FREE FLIGHT DURATION 1997 Sympo 1997 Symposium Report National Free flight Society better known Sympo now available Believe 30th Sympo Some articles editor Matt Gewain has put together include Does Lift Come Hewitt Phillips F1D60 Minutes EZ Way Hermann Andresen Dynamics FlA Towing Bunting Andrew Bauer Composite Construction FiB Propellers Louis Joyner Development Computer Electronic Timers Roger Morrell Reflections 1 930s Model Airplane Designer Joseph Konefes 20 Years Electronic Timers Ken Bauer Chasing Retrieving Len Sherman Dynamics Pylon Effects Andrew Bauer Also included Ten Models Year Hall Fame selections Only limited number Sympos will printed get order today price $20 NFFS members plus $4 surface postage Nonmembers pay $25 plus $4 postage Order copy Fred Terzian NFFS Publications Director 4858 Moorpark Ave San Jose CA 95 129-2132 Please make checks payable National Free flight Society Superior Props Bob Gordon new owner Superior Props fly rubberpowered models size hate carve propellers need check out Superior catalog Included machine-cut helicalpitch blades diameters four 24 inches larger-sized blades 15-24 inch shipped two separate blades neat finger joint center strength accurate alignment Prices work out about haifa buck per inch diameter Folding blades designed fit wire hubs available diameters 12-24 inches available helical distribution several popular nonhelical pitch distributions Doring Schwartzbach Maxwell Andriukov Zeri 24-inchdiameter pair blades about $12 additional $3 shipping Superior also sells simple Z bar prop hub well neat Montreal stop sizes Coupe Wakefield produce machined blades popular Gollywock Korda Old-Timer models catalog price list send legal-sized SASE Superior Props 60375 W Spruce Ln Lacombe LA 70445 Mark Woods Model Works items saw recently Internet Mark Woods home page included shot two Power models action well photo well-equipped machine shop An E-mail Mark brought extensive list products few samples VIT/Bunt unit $45 Variable Incidence Tailplane VIT allows stab power model pulled down near-00 incidence setting climb gives straighter faster power pattern need energy-wasting turns Just after engine cuts bunt mechanism pulls trailing edge stab down farther resulting sort ide loop bring model its vertical climb horizontal glide stab comes up preset glide position Any hesitations malfunctions ViT/bunt mechanism could disastrous Marks unit includes pulleys glide DT dethermalizer lines assure smooth operation reduce wear glide post features M3 x 05 metric thread precise glide adjustment Weight about 35 grams new VIT/bunt unit two-stage glide $55 about two-stage glide later column Rudder Adjuster $1250 device machined 606 1-T6 aluminum fitted 2-56 screws nuts locking nut has six small slots spring lock allowing precise 1/6-turn adjustments Weight 1 gram Carbon Fiber-Aluminum Fuselage Tubes $50 1/2A & FlJ $60 size $70 F1C&B size $80 C-D size front fuselages use wet layup unidirectional carbon fiber outer wrap fiberglass tailbooms use inner outer layer thin aluminum Since custom-made weight strength can adjusted suit needs lighter boom easily can damaged sure check first Mark before ordering 114 Model Aviation inian Igor Vivchar NFFS FiB Model Year Popular design used Roger Morrell Fred Pearce make 1997 US team Californian Kenny Happersetts F1J wasHappersetts F1J looks flies like named best Small Power model Note thescaled-down FiG CS engine hauls neat fold-up starter boxaluminum-skinned model up very quickly want try rolling own tailbooms Mark also makes custom aluminum mandrels Prices vary large C-D size mandrel would neighborhood $250 Thats lot billiards cue stick considerable savings over what machine shop might charge make metal mandrel Engine Mount $45 engine mount features two-piece constructionan adapter glued front carbon-fiber fuselage engine mount attaches adapter three four screws mount has provisions wire skid fuel bladder engine held mount its backplate screws Nelson 15 engines special adapter $20 needed replace engines screw-in backplate Weight engine mount around 35 grams Mark working down using CNC milling information other products contact Mark Wood Model Works 5923 Hopi Rd Danville IN 46122 Two-Stage Glide Power models transition high-speed powered flight slower glide can upsetting result often series stalls hopefully settle down before too much altitude lost An increasingly popular approach solving problem use two-stage glide Basically allows faster slightly under-elevated glide first 15-30 seconds glide get model through rough spots recovery stab moves up very slightly slow glide position maximum duration course presupposes timeroperated VLT system two-stage glide usually uses second 7-shaped hanimer course yet another line timer some FlA glider fliers using twostage glideoften conjunction electronic timer biggest advantage two-stage glide ability crank stab up everso-slightly could standard single-stage-glide model flyoffs could deciding difference A-B-C Free Flight Supplies Jos Melis Belgium sent along copy latest catalog Free flight bits pieces imports Russia Ukraine Included FlA supplies Victor Stamov M&K Sergei Makarov Mikhail Kochkarev FlB Wakefield parts Igor Vivchar Alexander Andriukov Andrey Burdov Valdimir Feodorov Yuri Blarhevich Also listed F1J items Alex Maximov Andrey Burdov some small tools small metric screws Juri Blazevich Just about conceivable component well complete ready-to-fly models available example Stamov longwing glider electronic timer lists $1950 plus postage handling about 15% set carbon D-box F1J wings Andrey Burdov $140 plus P&H wings 18 sq dm about 280 square inches weigh 52 grams presumably uncovered Lots interesting items serious FM flier catalogs available J05 Melis Winterbeekstraat 1 3730 Hoeselt Belgium catalogs free Im sure Jos would appreciate couple international reply coupons avallable local post office offset mailing costs 1999 Team Selection Program youd like try hand making United States team 1999 World Championships need get started accumulating required 75 minutes flight time required advance Finals have few changes program cycle flight time accumulation biggest change old semifinals have eliminated Instead participant has April 1 1997 45 days before Finals accumulate 75 minutes flight time AMA-sanctioned contests Only first seven rounds will count flyoffs rounds eight through 14 two-day contests 7 provision prorate time accumulated contests maxes less 180 seconds flown intent rule get people out flying Hopefully local contests will start including three FM events FlA FiB FlC FM combo will allow program participants accumulate needed flight time also expose Free Flighters FM events Finals will three-day affair events flying two days timing third Finals site has selected being written early May should firmed up time read sites being considered Palm Bay floridasite selection 1995 team Finals will probably held late September early October 1998 1999 World Championships will held Israel during summer 1998 information contact Competitions Department AMA Headquarters enter program include check $80 name address event being entered addition yours AMA membership must also posses FAI Sporting License also available through AMA 113—770 V30521 t 4793Area SAgWLng334941 TaLtpLaueeq4m TOUtOSiadat CS 59 F b VICTOR STAl1OV UKRAII4E MARCH 1998 Warps Stahl Iih-WAshoA Sma Left Tip-Vtashout 4nimv Oath Cftarcel-FLat45 ci E -T j -A AJ2 September1997 115 Weight VIE,2 TatL1ane Wing 3otcers2 44g TOTALAug
Edition: Model Aviation - 1997/09
Page Numbers: 114, 115
Edition: Model Aviation - 1997/09
Page Numbers: 114, 115
FREE FLIGHT DURATION 1997 Sympo 1997 Symposium Report National Free flight Society better known Sympo now available Believe 30th Sympo Some articles editor Matt Gewain has put together include Does Lift Come Hewitt Phillips F1D60 Minutes EZ Way Hermann Andresen Dynamics FlA Towing Bunting Andrew Bauer Composite Construction FiB Propellers Louis Joyner Development Computer Electronic Timers Roger Morrell Reflections 1 930s Model Airplane Designer Joseph Konefes 20 Years Electronic Timers Ken Bauer Chasing Retrieving Len Sherman Dynamics Pylon Effects Andrew Bauer Also included Ten Models Year Hall Fame selections Only limited number Sympos will printed get order today price $20 NFFS members plus $4 surface postage Nonmembers pay $25 plus $4 postage Order copy Fred Terzian NFFS Publications Director 4858 Moorpark Ave San Jose CA 95 129-2132 Please make checks payable National Free flight Society Superior Props Bob Gordon new owner Superior Props fly rubberpowered models size hate carve propellers need check out Superior catalog Included machine-cut helicalpitch blades diameters four 24 inches larger-sized blades 15-24 inch shipped two separate blades neat finger joint center strength accurate alignment Prices work out about haifa buck per inch diameter Folding blades designed fit wire hubs available diameters 12-24 inches available helical distribution several popular nonhelical pitch distributions Doring Schwartzbach Maxwell Andriukov Zeri 24-inchdiameter pair blades about $12 additional $3 shipping Superior also sells simple Z bar prop hub well neat Montreal stop sizes Coupe Wakefield produce machined blades popular Gollywock Korda Old-Timer models catalog price list send legal-sized SASE Superior Props 60375 W Spruce Ln Lacombe LA 70445 Mark Woods Model Works items saw recently Internet Mark Woods home page included shot two Power models action well photo well-equipped machine shop An E-mail Mark brought extensive list products few samples VIT/Bunt unit $45 Variable Incidence Tailplane VIT allows stab power model pulled down near-00 incidence setting climb gives straighter faster power pattern need energy-wasting turns Just after engine cuts bunt mechanism pulls trailing edge stab down farther resulting sort ide loop bring model its vertical climb horizontal glide stab comes up preset glide position Any hesitations malfunctions ViT/bunt mechanism could disastrous Marks unit includes pulleys glide DT dethermalizer lines assure smooth operation reduce wear glide post features M3 x 05 metric thread precise glide adjustment Weight about 35 grams new VIT/bunt unit two-stage glide $55 about two-stage glide later column Rudder Adjuster $1250 device machined 606 1-T6 aluminum fitted 2-56 screws nuts locking nut has six small slots spring lock allowing precise 1/6-turn adjustments Weight 1 gram Carbon Fiber-Aluminum Fuselage Tubes $50 1/2A & FlJ $60 size $70 F1C&B size $80 C-D size front fuselages use wet layup unidirectional carbon fiber outer wrap fiberglass tailbooms use inner outer layer thin aluminum Since custom-made weight strength can adjusted suit needs lighter boom easily can damaged sure check first Mark before ordering 114 Model Aviation inian Igor Vivchar NFFS FiB Model Year Popular design used Roger Morrell Fred Pearce make 1997 US team Californian Kenny Happersetts F1J wasHappersetts F1J looks flies like named best Small Power model Note thescaled-down FiG CS engine hauls neat fold-up starter boxaluminum-skinned model up very quickly want try rolling own tailbooms Mark also makes custom aluminum mandrels Prices vary large C-D size mandrel would neighborhood $250 Thats lot billiards cue stick considerable savings over what machine shop might charge make metal mandrel Engine Mount $45 engine mount features two-piece constructionan adapter glued front carbon-fiber fuselage engine mount attaches adapter three four screws mount has provisions wire skid fuel bladder engine held mount its backplate screws Nelson 15 engines special adapter $20 needed replace engines screw-in backplate Weight engine mount around 35 grams Mark working down using CNC milling information other products contact Mark Wood Model Works 5923 Hopi Rd Danville IN 46122 Two-Stage Glide Power models transition high-speed powered flight slower glide can upsetting result often series stalls hopefully settle down before too much altitude lost An increasingly popular approach solving problem use two-stage glide Basically allows faster slightly under-elevated glide first 15-30 seconds glide get model through rough spots recovery stab moves up very slightly slow glide position maximum duration course presupposes timeroperated VLT system two-stage glide usually uses second 7-shaped hanimer course yet another line timer some FlA glider fliers using twostage glideoften conjunction electronic timer biggest advantage two-stage glide ability crank stab up everso-slightly could standard single-stage-glide model flyoffs could deciding difference A-B-C Free Flight Supplies Jos Melis Belgium sent along copy latest catalog Free flight bits pieces imports Russia Ukraine Included FlA supplies Victor Stamov M&K Sergei Makarov Mikhail Kochkarev FlB Wakefield parts Igor Vivchar Alexander Andriukov Andrey Burdov Valdimir Feodorov Yuri Blarhevich Also listed F1J items Alex Maximov Andrey Burdov some small tools small metric screws Juri Blazevich Just about conceivable component well complete ready-to-fly models available example Stamov longwing glider electronic timer lists $1950 plus postage handling about 15% set carbon D-box F1J wings Andrey Burdov $140 plus P&H wings 18 sq dm about 280 square inches weigh 52 grams presumably uncovered Lots interesting items serious FM flier catalogs available J05 Melis Winterbeekstraat 1 3730 Hoeselt Belgium catalogs free Im sure Jos would appreciate couple international reply coupons avallable local post office offset mailing costs 1999 Team Selection Program youd like try hand making United States team 1999 World Championships need get started accumulating required 75 minutes flight time required advance Finals have few changes program cycle flight time accumulation biggest change old semifinals have eliminated Instead participant has April 1 1997 45 days before Finals accumulate 75 minutes flight time AMA-sanctioned contests Only first seven rounds will count flyoffs rounds eight through 14 two-day contests 7 provision prorate time accumulated contests maxes less 180 seconds flown intent rule get people out flying Hopefully local contests will start including three FM events FlA FiB FlC FM combo will allow program participants accumulate needed flight time also expose Free Flighters FM events Finals will three-day affair events flying two days timing third Finals site has selected being written early May should firmed up time read sites being considered Palm Bay floridasite selection 1995 team Finals will probably held late September early October 1998 1999 World Championships will held Israel during summer 1998 information contact Competitions Department AMA Headquarters enter program include check $80 name address event being entered addition yours AMA membership must also posses FAI Sporting License also available through AMA 113—770 V30521 t 4793Area SAgWLng334941 TaLtpLaueeq4m TOUtOSiadat CS 59 F b VICTOR STAl1OV UKRAII4E MARCH 1998 Warps Stahl Iih-WAshoA Sma Left Tip-Vtashout 4nimv Oath Cftarcel-FLat45 ci E -T j -A AJ2 September1997 115 Weight VIE,2 TatL1ane Wing 3otcers2 44g TOTALAug
