CWind rain may what 1983 Free Flight World Championships Goulburn Australia September 28-October 4 remembered should also remembered excellent job done organizing group first time huge flying area made weather bearable US Matt Gewain new FlA Towline Glider World ChampionE Martyn Cowley WHILE AUSTRALIANS celebrat ing recent capture Americas Cup silver trophyno less important world aeromodelinghad less conspicously arrived Australian continent first time history Tradition broken 1954 Australian late Alan King won premiere model flying event Wakefield Cup Until individual winners country would host next World Championships rules being changed give team winner privilege besides Aus tralia too far go fact tro phy never made Australia due stopover England World Champion Similarly 1958 fel low Australian Bond Baker won Wakefield Cup neither nor hosting event made Australia Some 30 years later Free Flight World Championships finally sched uled down under However much confusion arisen since Australia first made its hosting proposal known 1981 Championships Spain Offers other countries Argentina Israel being considered offer Austria Weiner Neustadt withdrawn after FAI al ready accepted time FAI finally selected Australia very late twoyear cycletoo late FAIs opinion schedule event early 1983 preferred calm Australian au tumn Instead October chosen order give sufficient time teams worldwide prepare models make travel plans gamble taken Would Continued page 159 January 1984 63 new faces US teams probably could have secured high placings except unfamiliar adverse weather Left right theyre Mike Achterberg Dale Elder Wait Ghio Matt Gewain Jim Bradley Rol Anderson Norm Poti George Schroedter Steve Beebe Roger Simpson US team manager Eighteen countries participated year times important equipment fieldthe organizers wind speed meter upper end left lower right could average readings over 10 100-sec period Often meter showed reading excess 10 meters/sec didnt have rain gauge Another photo shows latest trend Easy B designthe Swiss-type layout Actu ally Otto Rodenburg Holland flew simi lar Easy B West Baden after 1980 World Championships layout has seen ex tensive development England least proposal International class fitting layout has considered FAI nothing has adopted far last photo shows styrofoam Man hattan Cabin model built Burr Stanton Louisville KY whole racks experimental models some test flown during Indoor Week West Baden major new feature models Burr has experimenting ultra-lowdensity styrofoam Typical foam density ranges near pound per cubic foot able find some very light foam used instrument packaging hollowed-out fu selages versions simply drilled motor clearance achieved seven grams bare weight course models meet rule requiring transparent windshield windows Bud Tenny Box 545 Richardson TX 75080 FF World Champs/Cowley Continued page 63 changeable October spring weather favor important model flying event huge continent Australia disad vantaged modelers being spread thin over huge land mass As turned out surprisingly small group very dedicated enthusi asts New South Wales carried responsibility staging 1983 FE World Championships Goulburn 70 miles inland midway between Sydney Canberra Upon arrival evident done homework Accommo dations first class teams being housed week subsi dized budget rate $50 modern partially used Riverina College Eight small multi-story blocks individual rooms common sitting room floorideal team meetings Facilities included excel lent cafeteria lecture theater used timekeeper briefings symposium laundry room very necessary such sporting events gymnasium quickly commandeered Indoor enthusiasts Extras included FE Sym posium Report prepared NSWFF Society FE Plans Handbook con taining models participants nearby Victorian FE Society hosted PAl Open International flying field week before very im portant feature allowed visiting teams acclimate trim models practice Causing worry Saturdays events blown out high winds leapfrogging PlC Power FlH A-l Gilder Monday weather turned kind producing two perfect days model flying Open Interna tional US team members took six top nine places three events inevitable event known Australia atten dance record wouldnt set diffi culty travel outside own countries made appearance East ern Europe countries seem unlikely However USSR North Korea entered withdrew late date Surprisingly some expected countries didnt have competitors notably France Denmark kind competitor numbers actually attendance somewhat ex pected Actually few countries willing host event reason allow contest loca tion travelround world FAI EF global sport travel interna tional airlines relatively inexpensive easy days fact 18 coun tries represented Australia made fairly big competition site broad expanse short grassy sheep grazing land some concern about number wire fences dividing land paddocks associated risk damage models inconvenience retriev ers faced climbing area suffered five-year drought re cent rains left field dotted soggy patches newly-formed lake standing water low-lying area north Generally site acceptable nations being large enough virtually prevent loss models direction Official proceedings got underway model processing Thursday proceeded few problems Friday day Opening Cere mony college dawned cloudless bright calm took oppor tunity early-morning trimming field 20 mm away car After lunch official practice session enjoyed perfect conditions ganization facilities weather seem ingly perfect hopes high classic World Championships US team although composed al entirely fliers new World Championships good shape event FlA Glider paper probably strongest US unit Jim Bradley Dale Elder Matt Gewain first-time team members prac ticed together home Flordia weekly basis since April FiB Rub ber Steve Beebe George Schroedter joined Walt Ghio 4th consecutive World Championships event US truly World Class new US faces FlC Power Mike Ach terberg Rol Anderson Norm Poti together Team Manager Roger Simpson dominated International Power event preceding weekhope fully good sign No Need Make Christmas List Just Use Ad UNIQUE CHRISTMAS GIFT IDEAS lire Covers Tote Bags Hats quality line sportswear Designs just come aviation designs available top quality line sportswear designs direct printno heat transfer Three color B-25. r Cub. Gee Bee. P-40 Warhawks ker D VII 8. isten Eagle ts Special. Citabria. P-47 Thunderbolt arman Curtis Jenny. Corsair. Coaches ShirtS1295TShirt$6S5 Ladies TopSS5OLong Sleeve TS7CU ShortaSS95Baseball$SS5 Lined JacketS2195Foogball5S95 Tots BagS795Sweatshirt$950 Tire coverSI495Hooded SweatS1495 HatSUBS Wide choice colors sizes Send $100 new Illustrated Brochure Name Address city StateZip Size color Design now accept MasterCard & VIsa TO ORDER Send check money order Shipping S1-l5add 5150 Over $l5add 10% Maryland residents add 5% taxI Phase Art Hwy 382 Box 123L Waldorph MD 20601 301 843-3050 VEP IT SURE IS! all-time best flying plane NOW PRETTIEST Sill Wendts CESSNA AG WAGON uses simple mods convert GIANT UGLY STIK kit beauty Highly detailed full-size plans can used modify kit orcomnpletely scratch build theAG WAGON flies better original 0mm 0,5n Plior & Han, Ann6 SOav FOR QUADRA OR LARGER ENGINES FULLSIZE PLANS 104WS $25OOrr Call gemidarma Add 5% Sale Inal SEND CHECK OR MO TO TAYLORCHAFT LTD 216 Wtttaas Ave Ranenttte CA 95678 SEND LARGE vASE FOR COMPLETE I-CRAFT RROCHURES January 1984 159 ln$TireMost Sizes Available Covers $1495 IA GIANT UGLY STIK
Edition: Model Aviation - 1984/01
Page Numbers: 63, 159
CWind rain may what 1983 Free Flight World Championships Goulburn Australia September 28-October 4 remembered should also remembered excellent job done organizing group first time huge flying area made weather bearable US Matt Gewain new FlA Towline Glider World ChampionE Martyn Cowley WHILE AUSTRALIANS celebrat ing recent capture Americas Cup silver trophyno less important world aeromodelinghad less conspicously arrived Australian continent first time history Tradition broken 1954 Australian late Alan King won premiere model flying event Wakefield Cup Until individual winners country would host next World Championships rules being changed give team winner privilege besides Aus tralia too far go fact tro phy never made Australia due stopover England World Champion Similarly 1958 fel low Australian Bond Baker won Wakefield Cup neither nor hosting event made Australia Some 30 years later Free Flight World Championships finally sched uled down under However much confusion arisen since Australia first made its hosting proposal known 1981 Championships Spain Offers other countries Argentina Israel being considered offer Austria Weiner Neustadt withdrawn after FAI al ready accepted time FAI finally selected Australia very late twoyear cycletoo late FAIs opinion schedule event early 1983 preferred calm Australian au tumn Instead October chosen order give sufficient time teams worldwide prepare models make travel plans gamble taken Would Continued page 159 January 1984 63 new faces US teams probably could have secured high placings except unfamiliar adverse weather Left right theyre Mike Achterberg Dale Elder Wait Ghio Matt Gewain Jim Bradley Rol Anderson Norm Poti George Schroedter Steve Beebe Roger Simpson US team manager Eighteen countries participated year times important equipment fieldthe organizers wind speed meter upper end left lower right could average readings over 10 100-sec period Often meter showed reading excess 10 meters/sec didnt have rain gauge Another photo shows latest trend Easy B designthe Swiss-type layout Actu ally Otto Rodenburg Holland flew simi lar Easy B West Baden after 1980 World Championships layout has seen ex tensive development England least proposal International class fitting layout has considered FAI nothing has adopted far last photo shows styrofoam Man hattan Cabin model built Burr Stanton Louisville KY whole racks experimental models some test flown during Indoor Week West Baden major new feature models Burr has experimenting ultra-lowdensity styrofoam Typical foam density ranges near pound per cubic foot able find some very light foam used instrument packaging hollowed-out fu selages versions simply drilled motor clearance achieved seven grams bare weight course models meet rule requiring transparent windshield windows Bud Tenny Box 545 Richardson TX 75080 FF World Champs/Cowley Continued page 63 changeable October spring weather favor important model flying event huge continent Australia disad vantaged modelers being spread thin over huge land mass As turned out surprisingly small group very dedicated enthusi asts New South Wales carried responsibility staging 1983 FE World Championships Goulburn 70 miles inland midway between Sydney Canberra Upon arrival evident done homework Accommo dations first class teams being housed week subsi dized budget rate $50 modern partially used Riverina College Eight small multi-story blocks individual rooms common sitting room floorideal team meetings Facilities included excel lent cafeteria lecture theater used timekeeper briefings symposium laundry room very necessary such sporting events gymnasium quickly commandeered Indoor enthusiasts Extras included FE Sym posium Report prepared NSWFF Society FE Plans Handbook con taining models participants nearby Victorian FE Society hosted PAl Open International flying field week before very im portant feature allowed visiting teams acclimate trim models practice Causing worry Saturdays events blown out high winds leapfrogging PlC Power FlH A-l Gilder Monday weather turned kind producing two perfect days model flying Open Interna tional US team members took six top nine places three events inevitable event known Australia atten dance record wouldnt set diffi culty travel outside own countries made appearance East ern Europe countries seem unlikely However USSR North Korea entered withdrew late date Surprisingly some expected countries didnt have competitors notably France Denmark kind competitor numbers actually attendance somewhat ex pected Actually few countries willing host event reason allow contest loca tion travelround world FAI EF global sport travel interna tional airlines relatively inexpensive easy days fact 18 coun tries represented Australia made fairly big competition site broad expanse short grassy sheep grazing land some concern about number wire fences dividing land paddocks associated risk damage models inconvenience retriev ers faced climbing area suffered five-year drought re cent rains left field dotted soggy patches newly-formed lake standing water low-lying area north Generally site acceptable nations being large enough virtually prevent loss models direction Official proceedings got underway model processing Thursday proceeded few problems Friday day Opening Cere mony college dawned cloudless bright calm took oppor tunity early-morning trimming field 20 mm away car After lunch official practice session enjoyed perfect conditions ganization facilities weather seem ingly perfect hopes high classic World Championships US team although composed al entirely fliers new World Championships good shape event FlA Glider paper probably strongest US unit Jim Bradley Dale Elder Matt Gewain first-time team members prac ticed together home Flordia weekly basis since April FiB Rub ber Steve Beebe George Schroedter joined Walt Ghio 4th consecutive World Championships event US truly World Class new US faces FlC Power Mike Ach terberg Rol Anderson Norm Poti together Team Manager Roger Simpson dominated International Power event preceding weekhope fully good sign No Need Make Christmas List Just Use Ad UNIQUE CHRISTMAS GIFT IDEAS lire Covers Tote Bags Hats quality line sportswear Designs just come aviation designs available top quality line sportswear designs direct printno heat transfer Three color B-25. r Cub. Gee Bee. P-40 Warhawks ker D VII 8. isten Eagle ts Special. Citabria. P-47 Thunderbolt arman Curtis Jenny. Corsair. Coaches ShirtS1295TShirt$6S5 Ladies TopSS5OLong Sleeve TS7CU ShortaSS95Baseball$SS5 Lined JacketS2195Foogball5S95 Tots BagS795Sweatshirt$950 Tire coverSI495Hooded SweatS1495 HatSUBS Wide choice colors sizes Send $100 new Illustrated Brochure Name Address city StateZip Size color Design now accept MasterCard & VIsa TO ORDER Send check money order Shipping S1-l5add 5150 Over $l5add 10% Maryland residents add 5% taxI Phase Art Hwy 382 Box 123L Waldorph MD 20601 301 843-3050 VEP IT SURE IS! all-time best flying plane NOW PRETTIEST Sill Wendts CESSNA AG WAGON uses simple mods convert GIANT UGLY STIK kit beauty Highly detailed full-size plans can used modify kit orcomnpletely scratch build theAG WAGON flies better original 0mm 0,5n Plior & Han, Ann6 SOav FOR QUADRA OR LARGER ENGINES FULLSIZE PLANS 104WS $25OOrr Call gemidarma Add 5% Sale Inal SEND CHECK OR MO TO TAYLORCHAFT LTD 216 Wtttaas Ave Ranenttte CA 95678 SEND LARGE vASE FOR COMPLETE I-CRAFT RROCHURES January 1984 159 ln$TireMost Sizes Available Covers $1495 IA GIANT UGLY STIK