note bi noculars tripods used timekeepersan excellent idea might incor porated rule book future World Championships Right Close-up view bunt mechanism Victor Tchops VT-40 worked quite well seemed allow some gain altitude model didnt fly competition ready go necessity arisen N Nicolov Bulgaria L Glider wait ing turn flyoffs Teammate Stoyen Kraev standing backup Mr Nicolov placed ninth competition Harry Grogan USA seen holding Dale Elders Glider Dale shown placed highest 14th among US FlA Glider fliers / settled moment turned wind leaving Jim less hoped 179 seconds third team member Dale Elder closed Round 1 fine 180 time 90-in still-air Grogan designed bird As testament excellent flying opening round 41 maxes recorded relatively neutral air Misses note Tahkapaa Finland Fantham Great Brit ain Palmieri Argentina Bucher Switzer land Blagojevic Yugoslavia Mac kenzie Canada foiled gliding behind above-mentioned trees aerodrome other hand several na tions full-house scores Austria Den mark Bulgaria FR Germany Neth erlands Poland perennial odds-on favorite Soviet Union organizers having wisely provided five-minute interval between rounds sta Ansgar Nuttgens Germany seen preparing Glider flyoffs did very well first World Championships competition enviable score 1260 Jes Nyhegen R 12th-place ranking Denmark sets up Glider flyoffs able assistance fellow Dane three-time World Champion Thomas Koster tion switching testing etc re porter certainly found helpful Round 2 gan 935 am sort variable gentle conditions call tweener-time short order fliers quietly search what could generously called faint lift over pampas grass terrain Lepp flew early using AL-33 again air smooth second max switched conventional Glider AL-37 2100mm span re maining flights Victor Tchop believe Continued page 164 Left Everything kitchen sink innovative modelers around Dutch man Allard Van Wallene disdains wood favor plastics composite materials body Hi Brid Glider molded fiberglass can see electronic DT timer transmitter antenna protruding through body just forward wing mount Right see flat foam center section wing joiner keying pin built October 1989 67 Peter Allnutt R Canada flew 12thplace rating Czechmate Glider Hes seen preparing flyoffs Team mate Jack McGillivray L assisting him Reinhard Truppe flew both FlA FiC Austria placing 13th 18th respectively 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 Glider set up ready second tempt flier waited ground few seconds catching breath hoping last-ditch thermal Dale went straight up off glide disappointing 70-sec time 14th place gallant try situations frequently become bit lottery year no exception first flyoff couldnt help ob serve best times returned fliers launched southern end flight line field either over longer pampas grass just downwind stubblefield Reigning World Champ Victor Tchop brought VT-38 intrepid Glider hed captured gold 87 France 88 European Champion ships Yugoslavia flown day obvious success 230-sec time flyoff however Tchop 10 sec short needed total defend ti tle Flying first world event Nuttgens did himself Germany credit near end round score 227 put him seventh place New Zealands Malcolm Sexton attempted max Lepps thermal unable center came landing 212 sec Five 15 fliers maxed awaiting return Gliders downwind brisk wind re trieval went smoothly fields good chasing no faced either pro longed waiting undue grief un mowed grass made generally soft forgiving landings few punctured model coverings worry about five-minute flyoff would decisive round found lift conditions less unchanged sirens sounding Andres Lepp position southernmost among five remain ing flight stations again began towing An dres AL-37 seemed unerringly tune tested air together Sens ing apparent thermal tension circled downwind once twice pausing mas terfully sidestep somewhat out control rival model Russian maintained su preme control seemed always keenly aware situation hand After last circle tow downwind make sure air Andres zoom launched spiraling up left-handed open climb recov ery perfect None other fliers position reach Andres air As AL-37 soared away what looked surefire max everyone else searched fruitlessly lift Andres sat launched watch ing entire flight daring hope hed remain unchallenged became obvious no rival maxes off ing Eugene Verbitski rushed congratu late Andres Together two Russians walked back crowd friends ad mirers flight line rising swell applause cheering Andres beam ing ear ear pride happiness Eugene shook hand bear hugged him Nordic flier has contrib uted much FlA come close winning least twice before fully deserved victory FFWC FiC Power/Hines Continued page 69 seemingly good recovery Kens model stalled ground 140 seconds virtually killed chance team prize Ken wasnt flier experiencing some problems Dave Sugden Canada Dick Johnson Roger Baggott Great Bri tam Gunnar Agren Sweden among others didnt max Out 48 competitors 33 achieved fourminute max midway through Round 2 wind shear stoppedbut wind gusts settling usual southwest erly direction earlier previous day wind cold needed extra layers clothing just keep warm Conditions worsened rounds progressed power patterns deteriorated buffeting turbulence trying harsh conditions brought fliers scores way down caused several crashes wind speed gusting near nine-meters-per-second limit nearly impossible detect small ther mals let alone start engine launch time Argentinas Mauricio Zito much home-field advantage anyone doing very well until dropped sixth round error Round 6 fact statistically worst 26 maxes 18 drops Despite sorry sixth round two teams still retained full scoresthe Poles Rus sians Jan Ochman Poland unlucky exciting seventh round managing 143 sec deserving Soviet team maxed out win four seconds over Chinese put flyoff Randy Archer meantime fly ing very well albeit couple squeak ers US team member make flyoff Doug Ken both plagued stalled flights drops last-gasp crash punctuating things Ken interest achieving sporting re sult' making allowances wind organizing committee postponed flyoffs until Sunday morning relief almost everyone spoke lucky 13 maxed out walked off Aerodromo La Cruz field earlier expectedwith two-night bonus think over strategies home stretch FFWC Fl B Rubber/Hines Continued page 70 seconds Fully half 74 fliers made max some notable exceptions Ben Itzhak Israel 1979 FlB victor gar EASY AS 1-2-3 Instructional Videotapes HOW TO VACUUM BAG FIBERGLASS WINGS AND WHERE TO BUY MATERIALS AND MAKING FIBERGLASS MOLDS otapes give ABCs making fiberglass molds wings what equipment material will need tapes allow manufac hire mosty fibergiass part technique CUTTING FOAM CORES AND MAKING TEM PLATES rs step-by-step technique foam wings plans Automatic Hands Off Foam cutter will give Shaip Tmiling Edges will given videotape Bonus DRAWING PLANS & PHOTOS FOR BAT TERY POWERED BUBBLE BLOWER le Blower puts outs million bubbles Its ap plication study thennals great Hand Launch Thennal flying PRICING HOW TO VACUUM BAG3495 Shipping MAKING MOLDS3495 Shipping CUTIING FOAM CORES3495 Shipping BAI1TERY BUBBLE BLOWER PLANS699 Available VHS & BETA Texas residents add 8% sates tax Pricing Subject Change Without Notice IoIk RfrCo o 1/4 Scale Kits $12995 Epoxy/Glass/Foam construction Drawingi Data Formula 120 Pylon Sport Standoff ScaleKit Price ping Credit Cards WelcomedOhio Residents Add 7% October 1989 165 Picture Worth Thousand Words
Edition: Model Aviation - 1989/10
Page Numbers: 66, 67, 164, 165
FFWC FIA GUder Also attendance North Koreans Czechs East Germans Cu bans Hungarys sole representative its F 1 C Power team Danes four Thomas Koster three-time World Champion sole FiC entrant three Nyhegns father Henning sons Bo Jes comprised Glider team Ja pan two FlC fliers Ozzie Vasquez lone Wakefield flier Venezuela 10 years after countrys first entry World Champs Lenny Breeman 1982 1984 European champ did same Glider Belgium COOL DAWN bathed Aerodromo La Cruz crisp morning light Glider guiders busied themselves putting up check flights challenging event about begin Actual sunrise occurred 810 Thursday May 25th light mist rose lake about 10 miles west La Cruz Cordoba province Argentina slight drift north east direction true ob structions FlA fliers concerned aboutthe buildings tree-lined com pound airfield Aerodromo La Cruz local field Argentine Air Force hosts Twenty-six countries represented Nordic A-2 event Conspicuous its absence Chinese Glider team has acquitted itself well recent World Championships Due extremely high cost air fare 3500 US dollars per re turn ticket Chinese Aeromodeling Asso ciation forced limit itself six com petitors FlB FLC teams chosen having highest chances vic tory 830 siren met swiftand probably nervousaction several fliers launched search buoyant air Promi nent among Andres Lepp back Soviet team first time since Spain 81 flew long Glider same World Champs AL-33 nice max Matt Gewain USA team went upwind southeast fair distance parked awhile found air wanted maxed 20 ft spare Jim Parker US next Though Glider showed promise making two-minute mark mushed 66 Model Aviation Above Victor Tchop USSR launching teammate Andres Lepps new AL-37 evening practice flight Above right happily smil ing Andres Lepp walks back knowing has finally won FlA World Championship after 20-plus years 01 trying bear-hugged famous teammate Eugene Verbitski Below dust rising off road downwind Andres Lepp seen preparing AL-37 flyoffs Gerhard Aringer left stool FR Ger captured fourth place FlA mostly Kevlar including boom Glider Gerhard managed some great launches competition hi teammate Fritz Wilkening seen waiting turn Second-place FlA winner 1977 Glider Champion T Rojadiev R Bulgaria pre paring Glider flyoffs team manager standing backup ship Left victorious Russian team waiting flyoffs Victor Tchop L holding No 38 Glider teammate Eugene Verbitski R holds backup Glider No 40 Note bi noculars tripods used timekeepersan excellent idea might incor porated rule book future World Championships Right Close-up view bunt mechanism Victor Tchops VT-40 worked quite well seemed allow some gain altitude model didnt fly competition ready go necessity arisen N Nicolov Bulgaria L Glider wait ing turn flyoffs Teammate Stoyen Kraev standing backup Mr Nicolov placed ninth competition Harry Grogan USA seen holding Dale Elders Glider Dale shown placed highest 14th among US FlA Glider fliers / settled moment turned wind leaving Jim less hoped 179 seconds third team member Dale Elder closed Round 1 fine 180 time 90-in still-air Grogan designed bird As testament excellent flying opening round 41 maxes recorded relatively neutral air Misses note Tahkapaa Finland Fantham Great Brit ain Palmieri Argentina Bucher Switzer land Blagojevic Yugoslavia Mac kenzie Canada foiled gliding behind above-mentioned trees aerodrome other hand several na tions full-house scores Austria Den mark Bulgaria FR Germany Neth erlands Poland perennial odds-on favorite Soviet Union organizers having wisely provided five-minute interval between rounds sta Ansgar Nuttgens Germany seen preparing Glider flyoffs did very well first World Championships competition enviable score 1260 Jes Nyhegen R 12th-place ranking Denmark sets up Glider flyoffs able assistance fellow Dane three-time World Champion Thomas Koster tion switching testing etc re porter certainly found helpful Round 2 gan 935 am sort variable gentle conditions call tweener-time short order fliers quietly search what could generously called faint lift over pampas grass terrain Lepp flew early using AL-33 again air smooth second max switched conventional Glider AL-37 2100mm span re maining flights Victor Tchop believe Continued page 164 Left Everything kitchen sink innovative modelers around Dutch man Allard Van Wallene disdains wood favor plastics composite materials body Hi Brid Glider molded fiberglass can see electronic DT timer transmitter antenna protruding through body just forward wing mount Right see flat foam center section wing joiner keying pin built October 1989 67 Peter Allnutt R Canada flew 12thplace rating Czechmate Glider Hes seen preparing flyoffs Team mate Jack McGillivray L assisting him Reinhard Truppe flew both FlA FiC Austria placing 13th 18th respectively 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 Glider set up ready second tempt flier waited ground few seconds catching breath hoping last-ditch thermal Dale went straight up off glide disappointing 70-sec time 14th place gallant try situations frequently become bit lottery year no exception first flyoff couldnt help ob serve best times returned fliers launched southern end flight line field either over longer pampas grass just downwind stubblefield Reigning World Champ Victor Tchop brought VT-38 intrepid Glider hed captured gold 87 France 88 European Champion ships Yugoslavia flown day obvious success 230-sec time flyoff however Tchop 10 sec short needed total defend ti tle Flying first world event Nuttgens did himself Germany credit near end round score 227 put him seventh place New Zealands Malcolm Sexton attempted max Lepps thermal unable center came landing 212 sec Five 15 fliers maxed awaiting return Gliders downwind brisk wind re trieval went smoothly fields good chasing no faced either pro longed waiting undue grief un mowed grass made generally soft forgiving landings few punctured model coverings worry about five-minute flyoff would decisive round found lift conditions less unchanged sirens sounding Andres Lepp position southernmost among five remain ing flight stations again began towing An dres AL-37 seemed unerringly tune tested air together Sens ing apparent thermal tension circled downwind once twice pausing mas terfully sidestep somewhat out control rival model Russian maintained su preme control seemed always keenly aware situation hand After last circle tow downwind make sure air Andres zoom launched spiraling up left-handed open climb recov ery perfect None other fliers position reach Andres air As AL-37 soared away what looked surefire max everyone else searched fruitlessly lift Andres sat launched watch ing entire flight daring hope hed remain unchallenged became obvious no rival maxes off ing Eugene Verbitski rushed congratu late Andres Together two Russians walked back crowd friends ad mirers flight line rising swell applause cheering Andres beam ing ear ear pride happiness Eugene shook hand bear hugged him Nordic flier has contrib uted much FlA come close winning least twice before fully deserved victory FFWC FiC Power/Hines Continued page 69 seemingly good recovery Kens model stalled ground 140 seconds virtually killed chance team prize Ken wasnt flier experiencing some problems Dave Sugden Canada Dick Johnson Roger Baggott Great Bri tam Gunnar Agren Sweden among others didnt max Out 48 competitors 33 achieved fourminute max midway through Round 2 wind shear stoppedbut wind gusts settling usual southwest erly direction earlier previous day wind cold needed extra layers clothing just keep warm Conditions worsened rounds progressed power patterns deteriorated buffeting turbulence trying harsh conditions brought fliers scores way down caused several crashes wind speed gusting near nine-meters-per-second limit nearly impossible detect small ther mals let alone start engine launch time Argentinas Mauricio Zito much home-field advantage anyone doing very well until dropped sixth round error Round 6 fact statistically worst 26 maxes 18 drops Despite sorry sixth round two teams still retained full scoresthe Poles Rus sians Jan Ochman Poland unlucky exciting seventh round managing 143 sec deserving Soviet team maxed out win four seconds over Chinese put flyoff Randy Archer meantime fly ing very well albeit couple squeak ers US team member make flyoff Doug Ken both plagued stalled flights drops last-gasp crash punctuating things Ken interest achieving sporting re sult' making allowances wind organizing committee postponed flyoffs until Sunday morning relief almost everyone spoke lucky 13 maxed out walked off Aerodromo La Cruz field earlier expectedwith two-night bonus think over strategies home stretch FFWC Fl B Rubber/Hines Continued page 70 seconds Fully half 74 fliers made max some notable exceptions Ben Itzhak Israel 1979 FlB victor gar EASY AS 1-2-3 Instructional Videotapes HOW TO VACUUM BAG FIBERGLASS WINGS AND WHERE TO BUY MATERIALS AND MAKING FIBERGLASS MOLDS otapes give ABCs making fiberglass molds wings what equipment material will need tapes allow manufac hire mosty fibergiass part technique CUTTING FOAM CORES AND MAKING TEM PLATES rs step-by-step technique foam wings plans Automatic Hands Off Foam cutter will give Shaip Tmiling Edges will given videotape Bonus DRAWING PLANS & PHOTOS FOR BAT TERY POWERED BUBBLE BLOWER le Blower puts outs million bubbles Its ap plication study thennals great Hand Launch Thennal flying PRICING HOW TO VACUUM BAG3495 Shipping MAKING MOLDS3495 Shipping CUTIING FOAM CORES3495 Shipping BAI1TERY BUBBLE BLOWER PLANS699 Available VHS & BETA Texas residents add 8% sates tax Pricing Subject Change Without Notice IoIk RfrCo o 1/4 Scale Kits 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Edition: Model Aviation - 1989/10
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FFWC FIA GUder Also attendance North Koreans Czechs East Germans Cu bans Hungarys sole representative its F 1 C Power team Danes four Thomas Koster three-time World Champion sole FiC entrant three Nyhegns father Henning sons Bo Jes comprised Glider team Ja pan two FlC fliers Ozzie Vasquez lone Wakefield flier Venezuela 10 years after countrys first entry World Champs Lenny Breeman 1982 1984 European champ did same Glider Belgium COOL DAWN bathed Aerodromo La Cruz crisp morning light Glider guiders busied themselves putting up check flights challenging event about begin Actual sunrise occurred 810 Thursday May 25th light mist rose lake about 10 miles west La Cruz Cordoba province Argentina slight drift north east direction true ob structions FlA fliers concerned aboutthe buildings tree-lined com pound airfield Aerodromo La Cruz local field Argentine Air Force hosts Twenty-six countries represented Nordic A-2 event Conspicuous its absence Chinese Glider team has acquitted itself well recent World Championships Due extremely high cost air fare 3500 US dollars per re turn ticket Chinese Aeromodeling Asso ciation forced limit itself six com petitors FlB FLC teams chosen having highest chances vic tory 830 siren met swiftand probably nervousaction several fliers launched search buoyant air Promi nent among Andres Lepp back Soviet team first time since Spain 81 flew long Glider same World Champs AL-33 nice max Matt Gewain USA team went upwind southeast fair distance parked awhile found air wanted maxed 20 ft spare Jim Parker US next Though Glider showed promise making two-minute mark mushed 66 Model Aviation Above Victor Tchop USSR launching teammate Andres Lepps new AL-37 evening practice flight Above right happily smil ing Andres Lepp walks back knowing has finally won FlA World Championship after 20-plus years 01 trying bear-hugged famous teammate Eugene Verbitski Below dust rising off road downwind Andres Lepp seen preparing AL-37 flyoffs Gerhard Aringer left stool FR Ger captured fourth place FlA mostly Kevlar including boom Glider Gerhard managed some great launches competition hi teammate Fritz Wilkening seen waiting turn Second-place FlA winner 1977 Glider Champion T Rojadiev R Bulgaria pre paring Glider flyoffs team manager standing backup ship Left victorious Russian team waiting flyoffs Victor Tchop L holding No 38 Glider teammate Eugene Verbitski R holds backup Glider No 40 Note bi noculars tripods used timekeepersan excellent idea might incor porated rule book future World Championships Right Close-up view bunt mechanism Victor Tchops VT-40 worked quite well seemed allow some gain altitude model didnt fly competition ready go necessity arisen N Nicolov Bulgaria L Glider wait ing turn flyoffs Teammate Stoyen Kraev standing backup Mr Nicolov placed ninth competition Harry Grogan USA seen holding Dale Elders Glider Dale shown placed highest 14th among US FlA Glider fliers / settled moment turned wind leaving Jim less hoped 179 seconds third team member Dale Elder closed Round 1 fine 180 time 90-in still-air Grogan designed bird As testament excellent flying opening round 41 maxes recorded relatively neutral air Misses note Tahkapaa Finland Fantham Great Brit ain Palmieri Argentina Bucher Switzer land Blagojevic Yugoslavia Mac kenzie Canada foiled gliding behind above-mentioned trees aerodrome other hand several na tions full-house scores Austria Den mark Bulgaria FR Germany Neth erlands Poland perennial odds-on favorite Soviet Union organizers having wisely provided five-minute interval between rounds sta Ansgar Nuttgens Germany seen preparing Glider flyoffs did very well first World Championships competition enviable score 1260 Jes Nyhegen R 12th-place ranking Denmark sets up Glider flyoffs able assistance fellow Dane three-time World Champion Thomas Koster tion switching testing etc re porter certainly found helpful Round 2 gan 935 am sort variable gentle conditions call tweener-time short order fliers quietly search what could generously called faint lift over pampas grass terrain Lepp flew early using AL-33 again air smooth second max switched conventional Glider AL-37 2100mm span re maining flights Victor Tchop believe Continued page 164 Left Everything kitchen sink innovative modelers around Dutch man Allard Van Wallene disdains wood favor plastics composite materials body Hi Brid Glider molded fiberglass can see electronic DT timer transmitter antenna protruding through body just forward wing mount Right see flat foam center section wing joiner keying pin built October 1989 67 Peter Allnutt R Canada flew 12thplace rating Czechmate Glider Hes seen preparing flyoffs Team mate Jack McGillivray L assisting him Reinhard Truppe flew both FlA FiC Austria placing 13th 18th respectively 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 Glider set up ready second tempt flier waited ground few seconds catching breath hoping last-ditch thermal Dale went straight up off glide disappointing 70-sec time 14th place gallant try situations frequently become bit lottery year no exception first flyoff couldnt help ob serve best times returned fliers launched southern end flight line field either over longer pampas grass just downwind stubblefield Reigning World Champ Victor Tchop brought VT-38 intrepid Glider hed captured gold 87 France 88 European Champion ships Yugoslavia flown day obvious success 230-sec time flyoff however Tchop 10 sec short needed total defend ti tle Flying first world event Nuttgens did himself Germany credit near end round score 227 put him seventh place New Zealands Malcolm Sexton attempted max Lepps thermal unable center came landing 212 sec Five 15 fliers maxed awaiting return Gliders downwind brisk wind re trieval went smoothly fields good chasing no faced either pro longed waiting undue grief un mowed grass made generally soft forgiving landings few punctured model coverings worry about five-minute flyoff would decisive round found lift conditions less unchanged sirens sounding Andres Lepp position southernmost among five remain ing flight stations again began towing An dres AL-37 seemed unerringly tune tested air together Sens ing apparent thermal tension circled downwind once twice pausing mas terfully sidestep somewhat out control rival model Russian maintained su preme control seemed always keenly aware situation hand After last circle tow downwind make sure air Andres zoom launched spiraling up left-handed open climb recov ery perfect None other fliers position reach Andres air As AL-37 soared away what looked surefire max everyone else searched fruitlessly lift Andres sat launched watch ing entire flight daring hope hed remain unchallenged became obvious no rival maxes off ing Eugene Verbitski rushed congratu late Andres Together two Russians walked back crowd friends ad mirers flight line rising swell applause cheering Andres beam ing ear ear pride happiness Eugene shook hand bear hugged him Nordic flier has contrib uted much FlA come close winning least twice before fully deserved victory FFWC FiC Power/Hines Continued page 69 seemingly good recovery Kens model stalled ground 140 seconds virtually killed chance team prize Ken wasnt flier experiencing some problems Dave Sugden Canada Dick Johnson Roger Baggott Great Bri tam Gunnar Agren Sweden among others didnt max Out 48 competitors 33 achieved fourminute max midway through Round 2 wind shear stoppedbut wind gusts settling usual southwest erly direction earlier previous day wind cold needed extra layers clothing just keep warm Conditions worsened rounds progressed power patterns deteriorated buffeting turbulence trying harsh conditions brought fliers scores way down caused several crashes wind speed gusting near nine-meters-per-second limit nearly impossible detect small ther mals let alone start engine launch time Argentinas Mauricio Zito much home-field advantage anyone doing very well until dropped sixth round error Round 6 fact statistically worst 26 maxes 18 drops Despite sorry sixth round two teams still retained full scoresthe Poles Rus sians Jan Ochman Poland unlucky exciting seventh round managing 143 sec deserving Soviet team maxed out win four seconds over Chinese put flyoff Randy Archer meantime fly ing very well albeit couple squeak ers US team member make flyoff Doug Ken both plagued stalled flights drops last-gasp crash punctuating things Ken interest achieving sporting re sult' making allowances wind organizing committee postponed flyoffs until Sunday morning relief almost everyone spoke lucky 13 maxed out walked off Aerodromo La Cruz field earlier expectedwith two-night bonus think over strategies home stretch FFWC Fl B Rubber/Hines Continued page 70 seconds Fully half 74 fliers made max some notable exceptions Ben Itzhak Israel 1979 FlB victor gar EASY AS 1-2-3 Instructional Videotapes HOW TO VACUUM BAG FIBERGLASS WINGS AND WHERE TO BUY MATERIALS AND MAKING FIBERGLASS MOLDS otapes give ABCs making fiberglass molds wings what equipment material will need tapes allow manufac hire mosty fibergiass part technique CUTTING FOAM CORES AND MAKING TEM PLATES rs step-by-step technique foam wings plans Automatic Hands Off Foam cutter will give Shaip Tmiling Edges will given videotape Bonus DRAWING PLANS & PHOTOS FOR BAT TERY POWERED BUBBLE BLOWER le Blower puts outs million bubbles Its ap plication study thennals great Hand Launch Thennal flying PRICING HOW TO VACUUM BAG3495 Shipping MAKING MOLDS3495 Shipping CUTIING FOAM CORES3495 Shipping BAI1TERY BUBBLE BLOWER PLANS699 Available VHS & BETA Texas residents add 8% sates tax Pricing Subject Change Without Notice IoIk RfrCo o 1/4 Scale Kits $12995 Epoxy/Glass/Foam construction Drawingi Data Formula 120 Pylon Sport Standoff ScaleKit Price ping Credit Cards WelcomedOhio Residents Add 7% October 1989 165 Picture Worth Thousand Words