FREE FLIGHT INDOOR 1TT ALERT AMA Executive Council now requiring Nats events have least five advance entries before event can scheduled Presumably details will handled will announced before distribution entry forms explained same mailing entry forms Contact District VP addresses AMA News section Model Aviation latest information Thank recent column presented discussion partialmotor test flying Thanks Bob Gibbs Rob Randolph initial help review comments Jim Clem Stan Chilton information comments USIC 1995 US Indoor Championships Go again five-day meet test flying first day dates May 31-June 4 1995 As writing 1/4/95 final details being decided entry blanks prepared Send SASE Howard Henderson 444 Bryan Ave Kirkwood MO 63122 get entry blank Three classes new year 35cm Indoor Stick Pro-20 Indoor Stick P-24 Condor 35cm Indoor Stick Rules maximum span no other limits Pro-20 Rules Monoplane Maximum projected wing span 20 inches Maximum projected wing area 68 square inches Maximum stabilizer area 50% wing areaPropeller Must built up Micro-film plastic covered No variable-pitch variablediameter mechanisms permitted Propeller hubs permit blade replacement manual adjustment pitch acceptable Motor stick must built up no solid motor sticks Energy restraining devices other propeller prohibited addition above rules free flight Indoor Rubber Stick models shall apply P-24 Condor Contest Rules model must built according plan No deviations will allowed Several other specifications will apply models will processed complete set P-24 rules contact Larry Coslick 4202 Valleycrest Hills St Louis MO 63128 Tel 314 982-3803 need P-24 Condor kits may ordered $999 plus $2 postage Mace Model Aircraft Company 359 5 119 East Avenue Tulsa OK 74128 International Easy B Contest will international Easy B contest part Kibbie Dome meet mid-July Contest entry fee will high $35 very special prizes Since proxy entry foreign fliers will allowed proxy fliers will needed contest will held day separate other activities No other flying will permitted during contest AMA Easy B rules timing rules will effect except flights will rounds Contact Larry Coslick 4202 Valleycrest Hills St Louis MO 63128 Tel 314 982-3803 Wally Miller 2860 Packsaddle Dr Coeur DAlene ID 83814 Tel 208 7724814 interested entry proxy flying 1995 Indoor Nats Kibbie Dome Indoor Nats will held Kibbie Dome sometime during week July 8-16 1995 Note leadoff warning about minimum event entry Contact AMA HQ schedule entry forms Kibbie Dome Bash Will held week July 8-16 1995 regular schedule begins probably first two days followed 1995 Indoor Nats International Easy B contest some order followed possibly two days normal schedule fly-what-you-want-when-you-want Send SASE Andy Tagliafico 10039 SW Quail Post Rd Portland OR 97219 Tel 503 452-0546 schedule entry information Combine request entry Easy B contest offer proxy needed will really big show sure No-Touch Event years various fliers believed systematically improve Indoor model performance necessary eliminate rafter-banging tactic Some time back Larry Coslick joined ranks circulating plea such event time read initial vote current rules cycle will finished rules voted proposed provisional event Cat no-touch event having provisions Model Specifications Any model meeting specifications Easy B Intermediate Stick AMA Stick Limited Pennyplane can used entries particular event must same class Scoring provisions Sec 9 shall apply except timing shall cease model contacts part building structure hard enough cause visible deviation models attitude direction flight best single flight five official flights wins Whether proposal made through initial vote intact club group individuals interested concept can use above proposal guideline club fun flying events Know models make better 1994 Easy B Postal Contest As announced previous column Tom Vallee hosted Category postal contest between US teams teams Japan results Japan havent arrived note excellent US times May1995 113 Very dense model packing bottom compartment Larry Coslicks 1993 model box Tenny photo top compartment Larry Coslicks box Fits inside bottom compartment resting rails shown other photo Flying Opportunities sessions listed below latest information available Contact persons other areas included CDs events beginning April 1995 send schedules ASAP Always very contest date phone before leaving home ArkansasLittle Rock area Indoor sessions month usually second Friday 530 730 pm North Little Rock Bums Park Tennis Center Side walls 20 feet center peak 40 feet Cost $24 divided number participants Contact Ron Stanfield 20 Oakridge Dr Maumelle AR 72113 Tel 501 851-1697 CaliforniaBurbank Blacksheep Exhibition Squadron VMF-214 has monthly sessions second Fridays flying Cat site Luther Burbank Middle School 7-10 pm Tony Naccarato 2121 N Hollywood Way Burbank CA 91507 Tel 818 842-5062 CaliforniaGarden Grove currently have access gymnasium located Crystal Cathedral Garden Grove California have use gym Tuesday evening 7 10 pm welcome types Indoor models well modelers experience level gym approximately 25 feet lowest ceiling girder another 10 feet airspace above John Wenk 4621 Silverleaf Ave Orange CA 92669 Tel 714 6338546 CaliforniaLos Angeles area Monthly sessions Naval & Marine Corps Armory next Dodger Stadium Paul Avery 6360 Germania Ct Agoura Hills CA 91301 Tel 818 707-0282 CaliforniaMann County 20 miles north San Francisco Year-round minicontests 8 am-2 pm fourth Sunday month site standard basketball court 28 feet clear Contact George Benson 204 Benson Circle Mill Valley CA 94941 Tel 415 388-1809 CaliforniaSan Diego Fun Fly scale sessions 2nd Friday month monthly sessions fourth Friday Colina Del Sol Community Center Cat 5316 Orange Ave San Diego Howard Haupt 3860 Ecochee Ave San Diego CA 92117 Tel 619 272-5656 CanadaOntario Indoor flying Woodroffe Hugh School Ottawa Mondays 7 pm 10 pm Contact Dan OGrady 50 Largo Crescent Nepean Ontario Canada K2G3C7 CanadaWinnipeg Manitoba Flying sessions twice month 23-foot gym Sundays session month 80-foot hangar hangar commercial airline maintenance hangar subject work schedules no sessions have cancelled yet hangar very tight 114 Modei Aviation mal drift locale several Canadian Cat III records Contact Barrie Taylor 2 Thackery Winnipeg Manitoba Canada R3K OHi Tel 204 889-4737 ConnecticutNorwich Flying sessions held throughout fall winter Teachers Memorial Junior High School Norwich Connecticut Beginners welcome assistance provided veteran aeromodelers Last session 199495 scheduled Saturday April 15 1995 9 am 1 pm Contact John Koptonak 3 Wiemes Ct Waterford CT 06385 Tel 203 442-9003 FloridaThe following sessions Tampa MacDill round out Florida Indoor season MIAMA State Indoor Meet #5 includes mass launch WW II class Big MAL Ed Seay Ansaldo SVA-5 mass launch event March 25-26 1995 State Indoor Meet #6 April 22-23 Armed Forces Day meet last STATE meet MIAMA s 24th Indoor season includes mass launch biplanes May 2021 1995 Contact Dr John Martin 2180 Tigertall Ave Miami FL 33133 Tel 305 858-6363 IdahoKibbie Dome Kibbie Dome Annual will held week July 816 1995 Andy Tagliafico 10039 Quall Post Rd Portland OR 97219 Tel 503 371-0492 IllinoisChicago area Year-round weekly sessions 25-foot gym College DuPage Glen Ellyn Illinois Currently held 6-11 pm Monday evenings Bob Warmaun 245 N Oaklawn Elmhurst IL 60126 Tel 708 8349075 KansasTopeka Kansas Indoor Championships April 1 1995 gymnasium Washburn University Contact Jack Koehiar 33 10 SW Eveningside Dr Topeka KS 66614-3726 Tel 913 273-9554 KansasWichita Note address change Stan Chilton 3010 Grail Wichita KS 67211 Tel 316 686-9634 KentuckyLouisville Flying sessions Tuesday Sawyer Park site 11 am 1 pm Also Saturday month subject military schedules Kentucky Air National Guard suite 10 am 2 pm Contact Mason Plank 3207 Oriole Dr Louisville KY 40213 Tel 502 6348191 MarylandGoddard NAS Contact Tom Vallee 444 Henryton So Laurel MD 20707 Tel 301 498-0790 MassachusettsMerrimac Valley Merrimac Valley Air-Istocrats 17th Annual Indoor Contest 27-foot site 99 Fordham Rd Wilmington MA March 12 1995 Contact Jim Fiorello 508 687-0024 NebraskaBeatrice Note contact change R D Hawes 9220 N 52nd St Omaha NE 68152 Tel 402 571-6512 New JerseyLakehurst 1994 flying sessions/-contests/record trials Hangar #1 scheduled almost weekend between July end October information 1995 season send Gary Underwood SASE 24 Kennebec Ct Bordentown NJ 08505 call 609 3249004 North CarolinaCharlotte Flying sessions 25-foot gym Friday night year-round Contact Cliff Culpepper 1401 Ferncliffe Rd Charlotte NC 28211 Tel OhioCleveland area Weekly sessions year-round Cat sites site Willoughby Andrews School has 20-foot flat ceiling 60 x 80-foot floor area other site Meridian Euclid Hospital Euclid has 195-foot ceiling 45 x 70-foot floor area Contact Vein Hacker 25599 Breckenridge Dr Euclid OH 44117-1807 Tel 216 4864990 OklahomaOklahoma City 1995 contest Armory Mar 19 1995 Contact Edsel Ford 10613 W Country Drive Oklahoma City OK 73170 Tel 405 691-5411 VirginiaHampton area Langley Brainbusters winter Indoor contest schedule includes dates March 19 April 23 1995 1-6 pm contests will held SBH Gym will feature following events EZ-13 Limited Pennyplane Bostonian No Cal A-6 8-Inch hand launch glider MiniStick events count scoring Contact Abram Van Dover 112 Tillerson Dr Newport News VA 23602 Tel 804 877-2830 Washington StateSeattle area Boeing Hawks last scheduled contest 1995 Naval Reserve Center Lake Union 9 am 4pm March 18 1995 Contact Gene Stubbs 5505 Ann Arbor NE Seattle WA 98105 Tel 206 523-6148 Electronic Balances expensive toys endlessly useful some fliers including Stan Chilton use flying site check weight ratios between partial motor spacer now own USIC borrowed Jim Clem s balance match MiniStick prop weights first thing did match weights three MiniStick props Unfortunately scales 001 g resolution wasnt good enough trick scale props close same weight heaviest just heavy enough flip least significant digit added tiny pieces #24 gage solder pan lighter props added equivalent pieces solder lighter props exact way get another digit resolution create ten 10 pieces aluminum foil weigh exactly 01 g add foil weight until least significant digit flips example suppose item produces scale reading 021 g Add pieces foil until display reads 022 g third piece foil did job weight very close 0217 022 003 Thinning Aliphatic Resin column has mentioned using aliphatic resin Titebond similar thinned some amount water Unfortunately use measuring device like graduated cylinder remember high-school chemistry some glue always sticks measuring device finally realized adding water first drops resin followed thorough shaking almost no residue left measuring cup works equally well thinning Duco cement 995 115 704 366-7350 details
Edition: Model Aviation - 1995/05
Page Numbers: 113, 114, 115
FREE FLIGHT INDOOR 1TT ALERT AMA Executive Council now requiring Nats events have least five advance entries before event can scheduled Presumably details will handled will announced before distribution entry forms explained same mailing entry forms Contact District VP addresses AMA News section Model Aviation latest information Thank recent column presented discussion partialmotor test flying Thanks Bob Gibbs Rob Randolph initial help review comments Jim Clem Stan Chilton information comments USIC 1995 US Indoor Championships Go again five-day meet test flying first day dates May 31-June 4 1995 As writing 1/4/95 final details being decided entry blanks prepared Send SASE Howard Henderson 444 Bryan Ave Kirkwood MO 63122 get entry blank Three classes new year 35cm Indoor Stick Pro-20 Indoor Stick P-24 Condor 35cm Indoor Stick Rules maximum span no other limits Pro-20 Rules Monoplane Maximum projected wing span 20 inches Maximum projected wing area 68 square inches Maximum stabilizer area 50% wing areaPropeller Must built up Micro-film plastic covered No variable-pitch variablediameter mechanisms permitted Propeller hubs permit blade replacement manual adjustment pitch acceptable Motor stick must built up no solid motor sticks Energy restraining devices other propeller prohibited addition above rules free flight Indoor Rubber Stick models shall apply P-24 Condor Contest Rules model must built according plan No deviations will allowed Several other specifications will apply models will processed complete set P-24 rules contact Larry Coslick 4202 Valleycrest Hills St Louis MO 63128 Tel 314 982-3803 need P-24 Condor kits may ordered $999 plus $2 postage Mace Model Aircraft Company 359 5 119 East Avenue Tulsa OK 74128 International Easy B Contest will international Easy B contest part Kibbie Dome meet mid-July Contest entry fee will high $35 very special prizes Since proxy entry foreign fliers will allowed proxy fliers will needed contest will held day separate other activities No other flying will permitted during contest AMA Easy B rules timing rules will effect except flights will rounds Contact Larry Coslick 4202 Valleycrest Hills St Louis MO 63128 Tel 314 982-3803 Wally Miller 2860 Packsaddle Dr Coeur DAlene ID 83814 Tel 208 7724814 interested entry proxy flying 1995 Indoor Nats Kibbie Dome Indoor Nats will held Kibbie Dome sometime during week July 8-16 1995 Note leadoff warning about minimum event entry Contact AMA HQ schedule entry forms Kibbie Dome Bash Will held week July 8-16 1995 regular schedule begins probably first two days followed 1995 Indoor Nats International Easy B contest some order followed possibly two days normal schedule fly-what-you-want-when-you-want Send SASE Andy Tagliafico 10039 SW Quail Post Rd Portland OR 97219 Tel 503 452-0546 schedule entry information Combine request entry Easy B contest offer proxy needed will really big show sure No-Touch Event years various fliers believed systematically improve Indoor model performance necessary eliminate rafter-banging tactic Some time back Larry Coslick joined ranks circulating plea such event time read initial vote current rules cycle will finished rules voted proposed provisional event Cat no-touch event having provisions Model Specifications Any model meeting specifications Easy B Intermediate Stick AMA Stick Limited Pennyplane can used entries particular event must same class Scoring provisions Sec 9 shall apply except timing shall cease model contacts part building structure hard enough cause visible deviation models attitude direction flight best single flight five official flights wins Whether proposal made through initial vote intact club group individuals interested concept can use above proposal guideline club fun flying events Know models make better 1994 Easy B Postal Contest As announced previous column Tom Vallee hosted Category postal contest between US teams teams Japan results Japan havent arrived note excellent US times May1995 113 Very dense model packing bottom compartment Larry Coslicks 1993 model box Tenny photo top compartment Larry Coslicks box Fits inside bottom compartment resting rails shown other photo Flying Opportunities sessions listed below latest information available Contact persons other areas included CDs events beginning April 1995 send schedules ASAP Always very contest date phone before leaving home ArkansasLittle Rock area Indoor sessions month usually second Friday 530 730 pm North Little Rock Bums Park Tennis Center Side walls 20 feet center peak 40 feet Cost $24 divided number participants Contact Ron Stanfield 20 Oakridge Dr Maumelle AR 72113 Tel 501 851-1697 CaliforniaBurbank Blacksheep Exhibition Squadron VMF-214 has monthly sessions second Fridays flying Cat site Luther Burbank Middle School 7-10 pm Tony Naccarato 2121 N Hollywood Way Burbank CA 91507 Tel 818 842-5062 CaliforniaGarden Grove currently have access gymnasium located Crystal Cathedral Garden Grove California have use gym Tuesday evening 7 10 pm welcome types Indoor models well modelers experience level gym approximately 25 feet lowest ceiling girder another 10 feet airspace above John Wenk 4621 Silverleaf Ave Orange CA 92669 Tel 714 6338546 CaliforniaLos Angeles area Monthly sessions Naval & Marine Corps Armory next Dodger Stadium Paul Avery 6360 Germania Ct Agoura Hills CA 91301 Tel 818 707-0282 CaliforniaMann County 20 miles north San Francisco Year-round minicontests 8 am-2 pm fourth Sunday month site standard basketball court 28 feet clear Contact George Benson 204 Benson Circle Mill Valley CA 94941 Tel 415 388-1809 CaliforniaSan Diego Fun Fly scale sessions 2nd Friday month monthly sessions fourth Friday Colina Del Sol Community Center Cat 5316 Orange Ave San Diego Howard Haupt 3860 Ecochee Ave San Diego CA 92117 Tel 619 272-5656 CanadaOntario Indoor flying Woodroffe Hugh School Ottawa Mondays 7 pm 10 pm Contact Dan OGrady 50 Largo Crescent Nepean Ontario Canada K2G3C7 CanadaWinnipeg Manitoba Flying sessions twice month 23-foot gym Sundays session month 80-foot hangar hangar commercial airline maintenance hangar subject work schedules no sessions have cancelled yet hangar very tight 114 Modei Aviation mal drift locale several Canadian Cat III records Contact Barrie Taylor 2 Thackery Winnipeg Manitoba Canada R3K OHi Tel 204 889-4737 ConnecticutNorwich Flying sessions held throughout fall winter Teachers Memorial Junior High School Norwich Connecticut Beginners welcome assistance provided veteran aeromodelers Last session 199495 scheduled Saturday April 15 1995 9 am 1 pm Contact John Koptonak 3 Wiemes Ct Waterford CT 06385 Tel 203 442-9003 FloridaThe following sessions Tampa MacDill round out Florida Indoor season MIAMA State Indoor Meet #5 includes mass launch WW II class Big MAL Ed Seay Ansaldo SVA-5 mass launch event March 25-26 1995 State Indoor Meet #6 April 22-23 Armed Forces Day meet last STATE meet MIAMA s 24th Indoor season includes mass launch biplanes May 2021 1995 Contact Dr John Martin 2180 Tigertall Ave Miami FL 33133 Tel 305 858-6363 IdahoKibbie Dome Kibbie Dome Annual will held week July 816 1995 Andy Tagliafico 10039 Quall Post Rd Portland OR 97219 Tel 503 371-0492 IllinoisChicago area Year-round weekly sessions 25-foot gym College DuPage Glen Ellyn Illinois Currently held 6-11 pm Monday evenings Bob Warmaun 245 N Oaklawn Elmhurst IL 60126 Tel 708 8349075 KansasTopeka Kansas Indoor Championships April 1 1995 gymnasium Washburn University Contact Jack Koehiar 33 10 SW Eveningside Dr Topeka KS 66614-3726 Tel 913 273-9554 KansasWichita Note address change Stan Chilton 3010 Grail Wichita KS 67211 Tel 316 686-9634 KentuckyLouisville Flying sessions Tuesday Sawyer Park site 11 am 1 pm Also Saturday month subject military schedules Kentucky Air National Guard suite 10 am 2 pm Contact Mason Plank 3207 Oriole Dr Louisville KY 40213 Tel 502 6348191 MarylandGoddard NAS Contact Tom Vallee 444 Henryton So Laurel MD 20707 Tel 301 498-0790 MassachusettsMerrimac Valley Merrimac Valley Air-Istocrats 17th Annual Indoor Contest 27-foot site 99 Fordham Rd Wilmington MA March 12 1995 Contact Jim Fiorello 508 687-0024 NebraskaBeatrice Note contact change R D Hawes 9220 N 52nd St Omaha NE 68152 Tel 402 571-6512 New JerseyLakehurst 1994 flying sessions/-contests/record trials Hangar #1 scheduled almost weekend between July end October information 1995 season send Gary Underwood SASE 24 Kennebec Ct Bordentown NJ 08505 call 609 3249004 North CarolinaCharlotte Flying sessions 25-foot gym Friday night year-round Contact Cliff Culpepper 1401 Ferncliffe Rd Charlotte NC 28211 Tel OhioCleveland area Weekly sessions year-round Cat sites site Willoughby Andrews School has 20-foot flat ceiling 60 x 80-foot floor area other site Meridian Euclid Hospital Euclid has 195-foot ceiling 45 x 70-foot floor area Contact Vein Hacker 25599 Breckenridge Dr Euclid OH 44117-1807 Tel 216 4864990 OklahomaOklahoma City 1995 contest Armory Mar 19 1995 Contact Edsel Ford 10613 W Country Drive Oklahoma City OK 73170 Tel 405 691-5411 VirginiaHampton area Langley Brainbusters winter Indoor contest schedule includes dates March 19 April 23 1995 1-6 pm contests will held SBH Gym will feature following events EZ-13 Limited Pennyplane Bostonian No Cal A-6 8-Inch hand launch glider MiniStick events count scoring Contact Abram Van Dover 112 Tillerson Dr Newport News VA 23602 Tel 804 877-2830 Washington StateSeattle area Boeing Hawks last scheduled contest 1995 Naval Reserve Center Lake Union 9 am 4pm March 18 1995 Contact Gene Stubbs 5505 Ann Arbor NE Seattle WA 98105 Tel 206 523-6148 Electronic Balances expensive toys endlessly useful some fliers including Stan Chilton use flying site check weight ratios between partial motor spacer now own USIC borrowed Jim Clem s balance match MiniStick prop weights first thing did match weights three MiniStick props Unfortunately scales 001 g resolution wasnt good enough trick scale props close same weight heaviest just heavy enough flip least significant digit added tiny pieces #24 gage solder pan lighter props added equivalent pieces solder lighter props exact way get another digit resolution create ten 10 pieces aluminum foil weigh exactly 01 g add foil weight until least significant digit flips example suppose item produces scale reading 021 g Add pieces foil until display reads 022 g third piece foil did job weight very close 0217 022 003 Thinning Aliphatic Resin column has mentioned using aliphatic resin Titebond similar thinned some amount water Unfortunately use measuring device like graduated cylinder remember high-school chemistry some glue always sticks measuring device finally realized adding water first drops resin followed thorough shaking almost no residue left measuring cup works equally well thinning Duco cement 995 115 704 366-7350 details
Edition: Model Aviation - 1995/05
Page Numbers: 113, 114, 115
FREE FLIGHT INDOOR 1TT ALERT AMA Executive Council now requiring Nats events have least five advance entries before event can scheduled Presumably details will handled will announced before distribution entry forms explained same mailing entry forms Contact District VP addresses AMA News section Model Aviation latest information Thank recent column presented discussion partialmotor test flying Thanks Bob Gibbs Rob Randolph initial help review comments Jim Clem Stan Chilton information comments USIC 1995 US Indoor Championships Go again five-day meet test flying first day dates May 31-June 4 1995 As writing 1/4/95 final details being decided entry blanks prepared Send SASE Howard Henderson 444 Bryan Ave Kirkwood MO 63122 get entry blank Three classes new year 35cm Indoor Stick Pro-20 Indoor Stick P-24 Condor 35cm Indoor Stick Rules maximum span no other limits Pro-20 Rules Monoplane Maximum projected wing span 20 inches Maximum projected wing area 68 square inches Maximum stabilizer area 50% wing areaPropeller Must built up Micro-film plastic covered No variable-pitch variablediameter mechanisms permitted Propeller hubs permit blade replacement manual adjustment pitch acceptable Motor stick must built up no solid motor sticks Energy restraining devices other propeller prohibited addition above rules free flight Indoor Rubber Stick models shall apply P-24 Condor Contest Rules model must built according plan No deviations will allowed Several other specifications will apply models will processed complete set P-24 rules contact Larry Coslick 4202 Valleycrest Hills St Louis MO 63128 Tel 314 982-3803 need P-24 Condor kits may ordered $999 plus $2 postage Mace Model Aircraft Company 359 5 119 East Avenue Tulsa OK 74128 International Easy B Contest will international Easy B contest part Kibbie Dome meet mid-July Contest entry fee will high $35 very special prizes Since proxy entry foreign fliers will allowed proxy fliers will needed contest will held day separate other activities No other flying will permitted during contest AMA Easy B rules timing rules will effect except flights will rounds Contact Larry Coslick 4202 Valleycrest Hills St Louis MO 63128 Tel 314 982-3803 Wally Miller 2860 Packsaddle Dr Coeur DAlene ID 83814 Tel 208 7724814 interested entry proxy flying 1995 Indoor Nats Kibbie Dome Indoor Nats will held Kibbie Dome sometime during week July 8-16 1995 Note leadoff warning about minimum event entry Contact AMA HQ schedule entry forms Kibbie Dome Bash Will held week July 8-16 1995 regular schedule begins probably first two days followed 1995 Indoor Nats International Easy B contest some order followed possibly two days normal schedule fly-what-you-want-when-you-want Send SASE Andy Tagliafico 10039 SW Quail Post Rd Portland OR 97219 Tel 503 452-0546 schedule entry information Combine request entry Easy B contest offer proxy needed will really big show sure No-Touch Event years various fliers believed systematically improve Indoor model performance necessary eliminate rafter-banging tactic Some time back Larry Coslick joined ranks circulating plea such event time read initial vote current rules cycle will finished rules voted proposed provisional event Cat no-touch event having provisions Model Specifications Any model meeting specifications Easy B Intermediate Stick AMA Stick Limited Pennyplane can used entries particular event must same class Scoring provisions Sec 9 shall apply except timing shall cease model contacts part building structure hard enough cause visible deviation models attitude direction flight best single flight five official flights wins Whether proposal made through initial vote intact club group individuals interested concept can use above proposal guideline club fun flying events Know models make better 1994 Easy B Postal Contest As announced previous column Tom Vallee hosted Category postal contest between US teams teams Japan results Japan havent arrived note excellent US times May1995 113 Very dense model packing bottom compartment Larry Coslicks 1993 model box Tenny photo top compartment Larry Coslicks box Fits inside bottom compartment resting rails shown other photo Flying Opportunities sessions listed below latest information available Contact persons other areas included CDs events beginning April 1995 send schedules ASAP Always very contest date phone before leaving home ArkansasLittle Rock area Indoor sessions month usually second Friday 530 730 pm North Little Rock Bums Park Tennis Center Side walls 20 feet center peak 40 feet Cost $24 divided number participants Contact Ron Stanfield 20 Oakridge Dr Maumelle AR 72113 Tel 501 851-1697 CaliforniaBurbank Blacksheep Exhibition Squadron VMF-214 has monthly sessions second Fridays flying Cat site Luther Burbank Middle School 7-10 pm Tony Naccarato 2121 N Hollywood Way Burbank CA 91507 Tel 818 842-5062 CaliforniaGarden Grove currently have access gymnasium located Crystal Cathedral Garden Grove California have use gym Tuesday evening 7 10 pm welcome types Indoor models well modelers experience level gym approximately 25 feet lowest ceiling girder another 10 feet airspace above John Wenk 4621 Silverleaf Ave Orange CA 92669 Tel 714 6338546 CaliforniaLos Angeles area Monthly sessions Naval & Marine Corps Armory next Dodger Stadium Paul Avery 6360 Germania Ct Agoura Hills CA 91301 Tel 818 707-0282 CaliforniaMann County 20 miles north San Francisco Year-round minicontests 8 am-2 pm fourth Sunday month site standard basketball court 28 feet clear Contact George Benson 204 Benson Circle Mill Valley CA 94941 Tel 415 388-1809 CaliforniaSan Diego Fun Fly scale sessions 2nd Friday month monthly sessions fourth Friday Colina Del Sol Community Center Cat 5316 Orange Ave San Diego Howard Haupt 3860 Ecochee Ave San Diego CA 92117 Tel 619 272-5656 CanadaOntario Indoor flying Woodroffe Hugh School Ottawa Mondays 7 pm 10 pm Contact Dan OGrady 50 Largo Crescent Nepean Ontario Canada K2G3C7 CanadaWinnipeg Manitoba Flying sessions twice month 23-foot gym Sundays session month 80-foot hangar hangar commercial airline maintenance hangar subject work schedules no sessions have cancelled yet hangar very tight 114 Modei Aviation mal drift locale several Canadian Cat III records Contact Barrie Taylor 2 Thackery Winnipeg Manitoba Canada R3K OHi Tel 204 889-4737 ConnecticutNorwich Flying sessions held throughout fall winter Teachers Memorial Junior High School Norwich Connecticut Beginners welcome assistance provided veteran aeromodelers Last session 199495 scheduled Saturday April 15 1995 9 am 1 pm Contact John Koptonak 3 Wiemes Ct Waterford CT 06385 Tel 203 442-9003 FloridaThe following sessions Tampa MacDill round out Florida Indoor season MIAMA State Indoor Meet #5 includes mass launch WW II class Big MAL Ed Seay Ansaldo SVA-5 mass launch event March 25-26 1995 State Indoor Meet #6 April 22-23 Armed Forces Day meet last STATE meet MIAMA s 24th Indoor season includes mass launch biplanes May 2021 1995 Contact Dr John Martin 2180 Tigertall Ave Miami FL 33133 Tel 305 858-6363 IdahoKibbie Dome Kibbie Dome Annual will held week July 816 1995 Andy Tagliafico 10039 Quall Post Rd Portland OR 97219 Tel 503 371-0492 IllinoisChicago area Year-round weekly sessions 25-foot gym College DuPage Glen Ellyn Illinois Currently held 6-11 pm Monday evenings Bob Warmaun 245 N Oaklawn Elmhurst IL 60126 Tel 708 8349075 KansasTopeka Kansas Indoor Championships April 1 1995 gymnasium Washburn University Contact Jack Koehiar 33 10 SW Eveningside Dr Topeka KS 66614-3726 Tel 913 273-9554 KansasWichita Note address change Stan Chilton 3010 Grail Wichita KS 67211 Tel 316 686-9634 KentuckyLouisville Flying sessions Tuesday Sawyer Park site 11 am 1 pm Also Saturday month subject military schedules Kentucky Air National Guard suite 10 am 2 pm Contact Mason Plank 3207 Oriole Dr Louisville KY 40213 Tel 502 6348191 MarylandGoddard NAS Contact Tom Vallee 444 Henryton So Laurel MD 20707 Tel 301 498-0790 MassachusettsMerrimac Valley Merrimac Valley Air-Istocrats 17th Annual Indoor Contest 27-foot site 99 Fordham Rd Wilmington MA March 12 1995 Contact Jim Fiorello 508 687-0024 NebraskaBeatrice Note contact change R D Hawes 9220 N 52nd St Omaha NE 68152 Tel 402 571-6512 New JerseyLakehurst 1994 flying sessions/-contests/record trials Hangar #1 scheduled almost weekend between July end October information 1995 season send Gary Underwood SASE 24 Kennebec Ct Bordentown NJ 08505 call 609 3249004 North CarolinaCharlotte Flying sessions 25-foot gym Friday night year-round Contact Cliff Culpepper 1401 Ferncliffe Rd Charlotte NC 28211 Tel OhioCleveland area Weekly sessions year-round Cat sites site Willoughby Andrews School has 20-foot flat ceiling 60 x 80-foot floor area other site Meridian Euclid Hospital Euclid has 195-foot ceiling 45 x 70-foot floor area Contact Vein Hacker 25599 Breckenridge Dr Euclid OH 44117-1807 Tel 216 4864990 OklahomaOklahoma City 1995 contest Armory Mar 19 1995 Contact Edsel Ford 10613 W Country Drive Oklahoma City OK 73170 Tel 405 691-5411 VirginiaHampton area Langley Brainbusters winter Indoor contest schedule includes dates March 19 April 23 1995 1-6 pm contests will held SBH Gym will feature following events EZ-13 Limited Pennyplane Bostonian No Cal A-6 8-Inch hand launch glider MiniStick events count scoring Contact Abram Van Dover 112 Tillerson Dr Newport News VA 23602 Tel 804 877-2830 Washington StateSeattle area Boeing Hawks last scheduled contest 1995 Naval Reserve Center Lake Union 9 am 4pm March 18 1995 Contact Gene Stubbs 5505 Ann Arbor NE Seattle WA 98105 Tel 206 523-6148 Electronic Balances expensive toys endlessly useful some fliers including Stan Chilton use flying site check weight ratios between partial motor spacer now own USIC borrowed Jim Clem s balance match MiniStick prop weights first thing did match weights three MiniStick props Unfortunately scales 001 g resolution wasnt good enough trick scale props close same weight heaviest just heavy enough flip least significant digit added tiny pieces #24 gage solder pan lighter props added equivalent pieces solder lighter props exact way get another digit resolution create ten 10 pieces aluminum foil weigh exactly 01 g add foil weight until least significant digit flips example suppose item produces scale reading 021 g Add pieces foil until display reads 022 g third piece foil did job weight very close 0217 022 003 Thinning Aliphatic Resin column has mentioned using aliphatic resin Titebond similar thinned some amount water Unfortunately use measuring device like graduated cylinder remember high-school chemistry some glue always sticks measuring device finally realized adding water first drops resin followed thorough shaking almost no residue left measuring cup works equally well thinning Duco cement 995 115 704 366-7350 details