FFWC FIG & FIB Flyoffs FiB AND FIC flyoffs Sunday May 28 As drove aerodrome final flyoff morning low mist added another di mension task hand Everyone bundled up stomping about keep warm 40 0F air Overhead clear blue sky test flying possible progress up down line two Wakefield finalists south Power finalists north abbrevi ated flight line space between de marcation organizer-provided car transla tors aboard went up down line nouncing official languages re gretfully delay order until mist cleared As sun slowly rose its northward-sloping winters arc mist no doubt because dewpoint conditions got bit thicker None doing thing ease nerves contestants organizers Nine oclock came went mist still hung delay allowed opportunity look over flying what greater de tail aluminum-foil-covered Power ship used no fewer 10 13 fi nalists Venuti Italy using glass-onfoam Plachetka Poland Stetz Germany still using balsa-and-glass Verbitski influence certainly showing truly difficult tell other flight after mass launch Praise thanks must go superb confidence timing crews flaw lessly manned watches followed flights four days using tripodmounted binoculars fact innovation worked well suggested ClAM consider future planning Visibility increased after 930 soon word came four-minute flyoff FiC would begin 10am sound siren Koster Denmark first away Conditions stable easy round modern Pow er model making normal flight Everyone launched quite soon thereafter flier miss Stetz Germany stalled nearly ground still man aged 215 seconds Attention now shifted few meters south ward watch five-minute F lB Rubber flight air temperature seemed un Continued page J67 October 1989 71 FiC Power World Champion S Korban city Leningrad standing ready KC-33 waiting right moment launch bird flyoffs Mr Korban cap tured FiC Championship flight 480 seconds eight-minute flyoff round Left Randy Archer Scottsdale AZ adjusting engine Power ship Randy highest placed American having captured 2nd place FiC Power event favored having best chance win especially Italians loved make wagers luck wasnt him Mr Korban drew best position seemed eight-minute flyoff Right rapt audience awaits Maestro Eugene Verbitskis overture noon Sunday Verbitaki BE-43 have accrued enviable record World European Champion ships 1987 1988 respectively Eugene finished 3rd place years FiC Power event 374 seconds six-minute flyoff Left Alex Andriukov USSR tending controls unique blanket-type motor heating system Its Velcro-wrapped around motor tube thermostatically controlled maintain temperature rubber about 35 degrees Celsius chooses regardless outside weather conditions Right Polish team patiently waiting flyoffs begin Eventual Fl B Rubber Champion Eu gene Cofalik far right used Pirelli rubber As unavailable must have secret preserving against age brittleness seconds maxes Cofalik Poland Andriukov both using ad vanced system delayed prop release com bined hard vertical javelin-style launch achieved four-minute bogey times seemingly benefit very much lift Andriukov con tinued use heater blanket keep US-manufactured rubber 35-degree Celsius region Cofalik said using Pirelli super climbs Maybe keeps better frozen north regions Poland point organizers announced FiB flyoff would continued next morning alternating FiC fly offs meant another early departure flying field chance two remaining Wakefield boys join 13 Power fliers last night check over bits stew about strategies FFWC Flyoffs/H ines Continued page 71 changed devoid lift two com batants work Cofalik away first good launch climb white-with-black-trim ship followed 25 seconds later Andriukovs darker colored bird approximately same altitude drifted off west steadily gliding ground what looked close race Cofaliks Wake few feet high approached fiveminute mark suddenly dethermal ized Three official watches just few tenths over mark fourth read 4595 Less dramatically Andriukovs flight passed five-minute mark few meters high leaving Rus sian Pole tied anticipation six-minute round Back Power boys fiveminute round began time 1030 virtually neutral air Off went Roux France quickly followed Koster rest Judging clapping crowd Randy Archer clearly highest flight Most made round ease Mu khin USSR no bunt re covered 100 ft lower after huge stall fact Plachetka Poland dropped out 280 seconds thereby eliminating last balsa-and-glass-only FlC mod els Eleven now remained go sixminute flight cream would surely begin rising top 11 am sun beginning warm just bit meant thermals would probably determine outcome point siren sounded nounce beginning six-minute flyoff FlB would prove chal lenge present transitional air condi tions drift lessened begun shift bit south Cofalik An driukov set trying sniff out piece good air hope other might miss After perhaps minutes wait Cofalik made launch followed about 10 sec onds Andriukovthe same strategy earlier flight Again climbs al equal making final result depen dent glide Polish fliers running flap ping shirts under Cofaliks Wake As headed south over taller pampas grass circle opened up bit glide gan bounce around Andriukovs plane farther west merely settling gently ground land 237 sec onds Cofaliks ship riding light bubble touched down 317 seconds teammates rushed congratu late him crowd applauded first-ever Polish World Champion Eugene Cofalik six-minute round FlC began 1130 Roux Koster Verbitski Archer leading mass launchers away first air would guarantee win ner course case Roux ended effort 241 seconds matched Venuti last nonaluminum-skinned fliers Also dropping out Koster 326 seconds Xian 326 seconds Strukov 307 seconds Anxin 317 seconds Czerwinski 236 seconds left four hopefuls Randy Archer three Russians seven minute shoot-out nounced high noon Randy work cut out him certainly appeared up task Based earlier flights still favorite fact Italian team giving 31 odds him opinion either four- five-minute flight unlimited Randy would have won handily 30 seconds spare Flight stations drawn re spective team managers Korban north end Mukhin next Randy third Verbitski south position breeze come up like clockwork seemed have lessened since previous two days nor haze likely cause problem timers bit waiting game played first five minutes until Korban fired up launched bird used right-rolling vertical climb good bunted recovery Mukhin flew next good climb bit left usual lost some altitude Randys ship came scream ing up tailpipe ended higher perfect transition Verbitski launched complete excitingly quick progres sion within minute Randy air 73 sec 03-sec overrun OKthere still plenty time backup model just capable Randy looked cool confident set up No 11 waited moment 1211 Walt Ghio signaled upwind Randy fired up launched right warm lull light thermal car ried him full seven minutes though competitors looked good soared downwind Korban alone made max Verbitski third place 347 NEW BY POPULAR REQUEST LARGE SCALE ENGINE CYLINDERS 4 WRIGHT J-5 WHIRLWIND Molded high-impact styrene dummy cylinders feature deep cooling fins utmost realism Both Wasp Whirlwind types cylinders available two different large scales1/5th 2 4th 3 ts include assembly instructions Smaller sizes also offered Note These units may modified resemble other cylinder types Send $3 full-color catalog featuring aircraft paintings suitable framing WILLIAMS BROTHERS INC DEPT MA 181 PAWNEE STREET SAN MARCOS CALIFORNIA 92069 October 1989 167 BEETLESuperStar 60 4 SPEC LDWfli 61/WIIQ AREA 730 90 IN/SPAN sr/ENGHE 10 cc SPEC LS4G1li 60/WNG AREA 921 SQ L/SP*4 SSNGlNE 10 cc BASIC KIT $150 PREBUILT KIT $395 READY TO FINISH KIT $595 EPOXY GLAIS FUSElAGE FOAM CORE FACTORY 4K1ED HOOErVOUI WNO & STAB HIlE FUACE UILY FACTO WHO & STABEPOKV/ARBON 5HCI4EOI PWO-IN WHO INCLLES ADJJSTP8LE WHO & TM MEW4NISM PATTERN TEK198-8538Ught Mukhin excellent fourth 364 sec man-to-man least other roundand likely ther mal gods would have last throw dice Eight-minute flyoff 1245 100 pm exciting competition still stories tell thought everyone settled down watch final duel Randy drawn northern position Korban right drift southwest moderate two fliers seemed less hurry no doubt putting bit mind game After pause several seconds Korban engaged starter launched Ran dy following three seconds later notice ably better height As seconds ticked Korban sinking Randys silverand-red ship bouncing bit looking good obvious thought bodys mind seemed likely would American champ year Korban now flying south widening search better air down over same longer pampas grass Cofaliks Wake found victorious bubble less two hours ago Randy mean time flying west gliding stead ily Though Randy still plenty high grab some lift two-and-a-halfminute mark situation surprisingly reversed Korbans ship found some lift outsoaring Randys begun sink rapidly chased after thermal south Russians airplane dethermalizer tied down thermaled away out sight After flying master fully Randy run out luck con ceded defeat handshake new FiC World Champion Serguei Korban crowd applauded generously Korban shook hands host other wellwishers Soviet team manager Vladimir Brusov told quite rugged chase after Korbans runaway model Crossing fields swimming stream though assur edly no problems upbeat Bru soy returned OOS ship changed banquet suit 400 pm record flight 25 minutes long covered five kilometers Like Mikhail Kocharev new boy Soviet Glider team Korban Len ingrad Both men competing first Free Flight World Championships own Randy Archer three shone putting skills practice Hail young lions Free Flighters world FF Scale/Warner Continued page 73 snap apart easily must mate well Rather give up Id suggest trying few ideas first Start studying dress snap Notice male half captured socket half lit tle scissors spring Notice far must go hold well Imagine what would happen glued spring solidly either opened closed positions wouldnt work would Choose appropriate sized snap model large snap takes effort separate could accidentally pull front end right off light weight model Similarly snaps too small might allow cowl shake loose become eviscerated spinning prop Snaps placed can separated knife blade super way pop em apart Hidden locations like behind cowl overlap must pulled apart need securely affixed mount snap thin balsa going yank apart benefit lever Seat plywood hard balsa Recessing place snap goes can important dont want gap between parts put ting together can either dig recess holes exactly right depth nice fit add fill around edges scrap balsa hide gap Tack four snaps back cowl mounting ring bulkhead rear cowl either sew staple snap half female fussier two halves because contains scissors spring may want mount first Using toothpick put lit tle Vaseline spring help keep glue off being careful smear places want glue hold Wipe areas acetone-dampened rag clean up mess prepare surface Some modelers like roughen up back snap sandpaper better glue adhesion sew use fine thread go 168 Model Aviation FM-40 FLEX-MOUNT 41 Accepts Front-Intake 25 toSO Engines Includes necessary mounting hardware INTRODUCING1TNJT THE. FLEX-MO 40 AND 60 SIZE ENGINES Reduces Airframe Noise Isolates Engine Vibration Versatile 3 & 4 Hole MountFM60 Universal Mounting System ES1226 E Ave J-1Z FLEX MOUNT 60 __________________________A epsmos Fon make __ & THINGSLancaster CA 9353560 Eng nes Inc udes _________________________________________necessary mounting hardware Available through better Hobby Shops Dealer ributor Inquiries Invited Made USA
Edition: Model Aviation - 1989/10
Page Numbers: 71, 167, 168
FFWC FIG & FIB Flyoffs FiB AND FIC flyoffs Sunday May 28 As drove aerodrome final flyoff morning low mist added another di mension task hand Everyone bundled up stomping about keep warm 40 0F air Overhead clear blue sky test flying possible progress up down line two Wakefield finalists south Power finalists north abbrevi ated flight line space between de marcation organizer-provided car transla tors aboard went up down line nouncing official languages re gretfully delay order until mist cleared As sun slowly rose its northward-sloping winters arc mist no doubt because dewpoint conditions got bit thicker None doing thing ease nerves contestants organizers Nine oclock came went mist still hung delay allowed opportunity look over flying what greater de tail aluminum-foil-covered Power ship used no fewer 10 13 fi nalists Venuti Italy using glass-onfoam Plachetka Poland Stetz Germany still using balsa-and-glass Verbitski influence certainly showing truly difficult tell other flight after mass launch Praise thanks must go superb confidence timing crews flaw lessly manned watches followed flights four days using tripodmounted binoculars fact innovation worked well suggested ClAM consider future planning Visibility increased after 930 soon word came four-minute flyoff FiC would begin 10am sound siren Koster Denmark first away Conditions stable easy round modern Pow er model making normal flight Everyone launched quite soon thereafter flier miss Stetz Germany stalled nearly ground still man aged 215 seconds Attention now shifted few meters south ward watch five-minute F lB Rubber flight air temperature seemed un Continued page J67 October 1989 71 FiC Power World Champion S Korban city Leningrad standing ready KC-33 waiting right moment launch bird flyoffs Mr Korban cap tured FiC Championship flight 480 seconds eight-minute flyoff round Left Randy Archer Scottsdale AZ adjusting engine Power ship Randy highest placed American having captured 2nd place FiC Power event favored having best chance win especially Italians loved make wagers luck wasnt him Mr Korban drew best position seemed eight-minute flyoff Right rapt audience awaits Maestro Eugene Verbitskis overture noon Sunday Verbitaki BE-43 have accrued enviable record World European Champion ships 1987 1988 respectively Eugene finished 3rd place years FiC Power event 374 seconds six-minute flyoff Left Alex Andriukov USSR tending controls unique blanket-type motor heating system Its Velcro-wrapped around motor tube thermostatically controlled maintain temperature rubber about 35 degrees Celsius chooses regardless outside weather conditions Right Polish team patiently waiting flyoffs begin Eventual Fl B Rubber Champion Eu gene Cofalik far right used Pirelli rubber As unavailable must have secret preserving against age brittleness seconds maxes Cofalik Poland Andriukov both using ad vanced system delayed prop release com bined hard vertical javelin-style launch achieved four-minute bogey times seemingly benefit very much lift Andriukov con tinued use heater blanket keep US-manufactured rubber 35-degree Celsius region Cofalik said using Pirelli super climbs Maybe keeps better frozen north regions Poland point organizers announced FiB flyoff would continued next morning alternating FiC fly offs meant another early departure flying field chance two remaining Wakefield boys join 13 Power fliers last night check over bits stew about strategies FFWC Flyoffs/H ines Continued page 71 changed devoid lift two com batants work Cofalik away first good launch climb white-with-black-trim ship followed 25 seconds later Andriukovs darker colored bird approximately same altitude drifted off west steadily gliding ground what looked close race Cofaliks Wake few feet high approached fiveminute mark suddenly dethermal ized Three official watches just few tenths over mark fourth read 4595 Less dramatically Andriukovs flight passed five-minute mark few meters high leaving Rus sian Pole tied anticipation six-minute round Back Power boys fiveminute round began time 1030 virtually neutral air Off went Roux France quickly followed Koster rest Judging clapping crowd Randy Archer clearly highest flight Most made round ease Mu khin USSR no bunt re covered 100 ft lower after huge stall fact Plachetka Poland dropped out 280 seconds thereby eliminating last balsa-and-glass-only FlC mod els Eleven now remained go sixminute flight cream would surely begin rising top 11 am sun beginning warm just bit meant thermals would probably determine outcome point siren sounded nounce beginning six-minute flyoff FlB would prove chal lenge present transitional air condi tions drift lessened begun shift bit south Cofalik An driukov set trying sniff out piece good air hope other might miss After perhaps minutes wait Cofalik made launch followed about 10 sec onds Andriukovthe same strategy earlier flight Again climbs al equal making final result depen dent glide Polish fliers running flap ping shirts under Cofaliks Wake As headed south over taller pampas grass circle opened up bit glide gan bounce around Andriukovs plane farther west merely settling gently ground land 237 sec onds Cofaliks ship riding light bubble touched down 317 seconds teammates rushed congratu late him crowd applauded first-ever Polish World Champion Eugene Cofalik six-minute round FlC began 1130 Roux Koster Verbitski Archer leading mass launchers away first air would guarantee win ner course case Roux ended effort 241 seconds matched Venuti last nonaluminum-skinned fliers Also dropping out Koster 326 seconds Xian 326 seconds Strukov 307 seconds Anxin 317 seconds Czerwinski 236 seconds left four hopefuls Randy Archer three Russians seven minute shoot-out nounced high noon Randy work cut out him certainly appeared up task Based earlier flights still favorite fact Italian team giving 31 odds him opinion either four- five-minute flight unlimited Randy would have won handily 30 seconds spare Flight stations drawn re spective team managers Korban north end Mukhin next Randy third Verbitski south position breeze come up like clockwork seemed have lessened since previous two days nor haze likely cause problem timers bit waiting game played first five minutes until Korban fired up launched bird used right-rolling vertical climb good bunted recovery Mukhin flew next good climb bit left usual lost some altitude Randys ship came scream ing up tailpipe ended higher perfect transition Verbitski launched complete excitingly quick progres sion within minute Randy air 73 sec 03-sec overrun OKthere still plenty time backup model just capable Randy looked cool confident set up No 11 waited moment 1211 Walt Ghio signaled upwind Randy fired up launched right warm lull light thermal car ried him full seven minutes though competitors looked good soared downwind Korban alone made max Verbitski third place 347 NEW BY POPULAR REQUEST LARGE SCALE ENGINE CYLINDERS 4 WRIGHT J-5 WHIRLWIND Molded high-impact styrene dummy cylinders feature deep cooling fins utmost realism Both Wasp Whirlwind types cylinders available two different large scales1/5th 2 4th 3 ts include assembly instructions Smaller sizes also offered Note These units may modified resemble other cylinder types Send $3 full-color catalog featuring aircraft paintings suitable framing WILLIAMS BROTHERS INC DEPT MA 181 PAWNEE STREET SAN MARCOS CALIFORNIA 92069 October 1989 167 BEETLESuperStar 60 4 SPEC LDWfli 61/WIIQ AREA 730 90 IN/SPAN sr/ENGHE 10 cc SPEC LS4G1li 60/WNG AREA 921 SQ L/SP*4 SSNGlNE 10 cc BASIC KIT $150 PREBUILT KIT $395 READY TO FINISH KIT $595 EPOXY GLAIS FUSElAGE FOAM CORE FACTORY 4K1ED HOOErVOUI WNO & STAB HIlE FUACE UILY FACTO WHO & STABEPOKV/ARBON 5HCI4EOI PWO-IN WHO INCLLES ADJJSTP8LE WHO & TM MEW4NISM PATTERN TEK198-8538Ught Mukhin excellent fourth 364 sec man-to-man least other roundand likely ther mal gods would have last throw dice Eight-minute flyoff 1245 100 pm exciting competition still stories tell thought everyone settled down watch final duel Randy drawn northern position Korban right drift southwest moderate two fliers seemed less hurry no doubt putting bit mind game After pause several seconds Korban engaged starter launched Ran dy following three seconds later notice ably better height As seconds ticked Korban sinking Randys silverand-red ship bouncing bit looking good obvious thought bodys mind seemed likely would American champ year Korban now flying south widening search better air down over same longer pampas grass Cofaliks Wake found victorious bubble less two hours ago Randy mean time flying west gliding stead ily Though Randy still plenty high grab some lift two-and-a-halfminute mark situation surprisingly reversed Korbans ship found some lift outsoaring Randys begun sink rapidly chased after thermal south Russians airplane dethermalizer tied down thermaled away out sight After flying master fully Randy run out luck con ceded defeat handshake new FiC World Champion Serguei Korban crowd applauded generously Korban shook hands host other wellwishers Soviet team manager Vladimir Brusov told quite rugged chase after Korbans runaway model Crossing fields swimming stream though assur edly no problems upbeat Bru soy returned OOS ship changed banquet suit 400 pm record flight 25 minutes long covered five kilometers Like Mikhail Kocharev new boy Soviet Glider team Korban Len ingrad Both men competing first Free Flight World Championships own Randy Archer three shone putting skills practice Hail young lions Free Flighters world FF Scale/Warner Continued page 73 snap apart easily must mate well Rather give up Id suggest trying few ideas first Start studying dress snap Notice male half captured socket half lit tle scissors spring Notice far must go hold well Imagine what would happen glued spring solidly either opened closed positions wouldnt work would Choose appropriate sized snap model large snap takes effort separate could accidentally pull front end right off light weight model Similarly snaps too small might allow cowl shake loose become eviscerated spinning prop Snaps placed can separated knife blade super way pop em apart Hidden locations like behind cowl overlap must pulled apart need securely affixed mount snap thin balsa going yank apart benefit lever Seat plywood hard balsa Recessing place snap goes can important dont want gap between parts put ting together can either dig recess holes exactly right depth nice fit add fill around edges scrap balsa hide gap Tack four snaps back cowl mounting ring bulkhead rear cowl either sew staple snap half female fussier two halves because contains scissors spring may want mount first Using toothpick put lit tle Vaseline spring help keep glue off being careful smear places want glue hold Wipe areas acetone-dampened rag clean up mess prepare surface Some modelers like roughen up back snap sandpaper better glue adhesion sew use fine thread go 168 Model Aviation FM-40 FLEX-MOUNT 41 Accepts Front-Intake 25 toSO Engines Includes necessary mounting hardware INTRODUCING1TNJT THE. FLEX-MO 40 AND 60 SIZE ENGINES Reduces Airframe Noise Isolates Engine Vibration Versatile 3 & 4 Hole MountFM60 Universal Mounting System ES1226 E Ave J-1Z FLEX MOUNT 60 __________________________A epsmos Fon make __ & THINGSLancaster CA 9353560 Eng nes Inc udes _________________________________________necessary mounting hardware Available through better Hobby Shops Dealer ributor Inquiries Invited Made USA
Edition: Model Aviation - 1989/10
Page Numbers: 71, 167, 168
FFWC FIG & FIB Flyoffs FiB AND FIC flyoffs Sunday May 28 As drove aerodrome final flyoff morning low mist added another di mension task hand Everyone bundled up stomping about keep warm 40 0F air Overhead clear blue sky test flying possible progress up down line two Wakefield finalists south Power finalists north abbrevi ated flight line space between de marcation organizer-provided car transla tors aboard went up down line nouncing official languages re gretfully delay order until mist cleared As sun slowly rose its northward-sloping winters arc mist no doubt because dewpoint conditions got bit thicker None doing thing ease nerves contestants organizers Nine oclock came went mist still hung delay allowed opportunity look over flying what greater de tail aluminum-foil-covered Power ship used no fewer 10 13 fi nalists Venuti Italy using glass-onfoam Plachetka Poland Stetz Germany still using balsa-and-glass Verbitski influence certainly showing truly difficult tell other flight after mass launch Praise thanks must go superb confidence timing crews flaw lessly manned watches followed flights four days using tripodmounted binoculars fact innovation worked well suggested ClAM consider future planning Visibility increased after 930 soon word came four-minute flyoff FiC would begin 10am sound siren Koster Denmark first away Conditions stable easy round modern Pow er model making normal flight Everyone launched quite soon thereafter flier miss Stetz Germany stalled nearly ground still man aged 215 seconds Attention now shifted few meters south ward watch five-minute F lB Rubber flight air temperature seemed un Continued page J67 October 1989 71 FiC Power World Champion S Korban city Leningrad standing ready KC-33 waiting right moment launch bird flyoffs Mr Korban cap tured FiC Championship flight 480 seconds eight-minute flyoff round Left Randy Archer Scottsdale AZ adjusting engine Power ship Randy highest placed American having captured 2nd place FiC Power event favored having best chance win especially Italians loved make wagers luck wasnt him Mr Korban drew best position seemed eight-minute flyoff Right rapt audience awaits Maestro Eugene Verbitskis overture noon Sunday Verbitaki BE-43 have accrued enviable record World European Champion ships 1987 1988 respectively Eugene finished 3rd place years FiC Power event 374 seconds six-minute flyoff Left Alex Andriukov USSR tending controls unique blanket-type motor heating system Its Velcro-wrapped around motor tube thermostatically controlled maintain temperature rubber about 35 degrees Celsius chooses regardless outside weather conditions Right Polish team patiently waiting flyoffs begin Eventual Fl B Rubber Champion Eu gene Cofalik far right used Pirelli rubber As unavailable must have secret preserving against age brittleness seconds maxes Cofalik Poland Andriukov both using ad vanced system delayed prop release com bined hard vertical javelin-style launch achieved four-minute bogey times seemingly benefit very much lift Andriukov con tinued use heater blanket keep US-manufactured rubber 35-degree Celsius region Cofalik said using Pirelli super climbs Maybe keeps better frozen north regions Poland point organizers announced FiB flyoff would continued next morning alternating FiC fly offs meant another early departure flying field chance two remaining Wakefield boys join 13 Power fliers last night check over bits stew about strategies FFWC Flyoffs/H ines Continued page 71 changed devoid lift two com batants work Cofalik away first good launch climb white-with-black-trim ship followed 25 seconds later Andriukovs darker colored bird approximately same altitude drifted off west steadily gliding ground what looked close race Cofaliks Wake few feet high approached fiveminute mark suddenly dethermal ized Three official watches just few tenths over mark fourth read 4595 Less dramatically Andriukovs flight passed five-minute mark few meters high leaving Rus sian Pole tied anticipation six-minute round Back Power boys fiveminute round began time 1030 virtually neutral air Off went Roux France quickly followed Koster rest Judging clapping crowd Randy Archer clearly highest flight Most made round ease Mu khin USSR no bunt re covered 100 ft lower after huge stall fact Plachetka Poland dropped out 280 seconds thereby eliminating last balsa-and-glass-only FlC mod els Eleven now remained go sixminute flight cream would surely begin rising top 11 am sun beginning warm just bit meant thermals would probably determine outcome point siren sounded nounce beginning six-minute flyoff FlB would prove chal lenge present transitional air condi tions drift lessened begun shift bit south Cofalik An driukov set trying sniff out piece good air hope other might miss After perhaps minutes wait Cofalik made launch followed about 10 sec onds Andriukovthe same strategy earlier flight Again climbs al equal making final result depen dent glide Polish fliers running flap ping shirts under Cofaliks Wake As headed south over taller pampas grass circle opened up bit glide gan bounce around Andriukovs plane farther west merely settling gently ground land 237 sec onds Cofaliks ship riding light bubble touched down 317 seconds teammates rushed congratu late him crowd applauded first-ever Polish World Champion Eugene Cofalik six-minute round FlC began 1130 Roux Koster Verbitski Archer leading mass launchers away first air would guarantee win ner course case Roux ended effort 241 seconds matched Venuti last nonaluminum-skinned fliers Also dropping out Koster 326 seconds Xian 326 seconds Strukov 307 seconds Anxin 317 seconds Czerwinski 236 seconds left four hopefuls Randy Archer three Russians seven minute shoot-out nounced high noon Randy work cut out him certainly appeared up task Based earlier flights still favorite fact Italian team giving 31 odds him opinion either four- five-minute flight unlimited Randy would have won handily 30 seconds spare Flight stations drawn re spective team managers Korban north end Mukhin next Randy third Verbitski south position breeze come up like clockwork seemed have lessened since previous two days nor haze likely cause problem timers bit waiting game played first five minutes until Korban fired up launched bird used right-rolling vertical climb good bunted recovery Mukhin flew next good climb bit left usual lost some altitude Randys ship came scream ing up tailpipe ended higher perfect transition Verbitski launched complete excitingly quick progres sion within minute Randy air 73 sec 03-sec overrun OKthere still plenty time backup model just capable Randy looked cool confident set up No 11 waited moment 1211 Walt Ghio signaled upwind Randy fired up launched right warm lull light thermal car ried him full seven minutes though competitors looked good soared downwind Korban alone made max Verbitski third place 347 NEW BY POPULAR REQUEST LARGE SCALE ENGINE CYLINDERS 4 WRIGHT J-5 WHIRLWIND Molded high-impact styrene dummy cylinders feature deep cooling fins utmost realism Both Wasp Whirlwind types cylinders available two different large scales1/5th 2 4th 3 ts include assembly instructions Smaller sizes also offered Note These units may modified resemble other cylinder types Send $3 full-color catalog featuring aircraft paintings suitable framing WILLIAMS BROTHERS INC DEPT MA 181 PAWNEE STREET SAN MARCOS CALIFORNIA 92069 October 1989 167 BEETLESuperStar 60 4 SPEC LDWfli 61/WIIQ AREA 730 90 IN/SPAN sr/ENGHE 10 cc SPEC LS4G1li 60/WNG AREA 921 SQ L/SP*4 SSNGlNE 10 cc BASIC KIT $150 PREBUILT KIT $395 READY TO FINISH KIT $595 EPOXY GLAIS FUSElAGE FOAM CORE FACTORY 4K1ED HOOErVOUI WNO & STAB HIlE FUACE UILY FACTO WHO & STABEPOKV/ARBON 5HCI4EOI PWO-IN WHO INCLLES ADJJSTP8LE WHO & TM MEW4NISM PATTERN TEK198-8538Ught Mukhin excellent fourth 364 sec man-to-man least other roundand likely ther mal gods would have last throw dice Eight-minute flyoff 1245 100 pm exciting competition still stories tell thought everyone settled down watch final duel Randy drawn northern position Korban right drift southwest moderate two fliers seemed less hurry no doubt putting bit mind game After pause several seconds Korban engaged starter launched Ran dy following three seconds later notice ably better height As seconds ticked Korban sinking Randys silverand-red ship bouncing bit looking good obvious thought bodys mind seemed likely would American champ year Korban now flying south widening search better air down over same longer pampas grass Cofaliks Wake found victorious bubble less two hours ago Randy mean time flying west gliding stead ily Though Randy still plenty high grab some lift two-and-a-halfminute mark situation surprisingly reversed Korbans ship found some lift outsoaring Randys begun sink rapidly chased after thermal south Russians airplane dethermalizer tied down thermaled away out sight After flying master fully Randy run out luck con ceded defeat handshake new FiC World Champion Serguei Korban crowd applauded generously Korban shook hands host other wellwishers Soviet team manager Vladimir Brusov told quite rugged chase after Korbans runaway model Crossing fields swimming stream though assur edly no problems upbeat Bru soy returned OOS ship changed banquet suit 400 pm record flight 25 minutes long covered five kilometers Like Mikhail Kocharev new boy Soviet Glider team Korban Len ingrad Both men competing first Free Flight World Championships own Randy Archer three shone putting skills practice Hail young lions Free Flighters world FF Scale/Warner Continued page 73 snap apart easily must mate well Rather give up Id suggest trying few ideas first Start studying dress snap Notice male half captured socket half lit tle scissors spring Notice far must go hold well Imagine what would happen glued spring solidly either opened closed positions wouldnt work would Choose appropriate sized snap model large snap takes effort separate could accidentally pull front end right off light weight model Similarly snaps too small might allow cowl shake loose become eviscerated spinning prop Snaps placed can separated knife blade super way pop em apart Hidden locations like behind cowl overlap must pulled apart need securely affixed mount snap thin balsa going yank apart benefit lever Seat plywood hard balsa Recessing place snap goes can important dont want gap between parts put ting together can either dig recess holes exactly right depth nice fit add fill around edges scrap balsa hide gap Tack four snaps back cowl mounting ring bulkhead rear cowl either sew staple snap half female fussier two halves because contains scissors spring may want mount first Using toothpick put lit tle Vaseline spring help keep glue off being careful smear places want glue hold Wipe areas acetone-dampened rag clean up mess prepare surface Some modelers like roughen up back snap sandpaper better glue adhesion sew use fine thread go 168 Model Aviation FM-40 FLEX-MOUNT 41 Accepts Front-Intake 25 toSO Engines Includes necessary mounting hardware INTRODUCING1TNJT THE. FLEX-MO 40 AND 60 SIZE ENGINES Reduces Airframe Noise Isolates Engine Vibration Versatile 3 & 4 Hole MountFM60 Universal Mounting System ES1226 E Ave J-1Z FLEX MOUNT 60 __________________________A epsmos Fon make __ & THINGSLancaster CA 9353560 Eng nes Inc udes _________________________________________necessary mounting hardware Available through better Hobby Shops Dealer ributor Inquiries Invited Made USA