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Free Flight: Old-Timers

Author: B. Baker


Edition: Model Aviation - 1996/01
Page Numbers: 134, 135

FREE FLIGHT OLD-TIMERS 11111 SOCIETY OF ANTIQUE Modelers SAM president Don Bekins sent two great action photos see taken 1995 SCAMPS Texaco Dawn Patrol Taft California During contest surprise 75th birthday party held Sal Taibi calculate Sal 75 1995 18 19 designed Powerhouse interested joining SAM send SASE Larry Clark Secretary/Treasurer Box 528 Luceren Valley CA 92356 As part membership get rule book voting privileges rule changes list eligible designs subscription SAM Speaks excellent publication has just about reached magazine status reading reports 1994 SAM Champs SAM Speaks noted old flying buddy George Perryman won dawn all-up-lastdown event Korda Wakefields model soundly outclimbed competition So wrote George asking some details models setup George did let us down letter part real thrill flying Dick Korda last year SAM Champs can still wind rubber good fly like champ nicest complements him anyone could have asked him autograph Korda wing said Ill sign yours will sign sorta like King Kong telling could really grow hair built 29-cent Burd Korda 1939 failed miserably flying first big contest . 14 time 1940 built three Kordas 1939 Wakefield Winner pretty good luck still able beat big boys . waited 54 years build another Korda Wakefield Winner found out Dick Korda himself going compete Dick Korda Commemorative SAM Champs just build got picture Ted Just flew proxy Earl Stahl great 1939 Wakefield meet duplicated Kordas red model silver prop USA lettering fuselage sides Due having lengthy searches cornfields another two events day regular Korda Wakefield event flown didnt have time compete properly elected save ship Korda Challenge mass launch dawn Joe Beshar sponsor wanted old-time flavor doing 134 Model Aviation 4Bruce Augustus Sun Valley ID silk-covered Goldberg Sailplane powered Mccoy 60 travels country own airplane loaded models Larry Davidson Long Island NY launches Super Cyclone-powered Foote Westerner Larry has won RC high-point championships three SAM Champs like used no torque meters no winding tubes flight before thermals came out managed squeak out win 303 since Korda outclimbed other 20 . cant imagine thrilling get Korda fly good after 54 years Now scientifical questions balance Korda 55% wing chord 330 inches behind wind leading edge smallish horizontal stab flies smooth since vertical stab isnt overly generous keep wing forward LE right windshield gives longest tail length possible add lead nose block balance . use 28 strands 35 inches long /8 FAI Tan II rubber wining flight wound 850 turns near max fly Korda right-right guess fliers divided R-R R-L Ive flown rubber ships both ways cant tell much difference dont add shim under wing leading edge instead jack up stab trailing edge get incidence right Its taste have model glide nose down marginal wing positive incidence stab trailing edge up will give flatappearing glide. Bill sure miss contest circuit heaps fun particularly flying Mulvihill team together winning 1980 1982 miss too George others used see SAM Champs AMA Nationals just dont like travel anymore lost interest competition 01 George likes play clown bit best ever rubber events true some rubber models fly right-right safely theory matter CG location conservative somewhat forward CU like Georges Korda Conscientious Objector Mulvihill R-R seems OK CU pushed back ultimate dead-air glide R-R dangerous Better go R-L dont want use autostab just matter opinion am going take up space telling about recent SAM rule changes interested will read SAM Speaks want announce new official RC Assist event Nostalgia-era FF designs rules roughly follow NFFS free flight Nostalgia events Although still have no interest competition will make Lucky Lindy Zeek own thermaling pleasure An unofficial SAM Electric event rubber designs being promoted Tileston 1800 Carmelo Dr Car michael CA 95608 SASE should get details UCTS Complete Line Exhaust Systems * Tuned Pipes led Tuned Pipes Headers uri Mufflers Expansion Mufflers Helicopter Ball Mufflers ialized Exhaust Systems UiSIffpd Easy use Save Money oSave Time sAs low $895 FREE Catalog Lall J Smithy 1-800-345-6342 SIGIhyDtMA P0 Box 1517 Ask operator MAn hor Ml 48106 1517 & MODEL BUILDING 7ERVICE RADf 0 CONiTiOL PPODUCTS We carry full line Byron Originals Bob Parkerson Tom Cook Bob Violet products COD Orders Accepted 718 983-9735 128 WATCHOGUE I0AD * STATEN AM 4 NY 10314 4-40x1/2 socket caps sell $43511 00 alloy steel $665/i 00 stainless $7 50150 aluminum Fcirpnceson sisiblequanli1ies tt ynxxfr1h call O FASTENERS 110 Hillcrest Road Remington NJ 08822 800-892-6917 908-8064050 fax 908-788-2607 ULTIMATESPORT RC 255 East Ashland/PO BaA 727/Soda Sprirgs Idaho 83276 ULII556TE 0-300 PIPE12065473742FAT G,Ih VIA SEIld SASE January1996 135 PRICES EFFECTIVE NOV 1095 WINTERHAWK II COUPE WON AT 94 NATE UPDATED FiG VERSION FORMED BODY TUBE MONTREAL TYPE HUB REDI CUT RIBS TOP GRADE BALSA ALL HARDWARE$ 5500 TVAT ICC 43 INCH WINGSPAN SPARROWHAWKP30 WON 87 93 AND SN NATS PORMED BODY TUBE REDI CUT RIBS YELLOW CZECH PROP ALL HARDWARE DESIGNS BY JOHN OOWYER FV,rCVAVV TSVAVAIVAIAV TEXANS ASS DOVER 0179 FROM MODEL AIRCRAFT LARS S LEE ST 214-4389233 IRVING TEXAN VOVOB I-none IVAhE I4lBIbFIpAaWeahIGIIaoFVsRCAIAI FIpITgVAIVAT5AIAIVLATAIVgDAl CIEOTCATAPPAVAiIANIE 5511415101 8255Sh,Ied Nil $365DElTA VIloelod Oil $495

Author: B. Baker


Edition: Model Aviation - 1996/01
Page Numbers: 134, 135

FREE FLIGHT OLD-TIMERS 11111 SOCIETY OF ANTIQUE Modelers SAM president Don Bekins sent two great action photos see taken 1995 SCAMPS Texaco Dawn Patrol Taft California During contest surprise 75th birthday party held Sal Taibi calculate Sal 75 1995 18 19 designed Powerhouse interested joining SAM send SASE Larry Clark Secretary/Treasurer Box 528 Luceren Valley CA 92356 As part membership get rule book voting privileges rule changes list eligible designs subscription SAM Speaks excellent publication has just about reached magazine status reading reports 1994 SAM Champs SAM Speaks noted old flying buddy George Perryman won dawn all-up-lastdown event Korda Wakefields model soundly outclimbed competition So wrote George asking some details models setup George did let us down letter part real thrill flying Dick Korda last year SAM Champs can still wind rubber good fly like champ nicest complements him anyone could have asked him autograph Korda wing said Ill sign yours will sign sorta like King Kong telling could really grow hair built 29-cent Burd Korda 1939 failed miserably flying first big contest . 14 time 1940 built three Kordas 1939 Wakefield Winner pretty good luck still able beat big boys . waited 54 years build another Korda Wakefield Winner found out Dick Korda himself going compete Dick Korda Commemorative SAM Champs just build got picture Ted Just flew proxy Earl Stahl great 1939 Wakefield meet duplicated Kordas red model silver prop USA lettering fuselage sides Due having lengthy searches cornfields another two events day regular Korda Wakefield event flown didnt have time compete properly elected save ship Korda Challenge mass launch dawn Joe Beshar sponsor wanted old-time flavor doing 134 Model Aviation 4Bruce Augustus Sun Valley ID silk-covered Goldberg Sailplane powered Mccoy 60 travels country own airplane loaded models Larry Davidson Long Island NY launches Super Cyclone-powered Foote Westerner Larry has won RC high-point championships three SAM Champs like used no torque meters no winding tubes flight before thermals came out managed squeak out win 303 since Korda outclimbed other 20 . cant imagine thrilling get Korda fly good after 54 years Now scientifical questions balance Korda 55% wing chord 330 inches behind wind leading edge smallish horizontal stab flies smooth since vertical stab isnt overly generous keep wing forward LE right windshield gives longest tail length possible add lead nose block balance . use 28 strands 35 inches long /8 FAI Tan II rubber wining flight wound 850 turns near max fly Korda right-right guess fliers divided R-R R-L Ive flown rubber ships both ways cant tell much difference dont add shim under wing leading edge instead jack up stab trailing edge get incidence right Its taste have model glide nose down marginal wing positive incidence stab trailing edge up will give flatappearing glide. Bill sure miss contest circuit heaps fun particularly flying Mulvihill team together winning 1980 1982 miss too George others used see SAM Champs AMA Nationals just dont like travel anymore lost interest competition 01 George likes play clown bit best ever rubber events true some rubber models fly right-right safely theory matter CG location conservative somewhat forward CU like Georges Korda Conscientious Objector Mulvihill R-R seems OK CU pushed back ultimate dead-air glide R-R dangerous Better go R-L dont want use autostab just matter opinion am going take up space telling about recent SAM rule changes interested will read SAM Speaks want announce new official RC Assist event Nostalgia-era FF designs rules roughly follow NFFS free flight Nostalgia events Although still have no interest competition will make Lucky Lindy Zeek own thermaling pleasure An unofficial SAM Electric event rubber designs being promoted Tileston 1800 Carmelo Dr Car michael CA 95608 SASE should get details UCTS Complete Line Exhaust Systems * Tuned Pipes led Tuned Pipes Headers uri Mufflers Expansion Mufflers Helicopter Ball Mufflers ialized Exhaust Systems UiSIffpd Easy use Save Money oSave Time sAs low $895 FREE Catalog Lall J Smithy 1-800-345-6342 SIGIhyDtMA P0 Box 1517 Ask operator MAn hor Ml 48106 1517 & MODEL BUILDING 7ERVICE RADf 0 CONiTiOL PPODUCTS We carry full line Byron Originals Bob Parkerson Tom Cook Bob Violet products COD Orders Accepted 718 983-9735 128 WATCHOGUE I0AD * STATEN AM 4 NY 10314 4-40x1/2 socket caps sell $43511 00 alloy steel $665/i 00 stainless $7 50150 aluminum Fcirpnceson sisiblequanli1ies tt ynxxfr1h call O FASTENERS 110 Hillcrest Road Remington NJ 08822 800-892-6917 908-8064050 fax 908-788-2607 ULTIMATESPORT RC 255 East Ashland/PO BaA 727/Soda Sprirgs Idaho 83276 ULII556TE 0-300 PIPE12065473742FAT G,Ih VIA SEIld SASE January1996 135 PRICES EFFECTIVE NOV 1095 WINTERHAWK II COUPE WON AT 94 NATE UPDATED FiG VERSION FORMED BODY TUBE MONTREAL TYPE HUB REDI CUT RIBS TOP GRADE BALSA ALL HARDWARE$ 5500 TVAT ICC 43 INCH WINGSPAN SPARROWHAWKP30 WON 87 93 AND SN NATS PORMED BODY TUBE REDI CUT RIBS YELLOW CZECH PROP ALL HARDWARE DESIGNS BY JOHN OOWYER FV,rCVAVV TSVAVAIVAIAV TEXANS ASS DOVER 0179 FROM MODEL AIRCRAFT LARS S LEE ST 214-4389233 IRVING TEXAN VOVOB I-none IVAhE I4lBIbFIpAaWeahIGIIaoFVsRCAIAI FIpITgVAIVAT5AIAIVLATAIVgDAl CIEOTCATAPPAVAiIANIE 5511415101 8255Sh,Ied Nil $365DElTA VIloelod Oil $495

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