Free Flight: Duration

Free Flight DURA TION Bob Meuser Model Aviations regular Free Flight Duration Contributing Editor Bob Meuser taking well-deserved rest writ ing chores have asked freelance writer publisher Bill Hartill fill him month Bill internationally-known Free Flight competitor long standing AFTER dry spell 22 years USA long last has Free Flight World Cham pion Matt Gewain Florida brought home Swedish Glider Cup Australia Matt now heads list 11 US Cham pions joins Gerry Ritz USA A-2 Nordic Glider Champions Jim Wilson has flown Matt much anyone Jims impressions new Champion first met Matt 1977 Free Flight Champs pale skinny kid just arrived Oklahoma cowboy hat Happy Hooker glider Laura Scudder wings knew OK saw wife Gail flew V-dihedral glid ers Before 1977 flew Power Scale RC CL messed RC cars Settling California few years decided concentrate FlA thats operative word super-motivated has built 16 FlAs six years going through two Air Force transfers two house remodelings computer work lots honey-dos does building two hours before work four-five hours after original Pacer Fl has practi cal contest machine has gone through number mods fine-tune try out other ideas Thin airfoils tried re jected taller pod didnt make differ ence Increased span used calm-air rounds Lighter stabs have helpedand importantly wings very stiff wing has gotten attention uses version 7456 airfoil huge x 3/4 spruce upper spar used lots carbon leading trailing edges diagonals wood choice favors small high-density sections admits workmanship 62 Model Aviation Mirsad Kapetanovic Visoko Club helped Livno organization also flew Wakefield designed Villim Kmoch named young daughter Ema Left Breeman Hacken used invigorators second- third-place Nordics Poitou France strip turbulators distributed over upper surfaces wing intended energize boundary continous manner rather using single forward strip Right Stan Kubit Poland topped 21-man flyoff win Livno open inter national competition Triumphant Polish fliers captained Wakefield flier Kaz Lapinski took individual first Wakefield FiB Power FiC team first Nordic FlA Livno site probably best Free Flight field world Good weather great organization event complemented flat green lawn measuring 7 x 12 kilometersl superbut gets job done Matt quiet guy point being shy close friends However competitive killer intensity flies contests weather Wife Gail helps out lot field famous patience line has suffered very few dropped flights past six years concentration FlA has avoided bore dom intense concentration men tal adjustment stay good physical shape Matt runs bikes regularly has developed good balance speed endurance flying training really works atwhich means two sometimes three ses sions per week four during heavy competition loves fly has stable personality helps put motivation concentration work right out box FAI Paris meeting Word De cember meeting ClAM Free Flight Subcommittee Paris Yugoslavia has offered host 1985 World Champs record 36 countries attended meeting Yugoslavian offer received much enthusiasm proposed site lo cated near Livno judged best Free Flight site world Impressions Yugoslavia Last summer 1983 Old Free Flight Gypsy opportunity check out Livno com peting Izet Kurtalic Memorial Com petition held August 28 Events FlA FIB FiC fact Yu goslavs put another open International meet Mostar Soko Cup weekend fore Livno also held National Championships August 27 Livno Mostar site similar Livno site 1980 European Free Flight Cham pionshipsContinued page 155 uii Lepage collection rubberpowered Helicopter Papillon ny 1-rancols uandrieux circa 1890 excellent original condition Right Another gem collection rubber-powered Helios FF biplaneall original kit box instructions circa 1906 April 1984 63 Anton Vidensek 1981 Nordic World Champion checks air home turf Livno Yugoslavia placed first Yugoslavian Nationals World Champion Matt Gewain calmly parks Nordic glider circle wife Gail tends knitting Phillipe Lepage flies modern Wakefield international competitions hobby collects antique model aircraft toys collection unusual unique talk about something else just inciden tally will help hookup problem mentioned earlier potential con sequence high current being drawn servos disturbance rest system dreaded glitches saw earlier voltage dropped across re sistance wire can reduce voltage supplied servo another hid den resistance circuit cant anything changethe internal resistance battery itself current supplied battery has flow through resis tance small amount voltage will dropped across voltage battery drops put load mind lets look what hap pens servos draw heavy current starting move current through batterys internal resistance causes output voltage battery drop momentarily Depending amount current condition battery drop could much volt Thats 20% nominal battery voltage anything else connected battery going see same drop receiver its decoder one-volt spike power supply can look like interfere legitimate sig nals Im convinced true source lot glitches Ive heard about heavy-duty servos used solution isolate heavy-duty servo power supply rest sys tem have using advocating several years now big bird have built has least two large servos long leads have never prob lems means some added wiring complication another switch turn thats small price pay re liable performance diagrams show its done heres handle hookup prob lem Note dont have change standard receiver/switch/battery wir ing light-duty servos such throttle ignition switch can used as-is make up special servo leads take servo control signal re ceiver usual draw power heavy-duty battery control signal draws little current dont have worry about wire size means can use large wire connectors switch appropriate size everything except connections receiver servo cut short aileron extender cable half splice proper ends onto heavy wire receiver end no heavy current worry about heavy current has flow through small wire its servo end keep lead short two three will work fine youre shorten leads servo itself thing leads over foot long such aileron servos mounted wings use threeconductor shielded cable shield connected ground receiver end JENCO PT-19 FW 190 D-9 650 ABM-3 Zero 8S0 AT6 North Amencan 10 50 Hellcat Thunderbolt Corsair 1350 SBO-5 Master Scale Series 14 25 RADIAL COWLS 4 diameter-31/2 deep 650 6 diameter-5 deepw/engine 1350 7~ diameter-5A deep1100 101A diameter-9W deep2500 114diameter-7 deep2200 Other sizes anailahie COWLS FOR OTHER KITS PILOT Christen Eagle 60 18 00 MIDWEST Pills Special 15 00 STAFFORD B-24 set 0141 1350 ASTRO-FLIGHT Porterlield 650 QUARTER SCALE BALSA USA J-3 Cub 1300 BALSA USA J-3 Cuh w/engine 1500 J5 ENT Stinson Voyager 1375 SIG J3 Cuh 1300 w/engine 1500 PILOT Decathlon Citahria 18 50 WHEELPANTS 7 longfor3 wheel825 10longfor4l-5 wheel1350 10long 4-5 balloon tire1600 13long br 6-7 wheel1750 Other sizes anailahie COWLS FOR PLANS MAULE LUNAR ROCKET Model Aviation January 1982 Quarter scale hy Dow Palumbo Myron Pickard2500 CITABRIA Flying Models May 1980 Quarter scale Tony Lombardo 1925 Wheelpants 11 long pr 1400 SCHWEIZER Model Airplaee News Non 1981 Dcc Mathews700 Send SASE br latest complete listing TO ORDER Please send $200 shipping charge within US VA residents add 4% sales tax Outside US send $100 br complete list eoact shipping charges PHONE ORDERS & INFORMATION Accepted 1mm 9AM-9PM EDT NOTE NEW ADDRESS AND PHONE NUMBER Formerly 01 Bay Shore NY FIBERGLASS MASTER Dept MA Rt 1 Box 460 Goodview Va 24095 703 890-6017 cable Note shield con nected servo end reduces chance noise pickup long leads Cable use available electronics supply houses Ask Alpha No 3212 three-conductor shielded cable its equiv alent may sound sort complicated first its really quite simple once get used technique dont claim cure-all possible glitch will certainly make things smoother safer big bird Bob Beckman 8248 Holly Grove Ct Manassas VA 22110 FF Duration/Meuser Continued page 63 Livno site flat plain measuring 7 12 kilometers thats about 42 72 miles mountains distance western eastern flanks Livno lies about 100km east Split Bosnia flat plaun truly fiat No hills trees bushesjust absolutely nothing 7 x 12km area surface covered green grass several inches deep About foot beneath top soil layer soft limestone probably no trees other vegetation also told plain floods winter months place vast featureless can actually get lost lose sight launch point plain used commercial agricultural purpose ex cept grazing handful sheep cows tended herders no fences can drive anywhere area although retrieving foot simplest procedure about week time wind never stronger mild breeze Most time would have called calm Several days over cast slight rain fellbut long Threatening clouds appeared hung near Continued page 158 COMPLETE THIS FORM AND AlTACH MAILING LABEL FROM RECENT IEiY2T ISSUE LET US KNOW WHERE YOU ARE GOING move please let us know advancesix weeks requIred change address Attach current MA maIlIng label check appropriate box mall Subscrip tion Dept Model Aviation 11010 Samuel Morse Dr Reston VA 22090 Check appropriate bnxenclose payment LI NEW SUBSCRIPTION 0 CHANGE OF ADDRESS Non-AMA subscription rates $1800 12 months US possessions elsewhere including Canada Mexico $2400 US Schools $900 US Libraries $1350 NAME ADDRESS CITY/STATE _____________________________________________ ZIP _______________ MODEL AVIATION 1810 SAMUEL MORSE DR RESTON VA 22090 April 1984 155 oIu Kadet MKI MKII6 50 J-3 Clipped Wtng Cub700 1/4 J-3 Cub 1300 w/engine1500 Citabria Skybolt925 Bonanza Cessna 172 LibertySport orTOP FLITE Smith Minibiplane 0P-39 Airacobra750 Ryan STA. 1200P-40 Warhawk900 P-47D Thunderholt1000 F4U-IA Corsair F8F-2 Bearcal11 00 w/engine.. 1500 pants pr1400 blisters.2200 P-Si lull length cowl .2200 P-47 lull length flaps3000 4%1 4 Designed Quickie 500 racing sport flying Kit features hand cut balsa ply Darts Easy MILLS Insta Build System Custom aluminum gear exclusive torque absorption nose structure Hardware package full size plans Build fixed removable wing TheYellew Fever has won Maryland races four years other Quickie 500 racers combined New 1AA Quickie 200 Torque absorp tion nose struc ture Americas fastest 1AA Quickie 200 $2695 Dave Latshas T-Tailed Rivets Custom glass fuse Complete kit wheels News Flash RI vets wins Tangerine Intl S MILLSSee local dealer order directMd residents add 5% tate AIRPLANE MODELS 2868 Hambleton Rd Riva MD 21140 FF Duration/Meuser Continued oae 155 mountains lingered distance stayed hotel Dinara Livno about 12km little over seven miles site Fifteen dollars day took care j-4 jusT CANJT RLY FULL SC4LE wrrHov-r iT vEP IT SURE IS! all-time best flying plane NOW PREOTIEST Bill Weodts CESSNA AG WAGON ases simple nods coonert GIANT UGLY STIK kit beaaty Highly detailed folt-sice plans can used modify kit orcompletely scratch hoild theAG WAGON tt flies enen better oognat1 Oses OsS PIloT & Us, Ssoke Sym. 0 Sosioso 11, FOR QUADRA OR LARGER ENGINES FULL-SIZE PLANS 104WS $2500.. C.A ReddeO Add 60 Seles Tssl SEND CHECK OR MO TO TAYLORCHAFT LTD 2t6 Wittese An Resenltt, CA 95678 SEND tAROE 55 SE FOR COMPLETE T-CItAFF BROCHURES 158 Model Aviation Pow 4 CYCLE POWEREDSO WINGSPAN SEND $100 FOR COMPLETE CATALOG OF FINE KITS Ikon NWST PO Box 566 Auburn WA 98071 206 941-8248 room three meals two Principal ganizers competitions mem bers Izet Kurtalic Aeroclub based Visoko city near Sarajevo told making plans 1985 World Champs intend house everyone new modem ski chalet about 30km Livno Adria Ski Kupres has 250 rooms cocktail bar fireplace lounge discotheque two restaurants ban quet hall bowling alley hairdresser shops etc Now time start making plans attend Anton Vidensek Ljubljana also 1981 FlA World Champion won Nationals saw seven flyoff Anton has new design ultra-long tail moment flew earlier rounds Yu goslav Nationals Free Flight consist FlA FiB FtC entries num bered 51 28 15 respectively Wake field won Josip Franic Split seven maxes Kenan Jusutbasic Visoko Club Competition Director placed second Oto Velunsek Ptuj won Power flyoff five standard flying three events high often case picking right air critical next day open competition saw 71 FlA 32 FIB 26 FiC Nordic decided 21-man flyoff ended Stan Kubit Poland took out 410 seconds Vidensek settle sixth place Californian Lee Hines hung 10th place Lee U GIANT UGLY SilK t131 NW 45 Street Ft Lauderdale FL 33309 13051491-6115 AENGINEERING THE LARDING GEAR PEOPLE Tied kit landing gears dont lit biggie propett tt & 0 Engineering ClO calve problems * Custom built yoor needs & opecs guaranteed lit * Strong & durable withstand tougheot landing * 0 & 0 Eogineering gear will work & keep voor biggie Itylog * In stock replacement gear moot popular modelo Ryron Pitto Christen Eagle CAP 21 Ralsa USA J-3 CUR Air Tech Pawnee Eagle Rosen Rig Stick Champ Citabna R & R models Snapper Stinger Snapper Too CHOPS razor blade SAWS razor saw CUTS wood plastics metals 26 different angles Send self-addressed stamped envelope complete information KALEE INC Dept MA 0 2041 Winnetka N 0 Minneapolis MN 55427 competition vacation having grand time flown Mostar also made flyoff well British contingent Mike Fantham Dave Oldfield Peter Wil liams Martin Dilly placed Mike flyoff picked up 8th place Wakefield all-Yugoslav flyoff four settled Djuro Grabescak score took him beyond five-minute round Werner Klaus Austria won Power having bested strong effort Polish team four-man flyoff competition run smoothly hosts laid excellent banquet awards presentation hospitality sincere looks like 1985 Champs should well-run affair Antique model museum Phillipe Lepage Paris France very good Wakefield flier also dealer antique toys As sideline business has col lecting antique model aircraft mem orabilia collection covers period 1880 about 1940 believed unique certainly unusual models relatively good condi tion original boxes plans rubber strands Lepage does repair models shows original condition completeness possible French competition annual Poitou international contest held August 20-21 great success awesome 143 entries FlA 69 entries FiB 24 FIC dozen countries represented Dave Rounsaville John Lenderman Bill Har till carried flag USA P Jomarien France took FlA two Dutchmen Cenny Breeman Arno Hacken second third As footnote Breeman Pieter de Boer fought out fantastic six-round flyoff finishing nine minutes competition spring Hol land Vol Libre asks Has ever bettered anywhere Well try Jim Patterson FAI Challenge held Taft last November 27 FlA Martyn Cow ley Hector Diez Randy Weiler flew 10 maxes flew off another 5 rounds making eight minutes Diez Weiler both did nine minutes Going PRODUCTS FOR THE OgScERNING MODELER Complete Line Exhaust Systems * Tuned Pipes Muffled Tuned Pines * Headers * Venturi Mufflers * Expansion Mufflers Helicopter Ball Mufflers * Specialized Exhaust Systems Unsurpas 10 minutes Weiler eased ahead Diez 175 sec 166 sec Well back Poitou Anselmo Zen Italy topped Wakefield list good Note Anselmo placed second World Champs fall Power tough battle strong breeze giving us plenty exercise Ken Faux England did once again relaxed way slipping five seconds ahead Denkin Bulgaria flyoff Thomas Koster just wasnt form having great time anyway training young son Koster launch style doing whenever could get Thomas Jr away Grandma Grandpa Denmark time flies youre having fun thanks Bill Hartill fasci nating report Letters photos column should continue sent Bob Meuser 4200 Gregory St Oakland CA 94619 FF Scale/Warner Continued page 65 super little tissue-paper-shell pilot Hawker Demon few years ago method make pilot bust out wax lay tissue strips dope glue pick out wax shell dried Desirous Sir Percy fly Comper Swift decided try Dougs method used modeling clay instead wax laid small strips silkspan brushed white glue full-strength About two three layers does After drying overnight cut off halves cleaned out clay glued halves back together painted lot acrylics turned out much better anticipated largely due assist wife Phyllis provided $10 artists red sable brush Previously thought way get fine detailing very small brush results somewhat less satisfying problem paint supply answer bigger sable brush sharp point extra bristle bundle holds supply paint flows effortKJBBR 1mm thick 042 Sizes K 3, 32 TILKA WAKEFIELD s3895~ UPSrgIish3 Finished Front End- o-c FIyrg16 IflStuctjofls Vey ConpIete1 Send 5O 1984/1985cateloe4 FAI Model Supply Boxed 16 rubber per box Price $1250 per box ppd SA ENGINES H/C Aero Engines P21 SE P21 RE P40 SE P40 RE P45 SE P60 SE P60 RE P65 RE P80 SE P80 RE P80 RE w/silencer w/pipe w/silencer pylon w/pipe w/silencer w/silencer w/pipe d fart w/pipe w/silencer w/pipe d fan $ 79 $ 99 $ 89 $120 $ 95 $129 $149 $145 $135 $159 $139 H/C Marine Engine P21 SE P21 RE P45 RE P65 RE P80 RE P90 RE w/pipe w/pipe w/pipe w/pipe w/pipe w/pipe $115 $119 $139 $155 $159 $195 H/C Car Engines P21RE SE P21 Buggy RE SE $79 $79 See Dealer first available call send order us -Add $300 shipping & handling Prices sublect change notice Dealer & Distributor Inquiries invited 714 768-5933 Imported Condor Trading Co Intl PO Box 3479 Mission Viejo CA 92690-1479 April 1984 159

Free Flight DURA TION Bob Meuser Model Aviations regular Free Flight Duration Contributing Editor Bob Meuser taking well-deserved rest writ ing chores have asked freelance writer publisher Bill Hartill fill him month Bill internationally-known Free Flight competitor long standing AFTER dry spell 22 years USA long last has Free Flight World Cham pion Matt Gewain Florida brought home Swedish Glider Cup Australia Matt now heads list 11 US Cham pions joins Gerry Ritz USA A-2 Nordic Glider Champions Jim Wilson has flown Matt much anyone Jims impressions new Champion first met Matt 1977 Free Flight Champs pale skinny kid just arrived Oklahoma cowboy hat Happy Hooker glider Laura Scudder wings knew OK saw wife Gail flew V-dihedral glid ers Before 1977 flew Power Scale RC CL messed RC cars Settling California few years decided concentrate FlA thats operative word super-motivated has built 16 FlAs six years going through two Air Force transfers two house remodelings computer work lots honey-dos does building two hours before work four-five hours after original Pacer Fl has practi cal contest machine has gone through number mods fine-tune try out other ideas Thin airfoils tried re jected taller pod didnt make differ ence Increased span used calm-air rounds Lighter stabs have helpedand importantly wings very stiff wing has gotten attention uses version 7456 airfoil huge x 3/4 spruce upper spar used lots carbon leading trailing edges diagonals wood choice favors small high-density sections admits workmanship 62 Model Aviation Mirsad Kapetanovic Visoko Club helped Livno organization also flew Wakefield designed Villim Kmoch named young daughter Ema Left Breeman Hacken used invigorators second- third-place Nordics Poitou France strip turbulators distributed over upper surfaces wing intended energize boundary continous manner rather using single forward strip Right Stan Kubit Poland topped 21-man flyoff win Livno open inter national competition Triumphant Polish fliers captained Wakefield flier Kaz Lapinski took individual first Wakefield FiB Power FiC team first Nordic FlA Livno site probably best Free Flight field world Good weather great organization event complemented flat green lawn measuring 7 x 12 kilometersl superbut gets job done Matt quiet guy point being shy close friends However competitive killer intensity flies contests weather Wife Gail helps out lot field famous patience line has suffered very few dropped flights past six years concentration FlA has avoided bore dom intense concentration men tal adjustment stay good physical shape Matt runs bikes regularly has developed good balance speed endurance flying training really works atwhich means two sometimes three ses sions per week four during heavy competition loves fly has stable personality helps put motivation concentration work right out box FAI Paris meeting Word De cember meeting ClAM Free Flight Subcommittee Paris Yugoslavia has offered host 1985 World Champs record 36 countries attended meeting Yugoslavian offer received much enthusiasm proposed site lo cated near Livno judged best Free Flight site world Impressions Yugoslavia Last summer 1983 Old Free Flight Gypsy opportunity check out Livno com peting Izet Kurtalic Memorial Com petition held August 28 Events FlA FIB FiC fact Yu goslavs put another open International meet Mostar Soko Cup weekend fore Livno also held National Championships August 27 Livno Mostar site similar Livno site 1980 European Free Flight Cham pionshipsContinued page 155 uii Lepage collection rubberpowered Helicopter Papillon ny 1-rancols uandrieux circa 1890 excellent original condition Right Another gem collection rubber-powered Helios FF biplaneall original kit box instructions circa 1906 April 1984 63 Anton Vidensek 1981 Nordic World Champion checks air home turf Livno Yugoslavia placed first Yugoslavian Nationals World Champion Matt Gewain calmly parks Nordic glider circle wife Gail tends knitting Phillipe Lepage flies modern Wakefield international competitions hobby collects antique model aircraft toys collection unusual unique talk about something else just inciden tally will help hookup problem mentioned earlier potential con sequence high current being drawn servos disturbance rest system dreaded glitches saw earlier voltage dropped across re sistance wire can reduce voltage supplied servo another hid den resistance circuit cant anything changethe internal resistance battery itself current supplied battery has flow through resis tance small amount voltage will dropped across voltage battery drops put load mind lets look what hap pens servos draw heavy current starting move current through batterys internal resistance causes output voltage battery drop momentarily Depending amount current condition battery drop could much volt Thats 20% nominal battery voltage anything else connected battery going see same drop receiver its decoder one-volt spike power supply can look like interfere legitimate sig nals Im convinced true source lot glitches Ive heard about heavy-duty servos used solution isolate heavy-duty servo power supply rest sys tem have using advocating several years now big bird have built has least two large servos long leads have never prob lems means some added wiring complication another switch turn thats small price pay re liable performance diagrams show its done heres handle hookup prob lem Note dont have change standard receiver/switch/battery wir ing light-duty servos such throttle ignition switch can used as-is make up special servo leads take servo control signal re ceiver usual draw power heavy-duty battery control signal draws little current dont have worry about wire size means can use large wire connectors switch appropriate size everything except connections receiver servo cut short aileron extender cable half splice proper ends onto heavy wire receiver end no heavy current worry about heavy current has flow through small wire its servo end keep lead short two three will work fine youre shorten leads servo itself thing leads over foot long such aileron servos mounted wings use threeconductor shielded cable shield connected ground receiver end JENCO PT-19 FW 190 D-9 650 ABM-3 Zero 8S0 AT6 North Amencan 10 50 Hellcat Thunderbolt Corsair 1350 SBO-5 Master Scale Series 14 25 RADIAL COWLS 4 diameter-31/2 deep 650 6 diameter-5 deepw/engine 1350 7~ diameter-5A deep1100 101A diameter-9W deep2500 114diameter-7 deep2200 Other sizes anailahie COWLS FOR OTHER KITS PILOT Christen Eagle 60 18 00 MIDWEST Pills Special 15 00 STAFFORD B-24 set 0141 1350 ASTRO-FLIGHT Porterlield 650 QUARTER SCALE BALSA USA J-3 Cub 1300 BALSA USA J-3 Cuh w/engine 1500 J5 ENT Stinson Voyager 1375 SIG J3 Cuh 1300 w/engine 1500 PILOT Decathlon Citahria 18 50 WHEELPANTS 7 longfor3 wheel825 10longfor4l-5 wheel1350 10long 4-5 balloon tire1600 13long br 6-7 wheel1750 Other sizes anailahie COWLS FOR PLANS MAULE LUNAR ROCKET Model Aviation January 1982 Quarter scale hy Dow Palumbo Myron Pickard2500 CITABRIA Flying Models May 1980 Quarter scale Tony Lombardo 1925 Wheelpants 11 long pr 1400 SCHWEIZER Model Airplaee News Non 1981 Dcc Mathews700 Send SASE br latest complete listing TO ORDER Please send $200 shipping charge within US VA residents add 4% sales tax Outside US send $100 br complete list eoact shipping charges PHONE ORDERS & INFORMATION Accepted 1mm 9AM-9PM EDT NOTE NEW ADDRESS AND PHONE NUMBER Formerly 01 Bay Shore NY FIBERGLASS MASTER Dept MA Rt 1 Box 460 Goodview Va 24095 703 890-6017 cable Note shield con nected servo end reduces chance noise pickup long leads Cable use available electronics supply houses Ask Alpha No 3212 three-conductor shielded cable its equiv alent may sound sort complicated first its really quite simple once get used technique dont claim cure-all possible glitch will certainly make things smoother safer big bird Bob Beckman 8248 Holly Grove Ct Manassas VA 22110 FF Duration/Meuser Continued page 63 Livno site flat plain measuring 7 12 kilometers thats about 42 72 miles mountains distance western eastern flanks Livno lies about 100km east Split Bosnia flat plaun truly fiat No hills trees bushesjust absolutely nothing 7 x 12km area surface covered green grass several inches deep About foot beneath top soil layer soft limestone probably no trees other vegetation also told plain floods winter months place vast featureless can actually get lost lose sight launch point plain used commercial agricultural purpose ex cept grazing handful sheep cows tended herders no fences can drive anywhere area although retrieving foot simplest procedure about week time wind never stronger mild breeze Most time would have called calm Several days over cast slight rain fellbut long Threatening clouds appeared hung near Continued page 158 COMPLETE THIS FORM AND AlTACH MAILING LABEL FROM RECENT IEiY2T ISSUE LET US KNOW WHERE YOU ARE GOING move please let us know advancesix weeks requIred change address Attach current MA maIlIng label check appropriate box mall Subscrip tion Dept Model Aviation 11010 Samuel Morse Dr Reston VA 22090 Check appropriate bnxenclose payment LI NEW SUBSCRIPTION 0 CHANGE OF ADDRESS Non-AMA subscription rates $1800 12 months US possessions elsewhere including Canada Mexico $2400 US Schools $900 US Libraries $1350 NAME ADDRESS CITY/STATE _____________________________________________ ZIP _______________ MODEL AVIATION 1810 SAMUEL MORSE DR RESTON VA 22090 April 1984 155 oIu Kadet MKI MKII6 50 J-3 Clipped Wtng Cub700 1/4 J-3 Cub 1300 w/engine1500 Citabria Skybolt925 Bonanza Cessna 172 LibertySport orTOP FLITE Smith Minibiplane 0P-39 Airacobra750 Ryan STA. 1200P-40 Warhawk900 P-47D Thunderholt1000 F4U-IA Corsair F8F-2 Bearcal11 00 w/engine.. 1500 pants pr1400 blisters.2200 P-Si lull length cowl .2200 P-47 lull length flaps3000 4%1 4 Designed Quickie 500 racing sport flying Kit features hand cut balsa ply Darts Easy MILLS Insta Build System Custom aluminum gear exclusive torque absorption nose structure Hardware package full size plans Build fixed removable wing TheYellew Fever has won Maryland races four years other Quickie 500 racers combined New 1AA Quickie 200 Torque absorp tion nose struc ture Americas fastest 1AA Quickie 200 $2695 Dave Latshas T-Tailed Rivets Custom glass fuse Complete kit wheels News Flash RI vets wins Tangerine Intl S MILLSSee local dealer order directMd residents add 5% tate AIRPLANE MODELS 2868 Hambleton Rd Riva MD 21140 FF Duration/Meuser Continued oae 155 mountains lingered distance stayed hotel Dinara Livno about 12km little over seven miles site Fifteen dollars day took care j-4 jusT CANJT RLY FULL SC4LE wrrHov-r iT vEP IT SURE IS! all-time best flying plane NOW PREOTIEST Bill Weodts CESSNA AG WAGON ases simple nods coonert GIANT UGLY STIK kit beaaty Highly detailed folt-sice plans can used modify kit orcompletely scratch hoild theAG WAGON tt flies enen better oognat1 Oses OsS PIloT & Us, Ssoke Sym. 0 Sosioso 11, FOR QUADRA OR LARGER ENGINES FULL-SIZE PLANS 104WS $2500.. C.A ReddeO Add 60 Seles Tssl SEND CHECK OR MO TO TAYLORCHAFT LTD 2t6 Wittese An Resenltt, CA 95678 SEND tAROE 55 SE FOR COMPLETE T-CItAFF BROCHURES 158 Model Aviation Pow 4 CYCLE POWEREDSO WINGSPAN SEND $100 FOR COMPLETE CATALOG OF FINE KITS Ikon NWST PO Box 566 Auburn WA 98071 206 941-8248 room three meals two Principal ganizers competitions mem bers Izet Kurtalic Aeroclub based Visoko city near Sarajevo told making plans 1985 World Champs intend house everyone new modem ski chalet about 30km Livno Adria Ski Kupres has 250 rooms cocktail bar fireplace lounge discotheque two restaurants ban quet hall bowling alley hairdresser shops etc Now time start making plans attend Anton Vidensek Ljubljana also 1981 FlA World Champion won Nationals saw seven flyoff Anton has new design ultra-long tail moment flew earlier rounds Yu goslav Nationals Free Flight consist FlA FiB FtC entries num bered 51 28 15 respectively Wake field won Josip Franic Split seven maxes Kenan Jusutbasic Visoko Club Competition Director placed second Oto Velunsek Ptuj won Power flyoff five standard flying three events high often case picking right air critical next day open competition saw 71 FlA 32 FIB 26 FiC Nordic decided 21-man flyoff ended Stan Kubit Poland took out 410 seconds Vidensek settle sixth place Californian Lee Hines hung 10th place Lee U GIANT UGLY SilK t131 NW 45 Street Ft Lauderdale FL 33309 13051491-6115 AENGINEERING THE LARDING GEAR PEOPLE Tied kit landing gears dont lit biggie propett tt & 0 Engineering ClO calve problems * Custom built yoor needs & opecs guaranteed lit * Strong & durable withstand tougheot landing * 0 & 0 Eogineering gear will work & keep voor biggie Itylog * In stock replacement gear moot popular modelo Ryron Pitto Christen Eagle CAP 21 Ralsa USA J-3 CUR Air Tech Pawnee Eagle Rosen Rig Stick Champ Citabna R & R models Snapper Stinger Snapper Too CHOPS razor blade SAWS razor saw CUTS wood plastics metals 26 different angles Send self-addressed stamped envelope complete information KALEE INC Dept MA 0 2041 Winnetka N 0 Minneapolis MN 55427 competition vacation having grand time flown Mostar also made flyoff well British contingent Mike Fantham Dave Oldfield Peter Wil liams Martin Dilly placed Mike flyoff picked up 8th place Wakefield all-Yugoslav flyoff four settled Djuro Grabescak score took him beyond five-minute round Werner Klaus Austria won Power having bested strong effort Polish team four-man flyoff competition run smoothly hosts laid excellent banquet awards presentation hospitality sincere looks like 1985 Champs should well-run affair Antique model museum Phillipe Lepage Paris France very good Wakefield flier also dealer antique toys As sideline business has col lecting antique model aircraft mem orabilia collection covers period 1880 about 1940 believed unique certainly unusual models relatively good condi tion original boxes plans rubber strands Lepage does repair models shows original condition completeness possible French competition annual Poitou international contest held August 20-21 great success awesome 143 entries FlA 69 entries FiB 24 FIC dozen countries represented Dave Rounsaville John Lenderman Bill Har till carried flag USA P Jomarien France took FlA two Dutchmen Cenny Breeman Arno Hacken second third As footnote Breeman Pieter de Boer fought out fantastic six-round flyoff finishing nine minutes competition spring Hol land Vol Libre asks Has ever bettered anywhere Well try Jim Patterson FAI Challenge held Taft last November 27 FlA Martyn Cow ley Hector Diez Randy Weiler flew 10 maxes flew off another 5 rounds making eight minutes Diez Weiler both did nine minutes Going PRODUCTS FOR THE OgScERNING MODELER Complete Line Exhaust Systems * Tuned Pipes Muffled Tuned Pines * Headers * Venturi Mufflers * Expansion Mufflers Helicopter Ball Mufflers * Specialized Exhaust Systems Unsurpas 10 minutes Weiler eased ahead Diez 175 sec 166 sec Well back Poitou Anselmo Zen Italy topped Wakefield list good Note Anselmo placed second World Champs fall Power tough battle strong breeze giving us plenty exercise Ken Faux England did once again relaxed way slipping five seconds ahead Denkin Bulgaria flyoff Thomas Koster just wasnt form having great time anyway training young son Koster launch style doing whenever could get Thomas Jr away Grandma Grandpa Denmark time flies youre having fun thanks Bill Hartill fasci nating report Letters photos column should continue sent Bob Meuser 4200 Gregory St Oakland CA 94619 FF Scale/Warner Continued page 65 super little tissue-paper-shell pilot Hawker Demon few years ago method make pilot bust out wax lay tissue strips dope glue pick out wax shell dried Desirous Sir Percy fly Comper Swift decided try Dougs method used modeling clay instead wax laid small strips silkspan brushed white glue full-strength About two three layers does After drying overnight cut off halves cleaned out clay glued halves back together painted lot acrylics turned out much better anticipated largely due assist wife Phyllis provided $10 artists red sable brush Previously thought way get fine detailing very small brush results somewhat less satisfying problem paint supply answer bigger sable brush sharp point extra bristle bundle holds supply paint flows effortKJBBR 1mm thick 042 Sizes K 3, 32 TILKA WAKEFIELD s3895~ UPSrgIish3 Finished Front End- o-c FIyrg16 IflStuctjofls Vey ConpIete1 Send 5O 1984/1985cateloe4 FAI Model Supply Boxed 16 rubber per box Price $1250 per box ppd SA ENGINES H/C Aero Engines P21 SE P21 RE P40 SE P40 RE P45 SE P60 SE P60 RE P65 RE P80 SE P80 RE P80 RE w/silencer w/pipe w/silencer pylon w/pipe w/silencer w/silencer w/pipe d fart w/pipe w/silencer w/pipe d fan $ 79 $ 99 $ 89 $120 $ 95 $129 $149 $145 $135 $159 $139 H/C Marine Engine P21 SE P21 RE P45 RE P65 RE P80 RE P90 RE w/pipe w/pipe w/pipe w/pipe w/pipe w/pipe $115 $119 $139 $155 $159 $195 H/C Car Engines P21RE SE P21 Buggy RE SE $79 $79 See Dealer first available call send order us -Add $300 shipping & handling Prices sublect change notice Dealer & Distributor Inquiries invited 714 768-5933 Imported Condor Trading Co Intl PO Box 3479 Mission Viejo CA 92690-1479 April 1984 159