S 1967 grass airfield Sazena about 20 miles north Prague venue 34 national teams competing World Free Flight Championships August 30 years later 37 nations took part irt best-ever Championships same site fliers could compete part Soviet team earlier event now flying own countries breakup USSR Yugoslasia Czechoslovakia itself new countries have joined FAI now cotapete highest level classes FIA A12 glider FIB Wakefield rubber FIC power Czech organizers led Indoor flier Jiri Kalina hequent team member Ivan Horejsi arranged three-class World Cup contest warmup same site 325 persons competedsurel some sott record gave good opportunity teams titid just treacherous air could be-especially around midday Rain two practice days before Championships limited flying sun rose Fl lay slight mist airfield virtually no wind year lirst-rortnd maximum eliders increased 32 minutes people flying bunters apparent absence 01 much noticeable atr mos ement mainly question getting clean launch rather picking air Fiahtv-foor ot 107 fliers made including US teatn Randy Weiler flying sixth team ex-UK FIC team member Martyn Cowley living non-bunter equipped offset impulse hook rookie Don Zink N4art n flying last round pros ided some excitement model collided towline five minutes before end-signal rocket rapid relaunch few Martvns characteristic whirling- dervish-type circles pros ided max Fhe grass very wet pres ious days rain soon stailed boil oft producing quite marked patches lift few tainutes thii-d round well flw holes Swedens Bror Elmar left congratulates Fl B winner Alexander Andriukoy Ukraine defeated Bror final flyoff January1998 39 Free Champions Photos Author U Martin Dilly Among came unstuck Mikhail Kochkares Russia Moscow clubmate Sereet Makarov led bunting resolution some sears ago rhis year amone fliers using electronic timers could programmed notebook computer alter delays between line release first hunt about 7 second later sometimes two-stage return glide setting airspeed decays second two after thai sscll DT Belgian flier Lco Reynders took different approach used Keslar-covered foam xxmg flapped rear half wing held timer levcambered airfoil normal quite lot negative stab incidence needed during tow dutirig tuiodel flew markedl\ nose-high aini gain inure height launch lowerdrag wing flaps drooping alter release Leo dropped flight Trends included some models live-break wings closely approximate elliptical dihedral number people tised Schuemann wing planlbrm increasingly swept leading edge towards tip ssas Croitiis Ruben Lesko used 108inch span model Nlakaros airtoil wingiets 50squareinch stab during calm first round hut missed last round max January1998 40 Ravka Vojsepkova Czech Republic husband Jans foam/glass/carbon-winged Falcon 21 FlA placed fifth Croatian Fl Robert Lesko nine-foot span fivebreak wing winglets dropped last round Evgeni Verbitski Ukraine popular winner FiC Five-break high-aspectratio wing gave time 1 1A minutes ahead runner-up Aringer US team manager George Batiuk launches Fl 11th-place finisher Randy Weller Full US team made Fl flyoff Young Dutch flier Ivo Kreetz seems happy have made Fl flyoft first World Championships finished 39th 1d Tanya Andriukov R Ukraine holds moderate-aspect-ratioSandis Rosonoks all-Rosonoks Latvian Fl B team reached Fl B husband Alexander won eventtwo rounds Fl B flyoff before finishing 20th January 1998 41 Viktor Stamov Ukraine 1997 FlA world champion checks out wings backup flyoff model Roger Morrell US sole Fl B flier flyoff Note prop blades locked out Delayed Prop Release DPR Belgiums Cenny Breeman adjusts stab FlA wife Anneke suggests bit down might help placed 21st Denmarks Thomas Koster carbon-winged flapped FiC met disaster after timer malfunction 42 Model Aviation Kulakovskij winning Ukrainian Fl B team individual fifth place first World Championships 12 L4 Australias Phil Mitchell covered wing Icarex polyester cloth used boat sails originating Netherlands weighing 30 gm/rn2 heat-shrinkable contact-cement-stickable comes Day-Gb colors Pand nearly bulletproof Several Chinese gliders still orthodox models balsa D boxes non-bunt hooks extensive diagonal ribs both wings stabs Dutch flier Allard van Wallene finished third used 83 gm/rn2 carbon over Roofmate foam center panels plus high-modulus carbon spar built-up tips carbon D-box however center panel one-piece bolted fuselage tips joined about four inches inboard dihedral break via short carbon stub Though temperature rose through day often overcast very variable wind direction start Round Five four people towed once different directions After seven rounds five teams clean including US 48 fliers seven maxes welcome two-hour break before flyoff aim allowing thermal activity reduce start ten-minute slot fit fliers towed downwind find clear space circle away traffic Jiansheng Du China released within minute obviously good air nobody else spotted another model flew off line still attached Cowley stalled zoom launch Don Zink missed good air Randy Weiler survived second flyoff 24 others finally place eleventh just ahead 1995 World Champion Rudolf Holzleitner Ukraines Viktor Stamov Jeno Vdrds Hungary made seven minutes 8 pm towed man-on-man finish VdrCis flew 23-meter model Stamov relying lower-aspect-ratio CB6O equipped preprogrammed timer two-stage bunt transition Stamov got close circling opponent possibly increase pressure him Voros less-maneuverable model hit ground halfway through slot Relaunching released first Stamov launching same air later no visibility problem two models air clear Viktor Stamov modem FlAs consistent top-rankers 1997 World Champion landed 51 seconds ahead Hungarian team classification Czechs won Ukraine Netherlands following tiebreaking team results based lowest total members places rather flyoff aggregates put United States down second fourth January1998 43 Allard van Wallenes FlA has programmable electronic timer servo control bunt transition DT Gerhard Aringer Austria placed second FiC engine built Valeril Strukhov Ukraine Chinas Zou Jongyu FiC ram intake like ships International cooperation Britains Stafford Screen gives USs ventilator side-exhaust Nelson aluminum-clad pylon Randy Archer tailboom segment Randys repair second three perfect flying days dawned clearer sky FiC slightly wind US regarded strongest contenders team 1993 World Champion Randy Archer Bob Gutai Ed Keck equipped elegant high-aspect-ratio models built finished superb standard Randys day after some boom damage Dung onto rough plowed field Randy needed segment apply like poultice Englands Stafford Screen uses same Verbitski aluminum/carbon booms let Randy cut piece own models damaged practice did trick last round after launching poor air Randys model glided farmhouse nine seconds short vital max height would otherwise have given him time Screen also last-round heartbreak hooked bunt line up wrong model glided inverted land 48 seconds majority fliers using Nelsons either side- rear-exhaust sprinkling Verbitski Strukhov Mars engines plus some distinctive Monolits crankcase designed blend fuselage cowl After ten years wings covered hard aluminum foil bonded onto balsa sheet fliers now using built-up structures carbon D-box carbon-capped balsa ribs covering Micafilm other synthetic material foil covering big problem DTing onto rough fields cornstalks very hard repair Ever innovator Denmarks Tom Koster flew flapped model fully-molded carbon wing foam-cored skin two layers unidirectional carbon cure Tom built own autoclave complex linkage controlled programmable electronic timer raised center airfoil hingeline rather droop trailing edge end engine run During trim flight just before first flyoff round timer failed start because loose screw after climb impressive height model came down vertically full power before self-destructing about twenty feet above field crops Tom reverted New Andromeda also flapped got him both flyoffs final seventh place first flyoff five-second run Bob Gutai suffered perennial problems FlC engine run timing Sporting Code does now specify run timed certainly impossible stop watch propeller stops once required Some go soundfine no other engines running what about speed sound adds half-second typical climb height Others time bunt some models bunt before engine cutoff some after Bob flying several other engines running given overrun second attempt time alone clear overrun passing Dutchman 52 well timekeepers put him out left Ed Kecks 305 sole US flyoff score after Ed too first-attempt overrun Nine fliers made five minutes past World Champion Evgeni Verbitski Ukraine bunting just before engine cut copybook climb transition land 654 claim second title ahead Austrias Gerhard Aringer also reached seven-minute FlA round day before Again clear win Ukrainian no quibbles about mixed-up models timing mistakes again second team win Czechs 44 Model Aviation eck US checks timer hookup immaculate FiC Engine-run timing problems hampered Ed others flyoff Klaus Salzer Austria made Fl B flyoffs simple wood model Balsa box spar Kevlar thread wrap card turbulator Canadas Tony Matthews 25th Fl B used taped-on carbon shroud locate four-function timer model See Results FOCUS ON COM PETITION final day FiB Wakefields saw light haze dawn knocking dozens hammers 34 teams staked winding stooges hard ground Only 14 97 fliers failed make first-round max US team consisted Roger Morrell Fred Pearce Blake Jensen Jerry Fitch flying own right defending 1995 World Champion As sign things come Alexander Andriukoy Ukraine topped lot height immediately after winding wound 15-20 hand turns about minute keep torque high before launching past Wakefield winner aerospace engineer Antonov Kiev Alex moving California join Martyn Cowley work Paul MeCreadys AeroVironment company advanced solar-powered aircraft projects Several competitors using components sells like D-box shells spars booms motor tubes carbon/foam prop blades superb variable-pitch delayedstart prop hub rounds around midday tricky strong lift well-marked circling models buzzards proving unreachable models launched underneath proved Jerry Fitchs downfall after superb initial climb six-panel-wing aircraft Round Three stalled rolled finally recovered turns gone land 80 seconds usually three main well-marked patches lift round flier problem missed chance launch waited usually meant Wood Hand Selected Fiberglass Cowl Complete Plans Parts Hand Cut Instruction Manual Photo Page order kits call 1-800-327-7198 catalog fine kits send $400 Idaho Residents Add 5% State Sales Tax January1998 45 FAIL SAFES RAM has originated fail safes other R/O manufacturer Check out latest versions local hobby shop send stamped #10 envelope full info RAM 09BATTERY BACKER redundant bait cyst up 60 size model$3995 RAM 11LOW BATTERY ALARM audio visual 48V 96V2495 RAM 12LOW FUEL LIGHT glo fuel monitor visible flight1995 RAM 17LOST PLANE FINDER 14k II 65 DB SOS batteiy2495 RAM 18BIG AIRPLANE RF DE-GLITCHER SYSTEM replaces 10 chokes895 RAM 22SIMPLE CYCLER discharges 4BV & 96V bait up 600 MA1995 RAM 25BIG PLANE BATTERY BACKER 10 amp cap w/2 switch harnesses5995 RAM 26BIG BATTERY CYCLER discharges 4BV bait up 4000 MA2495 RAM 49IGNITER 800 MA board driver/starter 20 & 21 engine4995 RAM 50IGNITER 1300 MA board driver/starter 35 & up engine4995 RAM 62SERVO FAIL SAFE adj safe point & delay waterproo fable2495 RAM 83RADIO SIGNAL WATCHDOG Provides 4 functions 1/2 oz1495 unavailable locally send check money order full credit card info cost item us $400 l$500 foreign tor immediate shipment Include full address UPS Sorry no COD m 229E E Rollins Rd d Lake Beach IL 60073 REAL PLANES HAVE 2 WINGS AND ROUND ENGINES 1/5 scale Waco UPF-7 72 14 lbs Worlds Finest- Laser Cut-Rubber Powered-Free Flight Scale Kits 2 worlds leader Laser Cut Model Aircraft KitsHerr kR features finest LASER CUT BALSA PARTS Contest Rubber Detailed Conuter Oraiwi PfepEngineering Cowplete Hardvare Pact Authentic Wateslde DecaI Molded Plastic Propelle Real Colored Tissue Corporation Light Weight Wheels Complete Stap Step Building lnstiudlons Please check wIth local hobby dealer fireL kIts avaIlabl better hobby shops around worldIkUW1431 Chaffee Suite #3 Full Line Catalog $200 Add $450 shipping kitOverseas orders add 20%FL residents add 6% sales tax 7 TituavIlle FL 32780 Made USADealer Inquires invited407 284-2488 props paper free flight fun Peck-Polymers planes plans tools co2 enginesfor next caper US Czechoslovakia tremendous assortment types sizes id radial 7ti catalog kits accessories engines nine-cyinerengineand endless ideas available $400 Po4wlers stop shopping rubber power C02 needs P o BOX 7t0359 MASANTEE CA 92072-0399 USA619 448-1818FAX 6191 448-1833 ThROTTLE SWITCH san on-off motor control ornall elaciric glider. Thaee rnodal uaua8y naad fully proportinnat speed control raqufred tha ekolity torn motor off alcoa motor io noad out gat glklar w ahituda thermal hunting Tha ThrottleSwitch intatagant micraprocassor based deaign featuraa ravaraarg 6CC aeparata arming awitch otatuu indicator light aria-mAcit no low battary auto-timer enact motor rnno iS 30 60 90 aeconda Salary taatures prevant tha co8 turning tha arming aw8ch preasad Made USA daaigned work withAM IM PCM radioaystarns Smallaiza 21 oO9o 05 Weight 076 us 87 ca6a 30 anqra ceatmunos Less radicipowarcosnectors Part No TSSIOA $4095 SC100 8 Inch Male Setvo Pigtail$295 SCi 20 8 Inch Female Channel Pigtail295 SC21O 12 Inch Serva Extension495 SC220 18 Inch Servo Extension525 SC230 24 Inch Servo Extension570 SC240 30 Inch Servo Extension650 SC500 Y Dual Servo Connector695 SC910 Unassembled Male Connector150 SC920 Unassembled Female Connector150 SA71O 12 Inch Radio CrossAdapter525 SA720 18 Inch Radio CrossAdapter550 Conncf era avaIlable torAktmnlca Fufabe H/tea JR DDflS Shipping 6 Handling Connector ontyorders $225Shipping & Handling other ordnrs $450 Send foryourP 0 Box 3129 s CHRISTI TX 78463-3129TX Residents FREE catalog add 775% R/C products RDERs AND INFoRItAltarI 512-814-6843DMLY 10ana-7 CT s fax accessories USTOMER SEsntcE FAX & AFTER HouRa 512-814-5843 last man fly team no other models watch decide state air Fred Pearce Blake Jensen dropped deceptive fourthround air happily thermaling plastic bag seemed no problem later same round Austrian flier Klaus Saizer resisted trend hi-tech flew all-wood model auto-rudder harness rubber torque run about 50 seconds though air-picking got him flyoff along 40 others ex-Czech Ladya Horak now Canadian team flying 84-inch model five-break wing layout becoming popular classes still-air models replaced radio tracker beacon before flyoff must have slightly altered CC fiveminute flyoff model stalled way down good climb 240 Twenty-five fliers made five minutes 12 including entire Ukrainian team managed seven reach final flyoff round going nine minutes dramatic reddish sunset developing no serious visibility problem round started Andriukov wound fast has characteristic prelaunch routine arms whirled free up did three four deep breaths launched first spot-on climb glide circles almost three minutes 744 time proved unbeatable Swedens Bror Eimar 26 seconds behind gave Alex third Wakefield Cup win made clean sweep Ukraine FIA B C plus team gold FiB silver FlA memorable Championships unobtrusive organization probably best weather 40 years three popular winners looks Wakefield Cup will come back US though hands Ukrainian Wrigley Way Milpitas California 95035 Voice/Fax 408 946-4751408 WINGS-S 1 LOOK no further fully molded sailplane needs RnR offer selection high performance sailplanes will address specific requirements F3BThermal Duration Slope Cross Country Mark Allen designed World Championship F3B EAGLE now being produced RoR its new lower price RnR sailplane enjoys design construction enhancements 1997 RnRs composite molded technology provides unique blend strength weight optimization Noticeable results found through increased durability torsional stability stiffness incorporated wing fuselage tail section also offer selection parts joiner systems scratch builders out catch latest visuals specifications competitive pricing RnRs sailplanes contact RnR RnR skys limit. z i 46 Model Aviation 1 Precisico Miac BR Servo l30oz/inl S3002 Mini BR Metal Gear Servo AAozIinl5995 Sf48 Standard Prganion Servo 142oz/in1695 53003 Standard Servo l42ozftnl1395 531101 BR Precision Servo 1420dm2595 S3302 1/4ScaleMefalGeorServallOozIin5995 Si 34G Ccmpact Retract Servo lloz/inl5995 Careleat vo l42orJinl5995 voll2ozjin Mini 89 Snrvo 4SozAnl1950 Precision l42ozAnl1050 Precision 420dm1450 3130 LIUsI 59 Metal Gear Aileron Servo ISOou/in1850 S400 1/4 Scale BR Servo iROos/in2150 S600 Coropact RB Retract Servo 1100cc/in2450 S700 Kigh-Spead BR Low Profile 3lozfnn1150 5rvea available censecUe tar Akfrentlca Futaba HItec JR
Edition: Model Aviation - 1998/01
Page Numbers: 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46
S 1967 grass airfield Sazena about 20 miles north Prague venue 34 national teams competing World Free Flight Championships August 30 years later 37 nations took part irt best-ever Championships same site fliers could compete part Soviet team earlier event now flying own countries breakup USSR Yugoslasia Czechoslovakia itself new countries have joined FAI now cotapete highest level classes FIA A12 glider FIB Wakefield rubber FIC power Czech organizers led Indoor flier Jiri Kalina hequent team member Ivan Horejsi arranged three-class World Cup contest warmup same site 325 persons competedsurel some sott record gave good opportunity teams titid just treacherous air could be-especially around midday Rain two practice days before Championships limited flying sun rose Fl lay slight mist airfield virtually no wind year lirst-rortnd maximum eliders increased 32 minutes people flying bunters apparent absence 01 much noticeable atr mos ement mainly question getting clean launch rather picking air Fiahtv-foor ot 107 fliers made including US teatn Randy Weiler flying sixth team ex-UK FIC team member Martyn Cowley living non-bunter equipped offset impulse hook rookie Don Zink N4art n flying last round pros ided some excitement model collided towline five minutes before end-signal rocket rapid relaunch few Martvns characteristic whirling- dervish-type circles pros ided max Fhe grass very wet pres ious days rain soon stailed boil oft producing quite marked patches lift few tainutes thii-d round well flw holes Swedens Bror Elmar left congratulates Fl B winner Alexander Andriukoy Ukraine defeated Bror final flyoff January1998 39 Free Champions Photos Author U Martin Dilly Among came unstuck Mikhail Kochkares Russia Moscow clubmate Sereet Makarov led bunting resolution some sears ago rhis year amone fliers using electronic timers could programmed notebook computer alter delays between line release first hunt about 7 second later sometimes two-stage return glide setting airspeed decays second two after thai sscll DT Belgian flier Lco Reynders took different approach used Keslar-covered foam xxmg flapped rear half wing held timer levcambered airfoil normal quite lot negative stab incidence needed during tow dutirig tuiodel flew markedl\ nose-high aini gain inure height launch lowerdrag wing flaps drooping alter release Leo dropped flight Trends included some models live-break wings closely approximate elliptical dihedral number people tised Schuemann wing planlbrm increasingly swept leading edge towards tip ssas Croitiis Ruben Lesko used 108inch span model Nlakaros airtoil wingiets 50squareinch stab during calm first round hut missed last round max January1998 40 Ravka Vojsepkova Czech Republic husband Jans foam/glass/carbon-winged Falcon 21 FlA placed fifth Croatian Fl Robert Lesko nine-foot span fivebreak wing winglets dropped last round Evgeni Verbitski Ukraine popular winner FiC Five-break high-aspectratio wing gave time 1 1A minutes ahead runner-up Aringer US team manager George Batiuk launches Fl 11th-place finisher Randy Weller Full US team made Fl flyoff Young Dutch flier Ivo Kreetz seems happy have made Fl flyoft first World Championships finished 39th 1d Tanya Andriukov R Ukraine holds moderate-aspect-ratioSandis Rosonoks all-Rosonoks Latvian Fl B team reached Fl B husband Alexander won eventtwo rounds Fl B flyoff before finishing 20th January 1998 41 Viktor Stamov Ukraine 1997 FlA world champion checks out wings backup flyoff model Roger Morrell US sole Fl B flier flyoff Note prop blades locked out Delayed Prop Release DPR Belgiums Cenny Breeman adjusts stab FlA wife Anneke suggests bit down might help placed 21st Denmarks Thomas Koster carbon-winged flapped FiC met disaster after timer malfunction 42 Model Aviation Kulakovskij winning Ukrainian Fl B team individual fifth place first World Championships 12 L4 Australias Phil Mitchell covered wing Icarex polyester cloth used boat sails originating Netherlands weighing 30 gm/rn2 heat-shrinkable contact-cement-stickable comes Day-Gb colors Pand nearly bulletproof Several Chinese gliders still orthodox models balsa D boxes non-bunt hooks extensive diagonal ribs both wings stabs Dutch flier Allard van Wallene finished third used 83 gm/rn2 carbon over Roofmate foam center panels plus high-modulus carbon spar built-up tips carbon D-box however center panel one-piece bolted fuselage tips joined about four inches inboard dihedral break via short carbon stub Though temperature rose through day often overcast very variable wind direction start Round Five four people towed once different directions After seven rounds five teams clean including US 48 fliers seven maxes welcome two-hour break before flyoff aim allowing thermal activity reduce start ten-minute slot fit fliers towed downwind find clear space circle away traffic Jiansheng Du China released within minute obviously good air nobody else spotted another model flew off line still attached Cowley stalled zoom launch Don Zink missed good air Randy Weiler survived second flyoff 24 others finally place eleventh just ahead 1995 World Champion Rudolf Holzleitner Ukraines Viktor Stamov Jeno Vdrds Hungary made seven minutes 8 pm towed man-on-man finish VdrCis flew 23-meter model Stamov relying lower-aspect-ratio CB6O equipped preprogrammed timer two-stage bunt transition Stamov got close circling opponent possibly increase pressure him Voros less-maneuverable model hit ground halfway through slot Relaunching released first Stamov launching same air later no visibility problem two models air clear Viktor Stamov modem FlAs consistent top-rankers 1997 World Champion landed 51 seconds ahead Hungarian team classification Czechs won Ukraine Netherlands following tiebreaking team results based lowest total members places rather flyoff aggregates put United States down second fourth January1998 43 Allard van Wallenes FlA has programmable electronic timer servo control bunt transition DT Gerhard Aringer Austria placed second FiC engine built Valeril Strukhov Ukraine Chinas Zou Jongyu FiC ram intake like ships International cooperation Britains Stafford Screen gives USs ventilator side-exhaust Nelson aluminum-clad pylon Randy Archer tailboom segment Randys repair second three perfect flying days dawned clearer sky FiC slightly wind US regarded strongest contenders team 1993 World Champion Randy Archer Bob Gutai Ed Keck equipped elegant high-aspect-ratio models built finished superb standard Randys day after some boom damage Dung onto rough plowed field Randy needed segment apply like poultice Englands Stafford Screen uses same Verbitski aluminum/carbon booms let Randy cut piece own models damaged practice did trick last round after launching poor air Randys model glided farmhouse nine seconds short vital max height would otherwise have given him time Screen also last-round heartbreak hooked bunt line up wrong model glided inverted land 48 seconds majority fliers using Nelsons either side- rear-exhaust sprinkling Verbitski Strukhov Mars engines plus some distinctive Monolits crankcase designed blend fuselage cowl After ten years wings covered hard aluminum foil bonded onto balsa sheet fliers now using built-up structures carbon D-box carbon-capped balsa ribs covering Micafilm other synthetic material foil covering big problem DTing onto rough fields cornstalks very hard repair Ever innovator Denmarks Tom Koster flew flapped model fully-molded carbon wing foam-cored skin two layers unidirectional carbon cure Tom built own autoclave complex linkage controlled programmable electronic timer raised center airfoil hingeline rather droop trailing edge end engine run During trim flight just before first flyoff round timer failed start because loose screw after climb impressive height model came down vertically full power before self-destructing about twenty feet above field crops Tom reverted New Andromeda also flapped got him both flyoffs final seventh place first flyoff five-second run Bob Gutai suffered perennial problems FlC engine run timing Sporting Code does now specify run timed certainly impossible stop watch propeller stops once required Some go soundfine no other engines running what about speed sound adds half-second typical climb height Others time bunt some models bunt before engine cutoff some after Bob flying several other engines running given overrun second attempt time alone clear overrun passing Dutchman 52 well timekeepers put him out left Ed Kecks 305 sole US flyoff score after Ed too first-attempt overrun Nine fliers made five minutes past World Champion Evgeni Verbitski Ukraine bunting just before engine cut copybook climb transition land 654 claim second title ahead Austrias Gerhard Aringer also reached seven-minute FlA round day before Again clear win Ukrainian no quibbles about mixed-up models timing mistakes again second team win Czechs 44 Model Aviation eck US checks timer hookup immaculate FiC Engine-run timing problems hampered Ed others flyoff Klaus Salzer Austria made Fl B flyoffs simple wood model Balsa box spar Kevlar thread wrap card turbulator Canadas Tony Matthews 25th Fl B used taped-on carbon shroud locate four-function timer model See Results FOCUS ON COM PETITION final day FiB Wakefields saw light haze dawn knocking dozens hammers 34 teams staked winding stooges hard ground Only 14 97 fliers failed make first-round max US team consisted Roger Morrell Fred Pearce Blake Jensen Jerry Fitch flying own right defending 1995 World Champion As sign things come Alexander Andriukoy Ukraine topped lot height immediately after winding wound 15-20 hand turns about minute keep torque high before launching past Wakefield winner aerospace engineer Antonov Kiev Alex moving California join Martyn Cowley work Paul MeCreadys AeroVironment company advanced solar-powered aircraft projects Several competitors using components sells like D-box shells spars booms motor tubes carbon/foam prop blades superb variable-pitch delayedstart prop hub rounds around midday tricky strong lift well-marked circling models buzzards proving unreachable models launched underneath proved Jerry Fitchs downfall after superb initial climb six-panel-wing aircraft Round Three stalled rolled finally recovered turns gone land 80 seconds usually three main well-marked patches lift round flier problem missed chance launch waited usually meant Wood Hand Selected Fiberglass Cowl Complete Plans Parts Hand Cut Instruction Manual Photo Page order kits call 1-800-327-7198 catalog fine kits send $400 Idaho Residents Add 5% State Sales Tax January1998 45 FAIL SAFES RAM has originated fail safes other R/O manufacturer Check out latest versions local hobby shop send stamped #10 envelope full info RAM 09BATTERY BACKER redundant bait cyst up 60 size model$3995 RAM 11LOW BATTERY ALARM audio visual 48V 96V2495 RAM 12LOW FUEL LIGHT glo fuel monitor visible flight1995 RAM 17LOST PLANE FINDER 14k II 65 DB SOS batteiy2495 RAM 18BIG AIRPLANE RF DE-GLITCHER SYSTEM replaces 10 chokes895 RAM 22SIMPLE CYCLER discharges 4BV & 96V bait up 600 MA1995 RAM 25BIG PLANE BATTERY BACKER 10 amp cap w/2 switch harnesses5995 RAM 26BIG BATTERY CYCLER discharges 4BV bait up 4000 MA2495 RAM 49IGNITER 800 MA board driver/starter 20 & 21 engine4995 RAM 50IGNITER 1300 MA board driver/starter 35 & up engine4995 RAM 62SERVO FAIL SAFE adj safe point & delay waterproo fable2495 RAM 83RADIO SIGNAL WATCHDOG Provides 4 functions 1/2 oz1495 unavailable locally send check money order full credit card info cost item us $400 l$500 foreign tor immediate shipment Include full address UPS Sorry no COD m 229E E Rollins Rd d Lake Beach IL 60073 REAL PLANES HAVE 2 WINGS AND ROUND ENGINES 1/5 scale Waco UPF-7 72 14 lbs Worlds Finest- Laser Cut-Rubber Powered-Free Flight Scale Kits 2 worlds leader Laser Cut Model Aircraft KitsHerr kR features finest LASER CUT BALSA PARTS Contest Rubber Detailed Conuter Oraiwi PfepEngineering Cowplete Hardvare Pact Authentic Wateslde DecaI Molded Plastic Propelle Real Colored Tissue Corporation Light Weight Wheels Complete Stap Step Building lnstiudlons Please check wIth local hobby dealer fireL kIts avaIlabl better hobby shops around worldIkUW1431 Chaffee Suite #3 Full Line Catalog $200 Add $450 shipping kitOverseas orders add 20%FL residents add 6% sales tax 7 TituavIlle FL 32780 Made USADealer Inquires invited407 284-2488 props paper free flight fun Peck-Polymers planes plans tools co2 enginesfor next caper US Czechoslovakia tremendous assortment types sizes id radial 7ti catalog kits accessories engines nine-cyinerengineand endless ideas available $400 Po4wlers stop shopping rubber power C02 needs P o BOX 7t0359 MASANTEE CA 92072-0399 USA619 448-1818FAX 6191 448-1833 ThROTTLE SWITCH san on-off motor control ornall elaciric glider. Thaee rnodal uaua8y naad fully proportinnat speed control raqufred tha ekolity torn motor off alcoa motor io noad out gat glklar w ahituda thermal hunting Tha ThrottleSwitch intatagant micraprocassor based deaign featuraa ravaraarg 6CC aeparata arming awitch otatuu indicator light aria-mAcit no low battary auto-timer enact motor rnno iS 30 60 90 aeconda Salary taatures prevant tha co8 turning tha arming aw8ch preasad Made USA daaigned work withAM IM PCM radioaystarns Smallaiza 21 oO9o 05 Weight 076 us 87 ca6a 30 anqra ceatmunos Less radicipowarcosnectors Part No TSSIOA $4095 SC100 8 Inch Male Setvo Pigtail$295 SCi 20 8 Inch Female Channel Pigtail295 SC21O 12 Inch Serva Extension495 SC220 18 Inch Servo Extension525 SC230 24 Inch Servo Extension570 SC240 30 Inch Servo Extension650 SC500 Y Dual Servo Connector695 SC910 Unassembled Male Connector150 SC920 Unassembled Female Connector150 SA71O 12 Inch Radio CrossAdapter525 SA720 18 Inch Radio CrossAdapter550 Conncf era avaIlable torAktmnlca Fufabe H/tea JR DDflS Shipping 6 Handling Connector ontyorders $225Shipping & Handling other ordnrs $450 Send foryourP 0 Box 3129 s CHRISTI TX 78463-3129TX Residents FREE catalog add 775% R/C products RDERs AND INFoRItAltarI 512-814-6843DMLY 10ana-7 CT s fax accessories USTOMER SEsntcE FAX & AFTER HouRa 512-814-5843 last man fly team no other models watch decide state air Fred Pearce Blake Jensen dropped deceptive fourthround air happily thermaling plastic bag seemed no problem later same round Austrian flier Klaus Saizer resisted trend hi-tech flew all-wood model auto-rudder harness rubber torque run about 50 seconds though air-picking got him flyoff along 40 others ex-Czech Ladya Horak now Canadian team flying 84-inch model five-break wing layout becoming popular classes still-air models replaced radio tracker beacon before flyoff must have slightly altered CC fiveminute flyoff model stalled way down good climb 240 Twenty-five fliers made five minutes 12 including entire Ukrainian team managed seven reach final flyoff round going nine minutes dramatic reddish sunset developing no serious visibility problem round started Andriukov wound fast has characteristic prelaunch routine arms whirled free up did three four deep breaths launched first spot-on climb glide circles almost three minutes 744 time proved unbeatable Swedens Bror Eimar 26 seconds behind gave Alex third Wakefield Cup win made clean sweep Ukraine FIA B C plus team gold FiB silver FlA memorable Championships unobtrusive organization probably best weather 40 years three popular winners looks Wakefield Cup will come back US though hands Ukrainian Wrigley Way Milpitas California 95035 Voice/Fax 408 946-4751408 WINGS-S 1 LOOK no further fully molded sailplane needs RnR offer selection high performance sailplanes will address specific requirements F3BThermal Duration Slope Cross Country Mark Allen designed World Championship F3B EAGLE now being produced RoR its new lower price RnR sailplane enjoys design construction enhancements 1997 RnRs composite molded technology provides unique blend strength weight optimization Noticeable results found through increased durability torsional stability stiffness incorporated wing fuselage tail section also offer selection parts joiner systems scratch builders out catch latest visuals specifications competitive pricing RnRs sailplanes contact RnR RnR skys limit. z i 46 Model Aviation 1 Precisico Miac BR Servo l30oz/inl S3002 Mini BR Metal Gear Servo AAozIinl5995 Sf48 Standard Prganion Servo 142oz/in1695 53003 Standard Servo l42ozftnl1395 531101 BR Precision Servo 1420dm2595 S3302 1/4ScaleMefalGeorServallOozIin5995 Si 34G Ccmpact Retract Servo lloz/inl5995 Careleat vo l42orJinl5995 voll2ozjin Mini 89 Snrvo 4SozAnl1950 Precision l42ozAnl1050 Precision 420dm1450 3130 LIUsI 59 Metal Gear Aileron Servo ISOou/in1850 S400 1/4 Scale BR Servo iROos/in2150 S600 Coropact RB Retract Servo 1100cc/in2450 S700 Kigh-Spead BR Low Profile 3lozfnn1150 5rvea available censecUe tar Akfrentlca Futaba HItec JR
Edition: Model Aviation - 1998/01
Page Numbers: 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46
S 1967 grass airfield Sazena about 20 miles north Prague venue 34 national teams competing World Free Flight Championships August 30 years later 37 nations took part irt best-ever Championships same site fliers could compete part Soviet team earlier event now flying own countries breakup USSR Yugoslasia Czechoslovakia itself new countries have joined FAI now cotapete highest level classes FIA A12 glider FIB Wakefield rubber FIC power Czech organizers led Indoor flier Jiri Kalina hequent team member Ivan Horejsi arranged three-class World Cup contest warmup same site 325 persons competedsurel some sott record gave good opportunity teams titid just treacherous air could be-especially around midday Rain two practice days before Championships limited flying sun rose Fl lay slight mist airfield virtually no wind year lirst-rortnd maximum eliders increased 32 minutes people flying bunters apparent absence 01 much noticeable atr mos ement mainly question getting clean launch rather picking air Fiahtv-foor ot 107 fliers made including US teatn Randy Weiler flying sixth team ex-UK FIC team member Martyn Cowley living non-bunter equipped offset impulse hook rookie Don Zink N4art n flying last round pros ided some excitement model collided towline five minutes before end-signal rocket rapid relaunch few Martvns characteristic whirling- dervish-type circles pros ided max Fhe grass very wet pres ious days rain soon stailed boil oft producing quite marked patches lift few tainutes thii-d round well flw holes Swedens Bror Elmar left congratulates Fl B winner Alexander Andriukoy Ukraine defeated Bror final flyoff January1998 39 Free Champions Photos Author U Martin Dilly Among came unstuck Mikhail Kochkares Russia Moscow clubmate Sereet Makarov led bunting resolution some sears ago rhis year amone fliers using electronic timers could programmed notebook computer alter delays between line release first hunt about 7 second later sometimes two-stage return glide setting airspeed decays second two after thai sscll DT Belgian flier Lco Reynders took different approach used Keslar-covered foam xxmg flapped rear half wing held timer levcambered airfoil normal quite lot negative stab incidence needed during tow dutirig tuiodel flew markedl\ nose-high aini gain inure height launch lowerdrag wing flaps drooping alter release Leo dropped flight Trends included some models live-break wings closely approximate elliptical dihedral number people tised Schuemann wing planlbrm increasingly swept leading edge towards tip ssas Croitiis Ruben Lesko used 108inch span model Nlakaros airtoil wingiets 50squareinch stab during calm first round hut missed last round max January1998 40 Ravka Vojsepkova Czech Republic husband Jans foam/glass/carbon-winged Falcon 21 FlA placed fifth Croatian Fl Robert Lesko nine-foot span fivebreak wing winglets dropped last round Evgeni Verbitski Ukraine popular winner FiC Five-break high-aspectratio wing gave time 1 1A minutes ahead runner-up Aringer US team manager George Batiuk launches Fl 11th-place finisher Randy Weller Full US team made Fl flyoff Young Dutch flier Ivo Kreetz seems happy have made Fl flyoft first World Championships finished 39th 1d Tanya Andriukov R Ukraine holds moderate-aspect-ratioSandis Rosonoks all-Rosonoks Latvian Fl B team reached Fl B husband Alexander won eventtwo rounds Fl B flyoff before finishing 20th January 1998 41 Viktor Stamov Ukraine 1997 FlA world champion checks out wings backup flyoff model Roger Morrell US sole Fl B flier flyoff Note prop blades locked out Delayed Prop Release DPR Belgiums Cenny Breeman adjusts stab FlA wife Anneke suggests bit down might help placed 21st Denmarks Thomas Koster carbon-winged flapped FiC met disaster after timer malfunction 42 Model Aviation Kulakovskij winning Ukrainian Fl B team individual fifth place first World Championships 12 L4 Australias Phil Mitchell covered wing Icarex polyester cloth used boat sails originating Netherlands weighing 30 gm/rn2 heat-shrinkable contact-cement-stickable comes Day-Gb colors Pand nearly bulletproof Several Chinese gliders still orthodox models balsa D boxes non-bunt hooks extensive diagonal ribs both wings stabs Dutch flier Allard van Wallene finished third used 83 gm/rn2 carbon over Roofmate foam center panels plus high-modulus carbon spar built-up tips carbon D-box however center panel one-piece bolted fuselage tips joined about four inches inboard dihedral break via short carbon stub Though temperature rose through day often overcast very variable wind direction start Round Five four people towed once different directions After seven rounds five teams clean including US 48 fliers seven maxes welcome two-hour break before flyoff aim allowing thermal activity reduce start ten-minute slot fit fliers towed downwind find clear space circle away traffic Jiansheng Du China released within minute obviously good air nobody else spotted another model flew off line still attached Cowley stalled zoom launch Don Zink missed good air Randy Weiler survived second flyoff 24 others finally place eleventh just ahead 1995 World Champion Rudolf Holzleitner Ukraines Viktor Stamov Jeno Vdrds Hungary made seven minutes 8 pm towed man-on-man finish VdrCis flew 23-meter model Stamov relying lower-aspect-ratio CB6O equipped preprogrammed timer two-stage bunt transition Stamov got close circling opponent possibly increase pressure him Voros less-maneuverable model hit ground halfway through slot Relaunching released first Stamov launching same air later no visibility problem two models air clear Viktor Stamov modem FlAs consistent top-rankers 1997 World Champion landed 51 seconds ahead Hungarian team classification Czechs won Ukraine Netherlands following tiebreaking team results based lowest total members places rather flyoff aggregates put United States down second fourth January1998 43 Allard van Wallenes FlA has programmable electronic timer servo control bunt transition DT Gerhard Aringer Austria placed second FiC engine built Valeril Strukhov Ukraine Chinas Zou Jongyu FiC ram intake like ships International cooperation Britains Stafford Screen gives USs ventilator side-exhaust Nelson aluminum-clad pylon Randy Archer tailboom segment Randys repair second three perfect flying days dawned clearer sky FiC slightly wind US regarded strongest contenders team 1993 World Champion Randy Archer Bob Gutai Ed Keck equipped elegant high-aspect-ratio models built finished superb standard Randys day after some boom damage Dung onto rough plowed field Randy needed segment apply like poultice Englands Stafford Screen uses same Verbitski aluminum/carbon booms let Randy cut piece own models damaged practice did trick last round after launching poor air Randys model glided farmhouse nine seconds short vital max height would otherwise have given him time Screen also last-round heartbreak hooked bunt line up wrong model glided inverted land 48 seconds majority fliers using Nelsons either side- rear-exhaust sprinkling Verbitski Strukhov Mars engines plus some distinctive Monolits crankcase designed blend fuselage cowl After ten years wings covered hard aluminum foil bonded onto balsa sheet fliers now using built-up structures carbon D-box carbon-capped balsa ribs covering Micafilm other synthetic material foil covering big problem DTing onto rough fields cornstalks very hard repair Ever innovator Denmarks Tom Koster flew flapped model fully-molded carbon wing foam-cored skin two layers unidirectional carbon cure Tom built own autoclave complex linkage controlled programmable electronic timer raised center airfoil hingeline rather droop trailing edge end engine run During trim flight just before first flyoff round timer failed start because loose screw after climb impressive height model came down vertically full power before self-destructing about twenty feet above field crops Tom reverted New Andromeda also flapped got him both flyoffs final seventh place first flyoff five-second run Bob Gutai suffered perennial problems FlC engine run timing Sporting Code does now specify run timed certainly impossible stop watch propeller stops once required Some go soundfine no other engines running what about speed sound adds half-second typical climb height Others time bunt some models bunt before engine cutoff some after Bob flying several other engines running given overrun second attempt time alone clear overrun passing Dutchman 52 well timekeepers put him out left Ed Kecks 305 sole US flyoff score after Ed too first-attempt overrun Nine fliers made five minutes past World Champion Evgeni Verbitski Ukraine bunting just before engine cut copybook climb transition land 654 claim second title ahead Austrias Gerhard Aringer also reached seven-minute FlA round day before Again clear win Ukrainian no quibbles about mixed-up models timing mistakes again second team win Czechs 44 Model Aviation eck US checks timer hookup immaculate FiC Engine-run timing problems hampered Ed others flyoff Klaus Salzer Austria made Fl B flyoffs simple wood model Balsa box spar Kevlar thread wrap card turbulator Canadas Tony Matthews 25th Fl B used taped-on carbon shroud locate four-function timer model See Results FOCUS ON COM PETITION final day FiB Wakefields saw light haze dawn knocking dozens hammers 34 teams staked winding stooges hard ground Only 14 97 fliers failed make first-round max US team consisted Roger Morrell Fred Pearce Blake Jensen Jerry Fitch flying own right defending 1995 World Champion As sign things come Alexander Andriukoy Ukraine topped lot height immediately after winding wound 15-20 hand turns about minute keep torque high before launching past Wakefield winner aerospace engineer Antonov Kiev Alex moving California join Martyn Cowley work Paul MeCreadys AeroVironment company advanced solar-powered aircraft projects Several competitors using components sells like D-box shells spars booms motor tubes carbon/foam prop blades superb variable-pitch delayedstart prop hub rounds around midday tricky strong lift well-marked circling models buzzards proving unreachable models launched underneath proved Jerry Fitchs downfall after superb initial climb six-panel-wing aircraft Round Three stalled rolled finally recovered turns gone land 80 seconds usually three main well-marked patches lift round flier problem missed chance launch waited usually meant Wood Hand Selected Fiberglass Cowl Complete Plans Parts Hand Cut Instruction Manual Photo Page order kits call 1-800-327-7198 catalog fine kits send $400 Idaho Residents Add 5% State Sales Tax January1998 45 FAIL SAFES RAM has originated fail safes other R/O manufacturer Check out latest versions local hobby shop send stamped #10 envelope full info RAM 09BATTERY BACKER redundant bait cyst up 60 size model$3995 RAM 11LOW BATTERY ALARM audio visual 48V 96V2495 RAM 12LOW FUEL LIGHT glo fuel monitor visible flight1995 RAM 17LOST PLANE FINDER 14k II 65 DB SOS batteiy2495 RAM 18BIG AIRPLANE RF DE-GLITCHER SYSTEM replaces 10 chokes895 RAM 22SIMPLE CYCLER discharges 4BV & 96V bait up 600 MA1995 RAM 25BIG PLANE BATTERY BACKER 10 amp cap w/2 switch harnesses5995 RAM 26BIG BATTERY CYCLER discharges 4BV bait up 4000 MA2495 RAM 49IGNITER 800 MA board driver/starter 20 & 21 engine4995 RAM 50IGNITER 1300 MA board driver/starter 35 & up engine4995 RAM 62SERVO FAIL SAFE adj safe point & delay waterproo fable2495 RAM 83RADIO SIGNAL WATCHDOG Provides 4 functions 1/2 oz1495 unavailable locally send check money order full credit card info cost item us $400 l$500 foreign tor immediate shipment Include full address UPS Sorry no COD m 229E E Rollins Rd d Lake Beach IL 60073 REAL PLANES HAVE 2 WINGS AND ROUND ENGINES 1/5 scale Waco UPF-7 72 14 lbs Worlds Finest- Laser Cut-Rubber Powered-Free Flight Scale Kits 2 worlds leader Laser Cut Model Aircraft KitsHerr kR features finest LASER CUT BALSA PARTS Contest Rubber Detailed Conuter Oraiwi PfepEngineering Cowplete Hardvare Pact Authentic Wateslde DecaI Molded Plastic Propelle Real Colored Tissue Corporation Light Weight Wheels Complete Stap Step Building lnstiudlons Please check wIth local hobby dealer fireL kIts avaIlabl better hobby shops around worldIkUW1431 Chaffee Suite #3 Full Line Catalog $200 Add $450 shipping kitOverseas orders add 20%FL residents add 6% sales tax 7 TituavIlle FL 32780 Made USADealer Inquires invited407 284-2488 props paper free flight fun Peck-Polymers planes plans tools co2 enginesfor next caper US Czechoslovakia tremendous assortment types sizes id radial 7ti catalog kits accessories engines nine-cyinerengineand endless ideas available $400 Po4wlers stop shopping rubber power C02 needs P o BOX 7t0359 MASANTEE CA 92072-0399 USA619 448-1818FAX 6191 448-1833 ThROTTLE SWITCH san on-off motor control ornall elaciric glider. Thaee rnodal uaua8y naad fully proportinnat speed control raqufred tha ekolity torn motor off alcoa motor io noad out gat glklar w ahituda thermal hunting Tha ThrottleSwitch intatagant micraprocassor based deaign featuraa ravaraarg 6CC aeparata arming awitch otatuu indicator light aria-mAcit no low battary auto-timer enact motor rnno iS 30 60 90 aeconda Salary taatures prevant tha co8 turning tha arming aw8ch preasad Made USA daaigned work withAM IM PCM radioaystarns Smallaiza 21 oO9o 05 Weight 076 us 87 ca6a 30 anqra ceatmunos Less radicipowarcosnectors Part No TSSIOA $4095 SC100 8 Inch Male Setvo Pigtail$295 SCi 20 8 Inch Female Channel Pigtail295 SC21O 12 Inch Serva Extension495 SC220 18 Inch Servo Extension525 SC230 24 Inch Servo Extension570 SC240 30 Inch Servo Extension650 SC500 Y Dual Servo Connector695 SC910 Unassembled Male Connector150 SC920 Unassembled Female Connector150 SA71O 12 Inch Radio CrossAdapter525 SA720 18 Inch Radio CrossAdapter550 Conncf era avaIlable torAktmnlca Fufabe H/tea JR DDflS Shipping 6 Handling Connector ontyorders $225Shipping & Handling other ordnrs $450 Send foryourP 0 Box 3129 s CHRISTI TX 78463-3129TX Residents FREE catalog add 775% R/C products RDERs AND INFoRItAltarI 512-814-6843DMLY 10ana-7 CT s fax accessories USTOMER SEsntcE FAX & AFTER HouRa 512-814-5843 last man fly team no other models watch decide state air Fred Pearce Blake Jensen dropped deceptive fourthround air happily thermaling plastic bag seemed no problem later same round Austrian flier Klaus Saizer resisted trend hi-tech flew all-wood model auto-rudder harness rubber torque run about 50 seconds though air-picking got him flyoff along 40 others ex-Czech Ladya Horak now Canadian team flying 84-inch model five-break wing layout becoming popular classes still-air models replaced radio tracker beacon before flyoff must have slightly altered CC fiveminute flyoff model stalled way down good climb 240 Twenty-five fliers made five minutes 12 including entire Ukrainian team managed seven reach final flyoff round going nine minutes dramatic reddish sunset developing no serious visibility problem round started Andriukov wound fast has characteristic prelaunch routine arms whirled free up did three four deep breaths launched first spot-on climb glide circles almost three minutes 744 time proved unbeatable Swedens Bror Eimar 26 seconds behind gave Alex third Wakefield Cup win made clean sweep Ukraine FIA B C plus team gold FiB silver FlA memorable Championships unobtrusive organization probably best weather 40 years three popular winners looks Wakefield Cup will come back US though hands Ukrainian Wrigley Way Milpitas California 95035 Voice/Fax 408 946-4751408 WINGS-S 1 LOOK no further fully molded sailplane needs RnR offer selection high performance sailplanes will address specific requirements F3BThermal Duration Slope Cross Country Mark Allen designed World Championship F3B EAGLE now being produced RoR its new lower price RnR sailplane enjoys design construction enhancements 1997 RnRs composite molded technology provides unique blend strength weight optimization Noticeable results found through increased durability torsional stability stiffness incorporated wing fuselage tail section also offer selection parts joiner systems scratch builders out catch latest visuals specifications competitive pricing RnRs sailplanes contact RnR RnR skys limit. z i 46 Model Aviation 1 Precisico Miac BR Servo l30oz/inl S3002 Mini BR Metal Gear Servo AAozIinl5995 Sf48 Standard Prganion Servo 142oz/in1695 53003 Standard Servo l42ozftnl1395 531101 BR Precision Servo 1420dm2595 S3302 1/4ScaleMefalGeorServallOozIin5995 Si 34G Ccmpact Retract Servo lloz/inl5995 Careleat vo l42orJinl5995 voll2ozjin Mini 89 Snrvo 4SozAnl1950 Precision l42ozAnl1050 Precision 420dm1450 3130 LIUsI 59 Metal Gear Aileron Servo ISOou/in1850 S400 1/4 Scale BR Servo iROos/in2150 S600 Coropact RB Retract Servo 1100cc/in2450 S700 Kigh-Spead BR Low Profile 3lozfnn1150 5rvea available censecUe tar Akfrentlca Futaba HItec JR
Edition: Model Aviation - 1998/01
Page Numbers: 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46
S 1967 grass airfield Sazena about 20 miles north Prague venue 34 national teams competing World Free Flight Championships August 30 years later 37 nations took part irt best-ever Championships same site fliers could compete part Soviet team earlier event now flying own countries breakup USSR Yugoslasia Czechoslovakia itself new countries have joined FAI now cotapete highest level classes FIA A12 glider FIB Wakefield rubber FIC power Czech organizers led Indoor flier Jiri Kalina hequent team member Ivan Horejsi arranged three-class World Cup contest warmup same site 325 persons competedsurel some sott record gave good opportunity teams titid just treacherous air could be-especially around midday Rain two practice days before Championships limited flying sun rose Fl lay slight mist airfield virtually no wind year lirst-rortnd maximum eliders increased 32 minutes people flying bunters apparent absence 01 much noticeable atr mos ement mainly question getting clean launch rather picking air Fiahtv-foor ot 107 fliers made including US teatn Randy Weiler flying sixth team ex-UK FIC team member Martyn Cowley living non-bunter equipped offset impulse hook rookie Don Zink N4art n flying last round pros ided some excitement model collided towline five minutes before end-signal rocket rapid relaunch few Martvns characteristic whirling- dervish-type circles pros ided max Fhe grass very wet pres ious days rain soon stailed boil oft producing quite marked patches lift few tainutes thii-d round well flw holes Swedens Bror Elmar left congratulates Fl B winner Alexander Andriukoy Ukraine defeated Bror final flyoff January1998 39 Free Champions Photos Author U Martin Dilly Among came unstuck Mikhail Kochkares Russia Moscow clubmate Sereet Makarov led bunting resolution some sears ago rhis year amone fliers using electronic timers could programmed notebook computer alter delays between line release first hunt about 7 second later sometimes two-stage return glide setting airspeed decays second two after thai sscll DT Belgian flier Lco Reynders took different approach used Keslar-covered foam xxmg flapped rear half wing held timer levcambered airfoil normal quite lot negative stab incidence needed during tow dutirig tuiodel flew markedl\ nose-high aini gain inure height launch lowerdrag wing flaps drooping alter release Leo dropped flight Trends included some models live-break wings closely approximate elliptical dihedral number people tised Schuemann wing planlbrm increasingly swept leading edge towards tip ssas Croitiis Ruben Lesko used 108inch span model Nlakaros airtoil wingiets 50squareinch stab during calm first round hut missed last round max January1998 40 Ravka Vojsepkova Czech Republic husband Jans foam/glass/carbon-winged Falcon 21 FlA placed fifth Croatian Fl Robert Lesko nine-foot span fivebreak wing winglets dropped last round Evgeni Verbitski Ukraine popular winner FiC Five-break high-aspectratio wing gave time 1 1A minutes ahead runner-up Aringer US team manager George Batiuk launches Fl 11th-place finisher Randy Weller Full US team made Fl flyoff Young Dutch flier Ivo Kreetz seems happy have made Fl flyoft first World Championships finished 39th 1d Tanya Andriukov R Ukraine holds moderate-aspect-ratioSandis Rosonoks all-Rosonoks Latvian Fl B team reached Fl B husband Alexander won eventtwo rounds Fl B flyoff before finishing 20th January 1998 41 Viktor Stamov Ukraine 1997 FlA world champion checks out wings backup flyoff model Roger Morrell US sole Fl B flier flyoff Note prop blades locked out Delayed Prop Release DPR Belgiums Cenny Breeman adjusts stab FlA wife Anneke suggests bit down might help placed 21st Denmarks Thomas Koster carbon-winged flapped FiC met disaster after timer malfunction 42 Model Aviation Kulakovskij winning Ukrainian Fl B team individual fifth place first World Championships 12 L4 Australias Phil Mitchell covered wing Icarex polyester cloth used boat sails originating Netherlands weighing 30 gm/rn2 heat-shrinkable contact-cement-stickable comes Day-Gb colors Pand nearly bulletproof Several Chinese gliders still orthodox models balsa D boxes non-bunt hooks extensive diagonal ribs both wings stabs Dutch flier Allard van Wallene finished third used 83 gm/rn2 carbon over Roofmate foam center panels plus high-modulus carbon spar built-up tips carbon D-box however center panel one-piece bolted fuselage tips joined about four inches inboard dihedral break via short carbon stub Though temperature rose through day often overcast very variable wind direction start Round Five four people towed once different directions After seven rounds five teams clean including US 48 fliers seven maxes welcome two-hour break before flyoff aim allowing thermal activity reduce start ten-minute slot fit fliers towed downwind find clear space circle away traffic Jiansheng Du China released within minute obviously good air nobody else spotted another model flew off line still attached Cowley stalled zoom launch Don Zink missed good air Randy Weiler survived second flyoff 24 others finally place eleventh just ahead 1995 World Champion Rudolf Holzleitner Ukraines Viktor Stamov Jeno Vdrds Hungary made seven minutes 8 pm towed man-on-man finish VdrCis flew 23-meter model Stamov relying lower-aspect-ratio CB6O equipped preprogrammed timer two-stage bunt transition Stamov got close circling opponent possibly increase pressure him Voros less-maneuverable model hit ground halfway through slot Relaunching released first Stamov launching same air later no visibility problem two models air clear Viktor Stamov modem FlAs consistent top-rankers 1997 World Champion landed 51 seconds ahead Hungarian team classification Czechs won Ukraine Netherlands following tiebreaking team results based lowest total members places rather flyoff aggregates put United States down second fourth January1998 43 Allard van Wallenes FlA has programmable electronic timer servo control bunt transition DT Gerhard Aringer Austria placed second FiC engine built Valeril Strukhov Ukraine Chinas Zou Jongyu FiC ram intake like ships International cooperation Britains Stafford Screen gives USs ventilator side-exhaust Nelson aluminum-clad pylon Randy Archer tailboom segment Randys repair second three perfect flying days dawned clearer sky FiC slightly wind US regarded strongest contenders team 1993 World Champion Randy Archer Bob Gutai Ed Keck equipped elegant high-aspect-ratio models built finished superb standard Randys day after some boom damage Dung onto rough plowed field Randy needed segment apply like poultice Englands Stafford Screen uses same Verbitski aluminum/carbon booms let Randy cut piece own models damaged practice did trick last round after launching poor air Randys model glided farmhouse nine seconds short vital max height would otherwise have given him time Screen also last-round heartbreak hooked bunt line up wrong model glided inverted land 48 seconds majority fliers using Nelsons either side- rear-exhaust sprinkling Verbitski Strukhov Mars engines plus some distinctive Monolits crankcase designed blend fuselage cowl After ten years wings covered hard aluminum foil bonded onto balsa sheet fliers now using built-up structures carbon D-box carbon-capped balsa ribs covering Micafilm other synthetic material foil covering big problem DTing onto rough fields cornstalks very hard repair Ever innovator Denmarks Tom Koster flew flapped model fully-molded carbon wing foam-cored skin two layers unidirectional carbon cure Tom built own autoclave complex linkage controlled programmable electronic timer raised center airfoil hingeline rather droop trailing edge end engine run During trim flight just before first flyoff round timer failed start because loose screw after climb impressive height model came down vertically full power before self-destructing about twenty feet above field crops Tom reverted New Andromeda also flapped got him both flyoffs final seventh place first flyoff five-second run Bob Gutai suffered perennial problems FlC engine run timing Sporting Code does now specify run timed certainly impossible stop watch propeller stops once required Some go soundfine no other engines running what about speed sound adds half-second typical climb height Others time bunt some models bunt before engine cutoff some after Bob flying several other engines running given overrun second attempt time alone clear overrun passing Dutchman 52 well timekeepers put him out left Ed Kecks 305 sole US flyoff score after Ed too first-attempt overrun Nine fliers made five minutes past World Champion Evgeni Verbitski Ukraine bunting just before engine cut copybook climb transition land 654 claim second title ahead Austrias Gerhard Aringer also reached seven-minute FlA round day before Again clear win Ukrainian no quibbles about mixed-up models timing mistakes again second team win Czechs 44 Model Aviation eck US checks timer hookup immaculate FiC Engine-run timing problems hampered Ed others flyoff Klaus Salzer Austria made Fl B flyoffs simple wood model Balsa box spar Kevlar thread wrap card turbulator Canadas Tony Matthews 25th Fl B used taped-on carbon shroud locate four-function timer model See Results FOCUS ON COM PETITION final day FiB Wakefields saw light haze dawn knocking dozens hammers 34 teams staked winding stooges hard ground Only 14 97 fliers failed make first-round max US team consisted Roger Morrell Fred Pearce Blake Jensen Jerry Fitch flying own right defending 1995 World Champion As sign things come Alexander Andriukoy Ukraine topped lot height immediately after winding wound 15-20 hand turns about minute keep torque high before launching past Wakefield winner aerospace engineer Antonov Kiev Alex moving California join Martyn Cowley work Paul MeCreadys AeroVironment company advanced solar-powered aircraft projects Several competitors using components sells like D-box shells spars booms motor tubes carbon/foam prop blades superb variable-pitch delayedstart prop hub rounds around midday tricky strong lift well-marked circling models buzzards proving unreachable models launched underneath proved Jerry Fitchs downfall after superb initial climb six-panel-wing aircraft Round Three stalled rolled finally recovered turns gone land 80 seconds usually three main well-marked patches lift round flier problem missed chance launch waited usually meant Wood Hand Selected Fiberglass Cowl Complete Plans Parts Hand Cut Instruction Manual Photo Page order kits call 1-800-327-7198 catalog fine kits send $400 Idaho Residents Add 5% State Sales Tax January1998 45 FAIL SAFES RAM has originated fail safes other R/O manufacturer Check out latest versions local hobby shop send stamped #10 envelope full info RAM 09BATTERY BACKER redundant bait cyst up 60 size model$3995 RAM 11LOW BATTERY ALARM audio visual 48V 96V2495 RAM 12LOW FUEL LIGHT glo fuel monitor visible flight1995 RAM 17LOST PLANE FINDER 14k II 65 DB SOS batteiy2495 RAM 18BIG AIRPLANE RF DE-GLITCHER SYSTEM replaces 10 chokes895 RAM 22SIMPLE CYCLER discharges 4BV & 96V bait up 600 MA1995 RAM 25BIG PLANE BATTERY BACKER 10 amp cap w/2 switch harnesses5995 RAM 26BIG BATTERY CYCLER discharges 4BV bait up 4000 MA2495 RAM 49IGNITER 800 MA board driver/starter 20 & 21 engine4995 RAM 50IGNITER 1300 MA board driver/starter 35 & up engine4995 RAM 62SERVO FAIL SAFE adj safe point & delay waterproo fable2495 RAM 83RADIO SIGNAL WATCHDOG Provides 4 functions 1/2 oz1495 unavailable locally send check money order full credit card info cost item us $400 l$500 foreign tor immediate shipment Include full address UPS Sorry no COD m 229E E Rollins Rd d Lake Beach IL 60073 REAL PLANES HAVE 2 WINGS AND ROUND ENGINES 1/5 scale Waco UPF-7 72 14 lbs Worlds Finest- Laser Cut-Rubber Powered-Free Flight Scale Kits 2 worlds leader Laser Cut Model Aircraft KitsHerr kR features finest LASER CUT BALSA PARTS Contest Rubber Detailed Conuter Oraiwi PfepEngineering Cowplete Hardvare Pact Authentic Wateslde DecaI Molded Plastic Propelle Real Colored Tissue Corporation Light Weight Wheels Complete Stap Step Building lnstiudlons Please check wIth local hobby dealer fireL kIts avaIlabl better hobby shops around worldIkUW1431 Chaffee Suite #3 Full Line Catalog $200 Add $450 shipping kitOverseas orders add 20%FL residents add 6% sales tax 7 TituavIlle FL 32780 Made USADealer Inquires invited407 284-2488 props paper free flight fun Peck-Polymers planes plans tools co2 enginesfor next caper US Czechoslovakia tremendous assortment types sizes id radial 7ti catalog kits accessories engines nine-cyinerengineand endless ideas available $400 Po4wlers stop shopping rubber power C02 needs P o BOX 7t0359 MASANTEE CA 92072-0399 USA619 448-1818FAX 6191 448-1833 ThROTTLE SWITCH san on-off motor control ornall elaciric glider. Thaee rnodal uaua8y naad fully proportinnat speed control raqufred tha ekolity torn motor off alcoa motor io noad out gat glklar w ahituda thermal hunting Tha ThrottleSwitch intatagant micraprocassor based deaign featuraa ravaraarg 6CC aeparata arming awitch otatuu indicator light aria-mAcit no low battary auto-timer enact motor rnno iS 30 60 90 aeconda Salary taatures prevant tha co8 turning tha arming aw8ch preasad Made USA daaigned work withAM IM PCM radioaystarns Smallaiza 21 oO9o 05 Weight 076 us 87 ca6a 30 anqra ceatmunos Less radicipowarcosnectors Part No TSSIOA $4095 SC100 8 Inch Male Setvo Pigtail$295 SCi 20 8 Inch Female Channel Pigtail295 SC21O 12 Inch Serva Extension495 SC220 18 Inch Servo Extension525 SC230 24 Inch Servo Extension570 SC240 30 Inch Servo Extension650 SC500 Y Dual Servo Connector695 SC910 Unassembled Male Connector150 SC920 Unassembled Female Connector150 SA71O 12 Inch Radio CrossAdapter525 SA720 18 Inch Radio CrossAdapter550 Conncf era avaIlable torAktmnlca Fufabe H/tea JR DDflS Shipping 6 Handling Connector ontyorders $225Shipping & Handling other ordnrs $450 Send foryourP 0 Box 3129 s CHRISTI TX 78463-3129TX Residents FREE catalog add 775% R/C products RDERs AND INFoRItAltarI 512-814-6843DMLY 10ana-7 CT s fax accessories USTOMER SEsntcE FAX & AFTER HouRa 512-814-5843 last man fly team no other models watch decide state air Fred Pearce Blake Jensen dropped deceptive fourthround air happily thermaling plastic bag seemed no problem later same round Austrian flier Klaus Saizer resisted trend hi-tech flew all-wood model auto-rudder harness rubber torque run about 50 seconds though air-picking got him flyoff along 40 others ex-Czech Ladya Horak now Canadian team flying 84-inch model five-break wing layout becoming popular classes still-air models replaced radio tracker beacon before flyoff must have slightly altered CC fiveminute flyoff model stalled way down good climb 240 Twenty-five fliers made five minutes 12 including entire Ukrainian team managed seven reach final flyoff round going nine minutes dramatic reddish sunset developing no serious visibility problem round started Andriukov wound fast has characteristic prelaunch routine arms whirled free up did three four deep breaths launched first spot-on climb glide circles almost three minutes 744 time proved unbeatable Swedens Bror Eimar 26 seconds behind gave Alex third Wakefield Cup win made clean sweep Ukraine FIA B C plus team gold FiB silver FlA memorable Championships unobtrusive organization probably best weather 40 years three popular winners looks Wakefield Cup will come back US though hands Ukrainian Wrigley Way Milpitas California 95035 Voice/Fax 408 946-4751408 WINGS-S 1 LOOK no further fully molded sailplane needs RnR offer selection high performance sailplanes will address specific requirements F3BThermal Duration Slope Cross Country Mark Allen designed World Championship F3B EAGLE now being produced RoR its new lower price RnR sailplane enjoys design construction enhancements 1997 RnRs composite molded technology provides unique blend strength weight optimization Noticeable results found through increased durability torsional stability stiffness incorporated wing fuselage tail section also offer selection parts joiner systems scratch builders out catch latest visuals specifications competitive pricing RnRs sailplanes contact RnR RnR skys limit. z i 46 Model Aviation 1 Precisico Miac BR Servo l30oz/inl S3002 Mini BR Metal Gear Servo AAozIinl5995 Sf48 Standard Prganion Servo 142oz/in1695 53003 Standard Servo l42ozftnl1395 531101 BR Precision Servo 1420dm2595 S3302 1/4ScaleMefalGeorServallOozIin5995 Si 34G Ccmpact Retract Servo lloz/inl5995 Careleat vo l42orJinl5995 voll2ozjin Mini 89 Snrvo 4SozAnl1950 Precision l42ozAnl1050 Precision 420dm1450 3130 LIUsI 59 Metal Gear Aileron Servo ISOou/in1850 S400 1/4 Scale BR Servo iROos/in2150 S600 Coropact RB Retract Servo 1100cc/in2450 S700 Kigh-Spead BR Low Profile 3lozfnn1150 5rvea available censecUe tar Akfrentlca Futaba HItec JR
Edition: Model Aviation - 1998/01
Page Numbers: 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46
S 1967 grass airfield Sazena about 20 miles north Prague venue 34 national teams competing World Free Flight Championships August 30 years later 37 nations took part irt best-ever Championships same site fliers could compete part Soviet team earlier event now flying own countries breakup USSR Yugoslasia Czechoslovakia itself new countries have joined FAI now cotapete highest level classes FIA A12 glider FIB Wakefield rubber FIC power Czech organizers led Indoor flier Jiri Kalina hequent team member Ivan Horejsi arranged three-class World Cup contest warmup same site 325 persons competedsurel some sott record gave good opportunity teams titid just treacherous air could be-especially around midday Rain two practice days before Championships limited flying sun rose Fl lay slight mist airfield virtually no wind year lirst-rortnd maximum eliders increased 32 minutes people flying bunters apparent absence 01 much noticeable atr mos ement mainly question getting clean launch rather picking air Fiahtv-foor ot 107 fliers made including US teatn Randy Weiler flying sixth team ex-UK FIC team member Martyn Cowley living non-bunter equipped offset impulse hook rookie Don Zink N4art n flying last round pros ided some excitement model collided towline five minutes before end-signal rocket rapid relaunch few Martvns characteristic whirling- dervish-type circles pros ided max Fhe grass very wet pres ious days rain soon stailed boil oft producing quite marked patches lift few tainutes thii-d round well flw holes Swedens Bror Elmar left congratulates Fl B winner Alexander Andriukoy Ukraine defeated Bror final flyoff January1998 39 Free Champions Photos Author U Martin Dilly Among came unstuck Mikhail Kochkares Russia Moscow clubmate Sereet Makarov led bunting resolution some sears ago rhis year amone fliers using electronic timers could programmed notebook computer alter delays between line release first hunt about 7 second later sometimes two-stage return glide setting airspeed decays second two after thai sscll DT Belgian flier Lco Reynders took different approach used Keslar-covered foam xxmg flapped rear half wing held timer levcambered airfoil normal quite lot negative stab incidence needed during tow dutirig tuiodel flew markedl\ nose-high aini gain inure height launch lowerdrag wing flaps drooping alter release Leo dropped flight Trends included some models live-break wings closely approximate elliptical dihedral number people tised Schuemann wing planlbrm increasingly swept leading edge towards tip ssas Croitiis Ruben Lesko used 108inch span model Nlakaros airtoil wingiets 50squareinch stab during calm first round hut missed last round max January1998 40 Ravka Vojsepkova Czech Republic husband Jans foam/glass/carbon-winged Falcon 21 FlA placed fifth Croatian Fl Robert Lesko nine-foot span fivebreak wing winglets dropped last round Evgeni Verbitski Ukraine popular winner FiC Five-break high-aspectratio wing gave time 1 1A minutes ahead runner-up Aringer US team manager George Batiuk launches Fl 11th-place finisher Randy Weller Full US team made Fl flyoff Young Dutch flier Ivo Kreetz seems happy have made Fl flyoft first World Championships finished 39th 1d Tanya Andriukov R Ukraine holds moderate-aspect-ratioSandis Rosonoks all-Rosonoks Latvian Fl B team reached Fl B husband Alexander won eventtwo rounds Fl B flyoff before finishing 20th January 1998 41 Viktor Stamov Ukraine 1997 FlA world champion checks out wings backup flyoff model Roger Morrell US sole Fl B flier flyoff Note prop blades locked out Delayed Prop Release DPR Belgiums Cenny Breeman adjusts stab FlA wife Anneke suggests bit down might help placed 21st Denmarks Thomas Koster carbon-winged flapped FiC met disaster after timer malfunction 42 Model Aviation Kulakovskij winning Ukrainian Fl B team individual fifth place first World Championships 12 L4 Australias Phil Mitchell covered wing Icarex polyester cloth used boat sails originating Netherlands weighing 30 gm/rn2 heat-shrinkable contact-cement-stickable comes Day-Gb colors Pand nearly bulletproof Several Chinese gliders still orthodox models balsa D boxes non-bunt hooks extensive diagonal ribs both wings stabs Dutch flier Allard van Wallene finished third used 83 gm/rn2 carbon over Roofmate foam center panels plus high-modulus carbon spar built-up tips carbon D-box however center panel one-piece bolted fuselage tips joined about four inches inboard dihedral break via short carbon stub Though temperature rose through day often overcast very variable wind direction start Round Five four people towed once different directions After seven rounds five teams clean including US 48 fliers seven maxes welcome two-hour break before flyoff aim allowing thermal activity reduce start ten-minute slot fit fliers towed downwind find clear space circle away traffic Jiansheng Du China released within minute obviously good air nobody else spotted another model flew off line still attached Cowley stalled zoom launch Don Zink missed good air Randy Weiler survived second flyoff 24 others finally place eleventh just ahead 1995 World Champion Rudolf Holzleitner Ukraines Viktor Stamov Jeno Vdrds Hungary made seven minutes 8 pm towed man-on-man finish VdrCis flew 23-meter model Stamov relying lower-aspect-ratio CB6O equipped preprogrammed timer two-stage bunt transition Stamov got close circling opponent possibly increase pressure him Voros less-maneuverable model hit ground halfway through slot Relaunching released first Stamov launching same air later no visibility problem two models air clear Viktor Stamov modem FlAs consistent top-rankers 1997 World Champion landed 51 seconds ahead Hungarian team classification Czechs won Ukraine Netherlands following tiebreaking team results based lowest total members places rather flyoff aggregates put United States down second fourth January1998 43 Allard van Wallenes FlA has programmable electronic timer servo control bunt transition DT Gerhard Aringer Austria placed second FiC engine built Valeril Strukhov Ukraine Chinas Zou Jongyu FiC ram intake like ships International cooperation Britains Stafford Screen gives USs ventilator side-exhaust Nelson aluminum-clad pylon Randy Archer tailboom segment Randys repair second three perfect flying days dawned clearer sky FiC slightly wind US regarded strongest contenders team 1993 World Champion Randy Archer Bob Gutai Ed Keck equipped elegant high-aspect-ratio models built finished superb standard Randys day after some boom damage Dung onto rough plowed field Randy needed segment apply like poultice Englands Stafford Screen uses same Verbitski aluminum/carbon booms let Randy cut piece own models damaged practice did trick last round after launching poor air Randys model glided farmhouse nine seconds short vital max height would otherwise have given him time Screen also last-round heartbreak hooked bunt line up wrong model glided inverted land 48 seconds majority fliers using Nelsons either side- rear-exhaust sprinkling Verbitski Strukhov Mars engines plus some distinctive Monolits crankcase designed blend fuselage cowl After ten years wings covered hard aluminum foil bonded onto balsa sheet fliers now using built-up structures carbon D-box carbon-capped balsa ribs covering Micafilm other synthetic material foil covering big problem DTing onto rough fields cornstalks very hard repair Ever innovator Denmarks Tom Koster flew flapped model fully-molded carbon wing foam-cored skin two layers unidirectional carbon cure Tom built own autoclave complex linkage controlled programmable electronic timer raised center airfoil hingeline rather droop trailing edge end engine run During trim flight just before first flyoff round timer failed start because loose screw after climb impressive height model came down vertically full power before self-destructing about twenty feet above field crops Tom reverted New Andromeda also flapped got him both flyoffs final seventh place first flyoff five-second run Bob Gutai suffered perennial problems FlC engine run timing Sporting Code does now specify run timed certainly impossible stop watch propeller stops once required Some go soundfine no other engines running what about speed sound adds half-second typical climb height Others time bunt some models bunt before engine cutoff some after Bob flying several other engines running given overrun second attempt time alone clear overrun passing Dutchman 52 well timekeepers put him out left Ed Kecks 305 sole US flyoff score after Ed too first-attempt overrun Nine fliers made five minutes past World Champion Evgeni Verbitski Ukraine bunting just before engine cut copybook climb transition land 654 claim second title ahead Austrias Gerhard Aringer also reached seven-minute FlA round day before Again clear win Ukrainian no quibbles about mixed-up models timing mistakes again second team win Czechs 44 Model Aviation eck US checks timer hookup immaculate FiC Engine-run timing problems hampered Ed others flyoff Klaus Salzer Austria made Fl B flyoffs simple wood model Balsa box spar Kevlar thread wrap card turbulator Canadas Tony Matthews 25th Fl B used taped-on carbon shroud locate four-function timer model See Results FOCUS ON COM PETITION final day FiB Wakefields saw light haze dawn knocking dozens hammers 34 teams staked winding stooges hard ground Only 14 97 fliers failed make first-round max US team consisted Roger Morrell Fred Pearce Blake Jensen Jerry Fitch flying own right defending 1995 World Champion As sign things come Alexander Andriukoy Ukraine topped lot height immediately after winding wound 15-20 hand turns about minute keep torque high before launching past Wakefield winner aerospace engineer Antonov Kiev Alex moving California join Martyn Cowley work Paul MeCreadys AeroVironment company advanced solar-powered aircraft projects Several competitors using components sells like D-box shells spars booms motor tubes carbon/foam prop blades superb variable-pitch delayedstart prop hub rounds around midday tricky strong lift well-marked circling models buzzards proving unreachable models launched underneath proved Jerry Fitchs downfall after superb initial climb six-panel-wing aircraft Round Three stalled rolled finally recovered turns gone land 80 seconds usually three main well-marked patches lift round flier problem missed chance launch waited usually meant Wood Hand Selected Fiberglass Cowl Complete Plans Parts Hand Cut Instruction Manual Photo Page order kits call 1-800-327-7198 catalog fine kits send $400 Idaho Residents Add 5% State Sales Tax January1998 45 FAIL SAFES RAM has originated fail safes other R/O manufacturer Check out latest versions local hobby shop send stamped #10 envelope full info RAM 09BATTERY BACKER redundant bait cyst up 60 size model$3995 RAM 11LOW BATTERY ALARM audio visual 48V 96V2495 RAM 12LOW FUEL LIGHT glo fuel monitor visible flight1995 RAM 17LOST PLANE FINDER 14k II 65 DB SOS batteiy2495 RAM 18BIG AIRPLANE RF DE-GLITCHER SYSTEM replaces 10 chokes895 RAM 22SIMPLE CYCLER discharges 4BV & 96V bait up 600 MA1995 RAM 25BIG PLANE BATTERY BACKER 10 amp cap w/2 switch harnesses5995 RAM 26BIG BATTERY CYCLER discharges 4BV bait up 4000 MA2495 RAM 49IGNITER 800 MA board driver/starter 20 & 21 engine4995 RAM 50IGNITER 1300 MA board driver/starter 35 & up engine4995 RAM 62SERVO FAIL SAFE adj safe point & delay waterproo fable2495 RAM 83RADIO SIGNAL WATCHDOG Provides 4 functions 1/2 oz1495 unavailable locally send check money order full credit card info cost item us $400 l$500 foreign tor immediate shipment Include full address UPS Sorry no COD m 229E E Rollins Rd d Lake Beach IL 60073 REAL PLANES HAVE 2 WINGS AND ROUND ENGINES 1/5 scale Waco UPF-7 72 14 lbs Worlds Finest- Laser Cut-Rubber Powered-Free Flight Scale Kits 2 worlds leader Laser Cut Model Aircraft KitsHerr kR features finest LASER CUT BALSA PARTS Contest Rubber Detailed Conuter Oraiwi PfepEngineering Cowplete Hardvare Pact Authentic Wateslde DecaI Molded Plastic Propelle Real Colored Tissue Corporation Light Weight Wheels Complete Stap Step Building lnstiudlons Please check wIth local hobby dealer fireL kIts avaIlabl better hobby shops around worldIkUW1431 Chaffee Suite #3 Full Line Catalog $200 Add $450 shipping kitOverseas orders add 20%FL residents add 6% sales tax 7 TituavIlle FL 32780 Made USADealer Inquires invited407 284-2488 props paper free flight fun Peck-Polymers planes plans tools co2 enginesfor next caper US Czechoslovakia tremendous assortment types sizes id radial 7ti catalog kits accessories engines nine-cyinerengineand endless ideas available $400 Po4wlers stop shopping rubber power C02 needs P o BOX 7t0359 MASANTEE CA 92072-0399 USA619 448-1818FAX 6191 448-1833 ThROTTLE SWITCH san on-off motor control ornall elaciric glider. Thaee rnodal uaua8y naad fully proportinnat speed control raqufred tha ekolity torn motor off alcoa motor io noad out gat glklar w ahituda thermal hunting Tha ThrottleSwitch intatagant micraprocassor based deaign featuraa ravaraarg 6CC aeparata arming awitch otatuu indicator light aria-mAcit no low battary auto-timer enact motor rnno iS 30 60 90 aeconda Salary taatures prevant tha co8 turning tha arming aw8ch preasad Made USA daaigned work withAM IM PCM radioaystarns Smallaiza 21 oO9o 05 Weight 076 us 87 ca6a 30 anqra ceatmunos Less radicipowarcosnectors Part No TSSIOA $4095 SC100 8 Inch Male Setvo Pigtail$295 SCi 20 8 Inch Female Channel Pigtail295 SC21O 12 Inch Serva Extension495 SC220 18 Inch Servo Extension525 SC230 24 Inch Servo Extension570 SC240 30 Inch Servo Extension650 SC500 Y Dual Servo Connector695 SC910 Unassembled Male Connector150 SC920 Unassembled Female Connector150 SA71O 12 Inch Radio CrossAdapter525 SA720 18 Inch Radio CrossAdapter550 Conncf era avaIlable torAktmnlca Fufabe H/tea JR DDflS Shipping 6 Handling Connector ontyorders $225Shipping & Handling other ordnrs $450 Send foryourP 0 Box 3129 s CHRISTI TX 78463-3129TX Residents FREE catalog add 775% R/C products RDERs AND INFoRItAltarI 512-814-6843DMLY 10ana-7 CT s fax accessories USTOMER SEsntcE FAX & AFTER HouRa 512-814-5843 last man fly team no other models watch decide state air Fred Pearce Blake Jensen dropped deceptive fourthround air happily thermaling plastic bag seemed no problem later same round Austrian flier Klaus Saizer resisted trend hi-tech flew all-wood model auto-rudder harness rubber torque run about 50 seconds though air-picking got him flyoff along 40 others ex-Czech Ladya Horak now Canadian team flying 84-inch model five-break wing layout becoming popular classes still-air models replaced radio tracker beacon before flyoff must have slightly altered CC fiveminute flyoff model stalled way down good climb 240 Twenty-five fliers made five minutes 12 including entire Ukrainian team managed seven reach final flyoff round going nine minutes dramatic reddish sunset developing no serious visibility problem round started Andriukov wound fast has characteristic prelaunch routine arms whirled free up did three four deep breaths launched first spot-on climb glide circles almost three minutes 744 time proved unbeatable Swedens Bror Eimar 26 seconds behind gave Alex third Wakefield Cup win made clean sweep Ukraine FIA B C plus team gold FiB silver FlA memorable Championships unobtrusive organization probably best weather 40 years three popular winners looks Wakefield Cup will come back US though hands Ukrainian Wrigley Way Milpitas California 95035 Voice/Fax 408 946-4751408 WINGS-S 1 LOOK no further fully molded sailplane needs RnR offer selection high performance sailplanes will address specific requirements F3BThermal Duration Slope Cross Country Mark Allen designed World Championship F3B EAGLE now being produced RoR its new lower price RnR sailplane enjoys design construction enhancements 1997 RnRs composite molded technology provides unique blend strength weight optimization Noticeable results found through increased durability torsional stability stiffness incorporated wing fuselage tail section also offer selection parts joiner systems scratch builders out catch latest visuals specifications competitive pricing RnRs sailplanes contact RnR RnR skys limit. z i 46 Model Aviation 1 Precisico Miac BR Servo l30oz/inl S3002 Mini BR Metal Gear Servo AAozIinl5995 Sf48 Standard Prganion Servo 142oz/in1695 53003 Standard Servo l42ozftnl1395 531101 BR Precision Servo 1420dm2595 S3302 1/4ScaleMefalGeorServallOozIin5995 Si 34G Ccmpact Retract Servo lloz/inl5995 Careleat vo l42orJinl5995 voll2ozjin Mini 89 Snrvo 4SozAnl1950 Precision l42ozAnl1050 Precision 420dm1450 3130 LIUsI 59 Metal Gear Aileron Servo ISOou/in1850 S400 1/4 Scale BR Servo iROos/in2150 S600 Coropact RB Retract Servo 1100cc/in2450 S700 Kigh-Spead BR Low Profile 3lozfnn1150 5rvea available censecUe tar Akfrentlca Futaba HItec JR
Edition: Model Aviation - 1998/01
Page Numbers: 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46
S 1967 grass airfield Sazena about 20 miles north Prague venue 34 national teams competing World Free Flight Championships August 30 years later 37 nations took part irt best-ever Championships same site fliers could compete part Soviet team earlier event now flying own countries breakup USSR Yugoslasia Czechoslovakia itself new countries have joined FAI now cotapete highest level classes FIA A12 glider FIB Wakefield rubber FIC power Czech organizers led Indoor flier Jiri Kalina hequent team member Ivan Horejsi arranged three-class World Cup contest warmup same site 325 persons competedsurel some sott record gave good opportunity teams titid just treacherous air could be-especially around midday Rain two practice days before Championships limited flying sun rose Fl lay slight mist airfield virtually no wind year lirst-rortnd maximum eliders increased 32 minutes people flying bunters apparent absence 01 much noticeable atr mos ement mainly question getting clean launch rather picking air Fiahtv-foor ot 107 fliers made including US teatn Randy Weiler flying sixth team ex-UK FIC team member Martyn Cowley living non-bunter equipped offset impulse hook rookie Don Zink N4art n flying last round pros ided some excitement model collided towline five minutes before end-signal rocket rapid relaunch few Martvns characteristic whirling- dervish-type circles pros ided max Fhe grass very wet pres ious days rain soon stailed boil oft producing quite marked patches lift few tainutes thii-d round well flw holes Swedens Bror Elmar left congratulates Fl B winner Alexander Andriukoy Ukraine defeated Bror final flyoff January1998 39 Free Champions Photos Author U Martin Dilly Among came unstuck Mikhail Kochkares Russia Moscow clubmate Sereet Makarov led bunting resolution some sears ago rhis year amone fliers using electronic timers could programmed notebook computer alter delays between line release first hunt about 7 second later sometimes two-stage return glide setting airspeed decays second two after thai sscll DT Belgian flier Lco Reynders took different approach used Keslar-covered foam xxmg flapped rear half wing held timer levcambered airfoil normal quite lot negative stab incidence needed during tow dutirig tuiodel flew markedl\ nose-high aini gain inure height launch lowerdrag wing flaps drooping alter release Leo dropped flight Trends included some models live-break wings closely approximate elliptical dihedral number people tised Schuemann wing planlbrm increasingly swept leading edge towards tip ssas Croitiis Ruben Lesko used 108inch span model Nlakaros airtoil wingiets 50squareinch stab during calm first round hut missed last round max January1998 40 Ravka Vojsepkova Czech Republic husband Jans foam/glass/carbon-winged Falcon 21 FlA placed fifth Croatian Fl Robert Lesko nine-foot span fivebreak wing winglets dropped last round Evgeni Verbitski Ukraine popular winner FiC Five-break high-aspectratio wing gave time 1 1A minutes ahead runner-up Aringer US team manager George Batiuk launches Fl 11th-place finisher Randy Weller Full US team made Fl flyoff Young Dutch flier Ivo Kreetz seems happy have made Fl flyoft first World Championships finished 39th 1d Tanya Andriukov R Ukraine holds moderate-aspect-ratioSandis Rosonoks all-Rosonoks Latvian Fl B team reached Fl B husband Alexander won eventtwo rounds Fl B flyoff before finishing 20th January 1998 41 Viktor Stamov Ukraine 1997 FlA world champion checks out wings backup flyoff model Roger Morrell US sole Fl B flier flyoff Note prop blades locked out Delayed Prop Release DPR Belgiums Cenny Breeman adjusts stab FlA wife Anneke suggests bit down might help placed 21st Denmarks Thomas Koster carbon-winged flapped FiC met disaster after timer malfunction 42 Model Aviation Kulakovskij winning Ukrainian Fl B team individual fifth place first World Championships 12 L4 Australias Phil Mitchell covered wing Icarex polyester cloth used boat sails originating Netherlands weighing 30 gm/rn2 heat-shrinkable contact-cement-stickable comes Day-Gb colors Pand nearly bulletproof Several Chinese gliders still orthodox models balsa D boxes non-bunt hooks extensive diagonal ribs both wings stabs Dutch flier Allard van Wallene finished third used 83 gm/rn2 carbon over Roofmate foam center panels plus high-modulus carbon spar built-up tips carbon D-box however center panel one-piece bolted fuselage tips joined about four inches inboard dihedral break via short carbon stub Though temperature rose through day often overcast very variable wind direction start Round Five four people towed once different directions After seven rounds five teams clean including US 48 fliers seven maxes welcome two-hour break before flyoff aim allowing thermal activity reduce start ten-minute slot fit fliers towed downwind find clear space circle away traffic Jiansheng Du China released within minute obviously good air nobody else spotted another model flew off line still attached Cowley stalled zoom launch Don Zink missed good air Randy Weiler survived second flyoff 24 others finally place eleventh just ahead 1995 World Champion Rudolf Holzleitner Ukraines Viktor Stamov Jeno Vdrds Hungary made seven minutes 8 pm towed man-on-man finish VdrCis flew 23-meter model Stamov relying lower-aspect-ratio CB6O equipped preprogrammed timer two-stage bunt transition Stamov got close circling opponent possibly increase pressure him Voros less-maneuverable model hit ground halfway through slot Relaunching released first Stamov launching same air later no visibility problem two models air clear Viktor Stamov modem FlAs consistent top-rankers 1997 World Champion landed 51 seconds ahead Hungarian team classification Czechs won Ukraine Netherlands following tiebreaking team results based lowest total members places rather flyoff aggregates put United States down second fourth January1998 43 Allard van Wallenes FlA has programmable electronic timer servo control bunt transition DT Gerhard Aringer Austria placed second FiC engine built Valeril Strukhov Ukraine Chinas Zou Jongyu FiC ram intake like ships International cooperation Britains Stafford Screen gives USs ventilator side-exhaust Nelson aluminum-clad pylon Randy Archer tailboom segment Randys repair second three perfect flying days dawned clearer sky FiC slightly wind US regarded strongest contenders team 1993 World Champion Randy Archer Bob Gutai Ed Keck equipped elegant high-aspect-ratio models built finished superb standard Randys day after some boom damage Dung onto rough plowed field Randy needed segment apply like poultice Englands Stafford Screen uses same Verbitski aluminum/carbon booms let Randy cut piece own models damaged practice did trick last round after launching poor air Randys model glided farmhouse nine seconds short vital max height would otherwise have given him time Screen also last-round heartbreak hooked bunt line up wrong model glided inverted land 48 seconds majority fliers using Nelsons either side- rear-exhaust sprinkling Verbitski Strukhov Mars engines plus some distinctive Monolits crankcase designed blend fuselage cowl After ten years wings covered hard aluminum foil bonded onto balsa sheet fliers now using built-up structures carbon D-box carbon-capped balsa ribs covering Micafilm other synthetic material foil covering big problem DTing onto rough fields cornstalks very hard repair Ever innovator Denmarks Tom Koster flew flapped model fully-molded carbon wing foam-cored skin two layers unidirectional carbon cure Tom built own autoclave complex linkage controlled programmable electronic timer raised center airfoil hingeline rather droop trailing edge end engine run During trim flight just before first flyoff round timer failed start because loose screw after climb impressive height model came down vertically full power before self-destructing about twenty feet above field crops Tom reverted New Andromeda also flapped got him both flyoffs final seventh place first flyoff five-second run Bob Gutai suffered perennial problems FlC engine run timing Sporting Code does now specify run timed certainly impossible stop watch propeller stops once required Some go soundfine no other engines running what about speed sound adds half-second typical climb height Others time bunt some models bunt before engine cutoff some after Bob flying several other engines running given overrun second attempt time alone clear overrun passing Dutchman 52 well timekeepers put him out left Ed Kecks 305 sole US flyoff score after Ed too first-attempt overrun Nine fliers made five minutes past World Champion Evgeni Verbitski Ukraine bunting just before engine cut copybook climb transition land 654 claim second title ahead Austrias Gerhard Aringer also reached seven-minute FlA round day before Again clear win Ukrainian no quibbles about mixed-up models timing mistakes again second team win Czechs 44 Model Aviation eck US checks timer hookup immaculate FiC Engine-run timing problems hampered Ed others flyoff Klaus Salzer Austria made Fl B flyoffs simple wood model Balsa box spar Kevlar thread wrap card turbulator Canadas Tony Matthews 25th Fl B used taped-on carbon shroud locate four-function timer model See Results FOCUS ON COM PETITION final day FiB Wakefields saw light haze dawn knocking dozens hammers 34 teams staked winding stooges hard ground Only 14 97 fliers failed make first-round max US team consisted Roger Morrell Fred Pearce Blake Jensen Jerry Fitch flying own right defending 1995 World Champion As sign things come Alexander Andriukoy Ukraine topped lot height immediately after winding wound 15-20 hand turns about minute keep torque high before launching past Wakefield winner aerospace engineer Antonov Kiev Alex moving California join Martyn Cowley work Paul MeCreadys AeroVironment company advanced solar-powered aircraft projects Several competitors using components sells like D-box shells spars booms motor tubes carbon/foam prop blades superb variable-pitch delayedstart prop hub rounds around midday tricky strong lift well-marked circling models buzzards proving unreachable models launched underneath proved Jerry Fitchs downfall after superb initial climb six-panel-wing aircraft Round Three stalled rolled finally recovered turns gone land 80 seconds usually three main well-marked patches lift round flier problem missed chance launch waited usually meant Wood Hand Selected Fiberglass Cowl Complete Plans Parts Hand Cut Instruction Manual Photo Page order kits call 1-800-327-7198 catalog fine kits send $400 Idaho Residents Add 5% State Sales Tax January1998 45 FAIL SAFES RAM has originated fail safes other R/O manufacturer Check out latest versions local hobby shop send stamped #10 envelope full info RAM 09BATTERY BACKER redundant bait cyst up 60 size model$3995 RAM 11LOW BATTERY ALARM audio visual 48V 96V2495 RAM 12LOW FUEL LIGHT glo fuel monitor visible flight1995 RAM 17LOST PLANE FINDER 14k II 65 DB SOS batteiy2495 RAM 18BIG AIRPLANE RF DE-GLITCHER SYSTEM replaces 10 chokes895 RAM 22SIMPLE CYCLER discharges 4BV & 96V bait up 600 MA1995 RAM 25BIG PLANE BATTERY BACKER 10 amp cap w/2 switch harnesses5995 RAM 26BIG BATTERY CYCLER discharges 4BV bait up 4000 MA2495 RAM 49IGNITER 800 MA board driver/starter 20 & 21 engine4995 RAM 50IGNITER 1300 MA board driver/starter 35 & up engine4995 RAM 62SERVO FAIL SAFE adj safe point & delay waterproo fable2495 RAM 83RADIO SIGNAL WATCHDOG Provides 4 functions 1/2 oz1495 unavailable locally send check money order full credit card info cost item us $400 l$500 foreign tor immediate shipment Include full address UPS Sorry no COD m 229E E Rollins Rd d Lake Beach IL 60073 REAL PLANES HAVE 2 WINGS AND ROUND ENGINES 1/5 scale Waco UPF-7 72 14 lbs Worlds Finest- Laser Cut-Rubber Powered-Free Flight Scale Kits 2 worlds leader Laser Cut Model Aircraft KitsHerr kR features finest LASER CUT BALSA PARTS Contest Rubber Detailed Conuter Oraiwi PfepEngineering Cowplete Hardvare Pact Authentic Wateslde DecaI Molded Plastic Propelle Real Colored Tissue Corporation Light Weight Wheels Complete Stap Step Building lnstiudlons Please check wIth local hobby dealer fireL kIts avaIlabl better hobby shops around worldIkUW1431 Chaffee Suite #3 Full Line Catalog $200 Add $450 shipping kitOverseas orders add 20%FL residents add 6% sales tax 7 TituavIlle FL 32780 Made USADealer Inquires invited407 284-2488 props paper free flight fun Peck-Polymers planes plans tools co2 enginesfor next caper US Czechoslovakia tremendous assortment types sizes id radial 7ti catalog kits accessories engines nine-cyinerengineand endless ideas available $400 Po4wlers stop shopping rubber power C02 needs P o BOX 7t0359 MASANTEE CA 92072-0399 USA619 448-1818FAX 6191 448-1833 ThROTTLE SWITCH san on-off motor control ornall elaciric glider. Thaee rnodal uaua8y naad fully proportinnat speed control raqufred tha ekolity torn motor off alcoa motor io noad out gat glklar w ahituda thermal hunting Tha ThrottleSwitch intatagant micraprocassor based deaign featuraa ravaraarg 6CC aeparata arming awitch otatuu indicator light aria-mAcit no low battary auto-timer enact motor rnno iS 30 60 90 aeconda Salary taatures prevant tha co8 turning tha arming aw8ch preasad Made USA daaigned work withAM IM PCM radioaystarns Smallaiza 21 oO9o 05 Weight 076 us 87 ca6a 30 anqra ceatmunos Less radicipowarcosnectors Part No TSSIOA $4095 SC100 8 Inch Male Setvo Pigtail$295 SCi 20 8 Inch Female Channel Pigtail295 SC21O 12 Inch Serva Extension495 SC220 18 Inch Servo Extension525 SC230 24 Inch Servo Extension570 SC240 30 Inch Servo Extension650 SC500 Y Dual Servo Connector695 SC910 Unassembled Male Connector150 SC920 Unassembled Female Connector150 SA71O 12 Inch Radio CrossAdapter525 SA720 18 Inch Radio CrossAdapter550 Conncf era avaIlable torAktmnlca Fufabe H/tea JR DDflS Shipping 6 Handling Connector ontyorders $225Shipping & Handling other ordnrs $450 Send foryourP 0 Box 3129 s CHRISTI TX 78463-3129TX Residents FREE catalog add 775% R/C products RDERs AND INFoRItAltarI 512-814-6843DMLY 10ana-7 CT s fax accessories USTOMER SEsntcE FAX & AFTER HouRa 512-814-5843 last man fly team no other models watch decide state air Fred Pearce Blake Jensen dropped deceptive fourthround air happily thermaling plastic bag seemed no problem later same round Austrian flier Klaus Saizer resisted trend hi-tech flew all-wood model auto-rudder harness rubber torque run about 50 seconds though air-picking got him flyoff along 40 others ex-Czech Ladya Horak now Canadian team flying 84-inch model five-break wing layout becoming popular classes still-air models replaced radio tracker beacon before flyoff must have slightly altered CC fiveminute flyoff model stalled way down good climb 240 Twenty-five fliers made five minutes 12 including entire Ukrainian team managed seven reach final flyoff round going nine minutes dramatic reddish sunset developing no serious visibility problem round started Andriukov wound fast has characteristic prelaunch routine arms whirled free up did three four deep breaths launched first spot-on climb glide circles almost three minutes 744 time proved unbeatable Swedens Bror Eimar 26 seconds behind gave Alex third Wakefield Cup win made clean sweep Ukraine FIA B C plus team gold FiB silver FlA memorable Championships unobtrusive organization probably best weather 40 years three popular winners looks Wakefield Cup will come back US though hands Ukrainian Wrigley Way Milpitas California 95035 Voice/Fax 408 946-4751408 WINGS-S 1 LOOK no further fully molded sailplane needs RnR offer selection high performance sailplanes will address specific requirements F3BThermal Duration Slope Cross Country Mark Allen designed World Championship F3B EAGLE now being produced RoR its new lower price RnR sailplane enjoys design construction enhancements 1997 RnRs composite molded technology provides unique blend strength weight optimization Noticeable results found through increased durability torsional stability stiffness incorporated wing fuselage tail section also offer selection parts joiner systems scratch builders out catch latest visuals specifications competitive pricing RnRs sailplanes contact RnR RnR skys limit. z i 46 Model Aviation 1 Precisico Miac BR Servo l30oz/inl S3002 Mini BR Metal Gear Servo AAozIinl5995 Sf48 Standard Prganion Servo 142oz/in1695 53003 Standard Servo l42ozftnl1395 531101 BR Precision Servo 1420dm2595 S3302 1/4ScaleMefalGeorServallOozIin5995 Si 34G Ccmpact Retract Servo lloz/inl5995 Careleat vo l42orJinl5995 voll2ozjin Mini 89 Snrvo 4SozAnl1950 Precision l42ozAnl1050 Precision 420dm1450 3130 LIUsI 59 Metal Gear Aileron Servo ISOou/in1850 S400 1/4 Scale BR Servo iROos/in2150 S600 Coropact RB Retract Servo 1100cc/in2450 S700 Kigh-Spead BR Low Profile 3lozfnn1150 5rvea available censecUe tar Akfrentlca Futaba HItec JR
Edition: Model Aviation - 1998/01
Page Numbers: 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46
S 1967 grass airfield Sazena about 20 miles north Prague venue 34 national teams competing World Free Flight Championships August 30 years later 37 nations took part irt best-ever Championships same site fliers could compete part Soviet team earlier event now flying own countries breakup USSR Yugoslasia Czechoslovakia itself new countries have joined FAI now cotapete highest level classes FIA A12 glider FIB Wakefield rubber FIC power Czech organizers led Indoor flier Jiri Kalina hequent team member Ivan Horejsi arranged three-class World Cup contest warmup same site 325 persons competedsurel some sott record gave good opportunity teams titid just treacherous air could be-especially around midday Rain two practice days before Championships limited flying sun rose Fl lay slight mist airfield virtually no wind year lirst-rortnd maximum eliders increased 32 minutes people flying bunters apparent absence 01 much noticeable atr mos ement mainly question getting clean launch rather picking air Fiahtv-foor ot 107 fliers made including US teatn Randy Weiler flying sixth team ex-UK FIC team member Martyn Cowley living non-bunter equipped offset impulse hook rookie Don Zink N4art n flying last round pros ided some excitement model collided towline five minutes before end-signal rocket rapid relaunch few Martvns characteristic whirling- dervish-type circles pros ided max Fhe grass very wet pres ious days rain soon stailed boil oft producing quite marked patches lift few tainutes thii-d round well flw holes Swedens Bror Elmar left congratulates Fl B winner Alexander Andriukoy Ukraine defeated Bror final flyoff January1998 39 Free Champions Photos Author U Martin Dilly Among came unstuck Mikhail Kochkares Russia Moscow clubmate Sereet Makarov led bunting resolution some sears ago rhis year amone fliers using electronic timers could programmed notebook computer alter delays between line release first hunt about 7 second later sometimes two-stage return glide setting airspeed decays second two after thai sscll DT Belgian flier Lco Reynders took different approach used Keslar-covered foam xxmg flapped rear half wing held timer levcambered airfoil normal quite lot negative stab incidence needed during tow dutirig tuiodel flew markedl\ nose-high aini gain inure height launch lowerdrag wing flaps drooping alter release Leo dropped flight Trends included some models live-break wings closely approximate elliptical dihedral number people tised Schuemann wing planlbrm increasingly swept leading edge towards tip ssas Croitiis Ruben Lesko used 108inch span model Nlakaros airtoil wingiets 50squareinch stab during calm first round hut missed last round max January1998 40 Ravka Vojsepkova Czech Republic husband Jans foam/glass/carbon-winged Falcon 21 FlA placed fifth Croatian Fl Robert Lesko nine-foot span fivebreak wing winglets dropped last round Evgeni Verbitski Ukraine popular winner FiC Five-break high-aspectratio wing gave time 1 1A minutes ahead runner-up Aringer US team manager George Batiuk launches Fl 11th-place finisher Randy Weller Full US team made Fl flyoff Young Dutch flier Ivo Kreetz seems happy have made Fl flyoft first World Championships finished 39th 1d Tanya Andriukov R Ukraine holds moderate-aspect-ratioSandis Rosonoks all-Rosonoks Latvian Fl B team reached Fl B husband Alexander won eventtwo rounds Fl B flyoff before finishing 20th January 1998 41 Viktor Stamov Ukraine 1997 FlA world champion checks out wings backup flyoff model Roger Morrell US sole Fl B flier flyoff Note prop blades locked out Delayed Prop Release DPR Belgiums Cenny Breeman adjusts stab FlA wife Anneke suggests bit down might help placed 21st Denmarks Thomas Koster carbon-winged flapped FiC met disaster after timer malfunction 42 Model Aviation Kulakovskij winning Ukrainian Fl B team individual fifth place first World Championships 12 L4 Australias Phil Mitchell covered wing Icarex polyester cloth used boat sails originating Netherlands weighing 30 gm/rn2 heat-shrinkable contact-cement-stickable comes Day-Gb colors Pand nearly bulletproof Several Chinese gliders still orthodox models balsa D boxes non-bunt hooks extensive diagonal ribs both wings stabs Dutch flier Allard van Wallene finished third used 83 gm/rn2 carbon over Roofmate foam center panels plus high-modulus carbon spar built-up tips carbon D-box however center panel one-piece bolted fuselage tips joined about four inches inboard dihedral break via short carbon stub Though temperature rose through day often overcast very variable wind direction start Round Five four people towed once different directions After seven rounds five teams clean including US 48 fliers seven maxes welcome two-hour break before flyoff aim allowing thermal activity reduce start ten-minute slot fit fliers towed downwind find clear space circle away traffic Jiansheng Du China released within minute obviously good air nobody else spotted another model flew off line still attached Cowley stalled zoom launch Don Zink missed good air Randy Weiler survived second flyoff 24 others finally place eleventh just ahead 1995 World Champion Rudolf Holzleitner Ukraines Viktor Stamov Jeno Vdrds Hungary made seven minutes 8 pm towed man-on-man finish VdrCis flew 23-meter model Stamov relying lower-aspect-ratio CB6O equipped preprogrammed timer two-stage bunt transition Stamov got close circling opponent possibly increase pressure him Voros less-maneuverable model hit ground halfway through slot Relaunching released first Stamov launching same air later no visibility problem two models air clear Viktor Stamov modem FlAs consistent top-rankers 1997 World Champion landed 51 seconds ahead Hungarian team classification Czechs won Ukraine Netherlands following tiebreaking team results based lowest total members places rather flyoff aggregates put United States down second fourth January1998 43 Allard van Wallenes FlA has programmable electronic timer servo control bunt transition DT Gerhard Aringer Austria placed second FiC engine built Valeril Strukhov Ukraine Chinas Zou Jongyu FiC ram intake like ships International cooperation Britains Stafford Screen gives USs ventilator side-exhaust Nelson aluminum-clad pylon Randy Archer tailboom segment Randys repair second three perfect flying days dawned clearer sky FiC slightly wind US regarded strongest contenders team 1993 World Champion Randy Archer Bob Gutai Ed Keck equipped elegant high-aspect-ratio models built finished superb standard Randys day after some boom damage Dung onto rough plowed field Randy needed segment apply like poultice Englands Stafford Screen uses same Verbitski aluminum/carbon booms let Randy cut piece own models damaged practice did trick last round after launching poor air Randys model glided farmhouse nine seconds short vital max height would otherwise have given him time Screen also last-round heartbreak hooked bunt line up wrong model glided inverted land 48 seconds majority fliers using Nelsons either side- rear-exhaust sprinkling Verbitski Strukhov Mars engines plus some distinctive Monolits crankcase designed blend fuselage cowl After ten years wings covered hard aluminum foil bonded onto balsa sheet fliers now using built-up structures carbon D-box carbon-capped balsa ribs covering Micafilm other synthetic material foil covering big problem DTing onto rough fields cornstalks very hard repair Ever innovator Denmarks Tom Koster flew flapped model fully-molded carbon wing foam-cored skin two layers unidirectional carbon cure Tom built own autoclave complex linkage controlled programmable electronic timer raised center airfoil hingeline rather droop trailing edge end engine run During trim flight just before first flyoff round timer failed start because loose screw after climb impressive height model came down vertically full power before self-destructing about twenty feet above field crops Tom reverted New Andromeda also flapped got him both flyoffs final seventh place first flyoff five-second run Bob Gutai suffered perennial problems FlC engine run timing Sporting Code does now specify run timed certainly impossible stop watch propeller stops once required Some go soundfine no other engines running what about speed sound adds half-second typical climb height Others time bunt some models bunt before engine cutoff some after Bob flying several other engines running given overrun second attempt time alone clear overrun passing Dutchman 52 well timekeepers put him out left Ed Kecks 305 sole US flyoff score after Ed too first-attempt overrun Nine fliers made five minutes past World Champion Evgeni Verbitski Ukraine bunting just before engine cut copybook climb transition land 654 claim second title ahead Austrias Gerhard Aringer also reached seven-minute FlA round day before Again clear win Ukrainian no quibbles about mixed-up models timing mistakes again second team win Czechs 44 Model Aviation eck US checks timer hookup immaculate FiC Engine-run timing problems hampered Ed others flyoff Klaus Salzer Austria made Fl B flyoffs simple wood model Balsa box spar Kevlar thread wrap card turbulator Canadas Tony Matthews 25th Fl B used taped-on carbon shroud locate four-function timer model See Results FOCUS ON COM PETITION final day FiB Wakefields saw light haze dawn knocking dozens hammers 34 teams staked winding stooges hard ground Only 14 97 fliers failed make first-round max US team consisted Roger Morrell Fred Pearce Blake Jensen Jerry Fitch flying own right defending 1995 World Champion As sign things come Alexander Andriukoy Ukraine topped lot height immediately after winding wound 15-20 hand turns about minute keep torque high before launching past Wakefield winner aerospace engineer Antonov Kiev Alex moving California join Martyn Cowley work Paul MeCreadys AeroVironment company advanced solar-powered aircraft projects Several competitors using components sells like D-box shells spars booms motor tubes carbon/foam prop blades superb variable-pitch delayedstart prop hub rounds around midday tricky strong lift well-marked circling models buzzards proving unreachable models launched underneath proved Jerry Fitchs downfall after superb initial climb six-panel-wing aircraft Round Three stalled rolled finally recovered turns gone land 80 seconds usually three main well-marked patches lift round flier problem missed chance launch waited usually meant Wood Hand Selected Fiberglass Cowl Complete Plans Parts Hand Cut Instruction Manual Photo Page order kits call 1-800-327-7198 catalog fine kits send $400 Idaho Residents Add 5% State Sales Tax January1998 45 FAIL SAFES RAM has originated fail safes other R/O manufacturer Check out latest versions local hobby shop send stamped #10 envelope full info RAM 09BATTERY BACKER redundant bait cyst up 60 size model$3995 RAM 11LOW BATTERY ALARM audio visual 48V 96V2495 RAM 12LOW FUEL LIGHT glo fuel monitor visible flight1995 RAM 17LOST PLANE FINDER 14k II 65 DB SOS batteiy2495 RAM 18BIG AIRPLANE RF DE-GLITCHER SYSTEM replaces 10 chokes895 RAM 22SIMPLE CYCLER discharges 4BV & 96V bait up 600 MA1995 RAM 25BIG PLANE BATTERY BACKER 10 amp cap w/2 switch harnesses5995 RAM 26BIG BATTERY CYCLER discharges 4BV bait up 4000 MA2495 RAM 49IGNITER 800 MA board driver/starter 20 & 21 engine4995 RAM 50IGNITER 1300 MA board driver/starter 35 & up engine4995 RAM 62SERVO FAIL SAFE adj safe point & delay waterproo fable2495 RAM 83RADIO SIGNAL WATCHDOG Provides 4 functions 1/2 oz1495 unavailable locally send check money order full credit card info cost item us $400 l$500 foreign tor immediate shipment Include full address UPS Sorry no COD m 229E E Rollins Rd d Lake Beach IL 60073 REAL PLANES HAVE 2 WINGS AND ROUND ENGINES 1/5 scale Waco UPF-7 72 14 lbs Worlds Finest- Laser Cut-Rubber Powered-Free Flight Scale Kits 2 worlds leader Laser Cut Model Aircraft KitsHerr kR features finest LASER CUT BALSA PARTS Contest Rubber Detailed Conuter Oraiwi PfepEngineering Cowplete Hardvare Pact Authentic Wateslde DecaI Molded Plastic Propelle Real Colored Tissue Corporation Light Weight Wheels Complete Stap Step Building lnstiudlons Please check wIth local hobby dealer fireL kIts avaIlabl better hobby shops around worldIkUW1431 Chaffee Suite #3 Full Line Catalog $200 Add $450 shipping kitOverseas orders add 20%FL residents add 6% sales tax 7 TituavIlle FL 32780 Made USADealer Inquires invited407 284-2488 props paper free flight fun Peck-Polymers planes plans tools co2 enginesfor next caper US Czechoslovakia tremendous assortment types sizes id radial 7ti catalog kits accessories engines nine-cyinerengineand endless ideas available $400 Po4wlers stop shopping rubber power C02 needs P o BOX 7t0359 MASANTEE CA 92072-0399 USA619 448-1818FAX 6191 448-1833 ThROTTLE SWITCH san on-off motor control ornall elaciric glider. Thaee rnodal uaua8y naad fully proportinnat speed control raqufred tha ekolity torn motor off alcoa motor io noad out gat glklar w ahituda thermal hunting Tha ThrottleSwitch intatagant micraprocassor based deaign featuraa ravaraarg 6CC aeparata arming awitch otatuu indicator light aria-mAcit no low battary auto-timer enact motor rnno iS 30 60 90 aeconda Salary taatures prevant tha co8 turning tha arming aw8ch preasad Made USA daaigned work withAM IM PCM radioaystarns Smallaiza 21 oO9o 05 Weight 076 us 87 ca6a 30 anqra ceatmunos Less radicipowarcosnectors Part No TSSIOA $4095 SC100 8 Inch Male Setvo Pigtail$295 SCi 20 8 Inch Female Channel Pigtail295 SC21O 12 Inch Serva Extension495 SC220 18 Inch Servo Extension525 SC230 24 Inch Servo Extension570 SC240 30 Inch Servo Extension650 SC500 Y Dual Servo Connector695 SC910 Unassembled Male Connector150 SC920 Unassembled Female Connector150 SA71O 12 Inch Radio CrossAdapter525 SA720 18 Inch Radio CrossAdapter550 Conncf era avaIlable torAktmnlca Fufabe H/tea JR DDflS Shipping 6 Handling Connector ontyorders $225Shipping & Handling other ordnrs $450 Send foryourP 0 Box 3129 s CHRISTI TX 78463-3129TX Residents FREE catalog add 775% R/C products RDERs AND INFoRItAltarI 512-814-6843DMLY 10ana-7 CT s fax accessories USTOMER SEsntcE FAX & AFTER HouRa 512-814-5843 last man fly team no other models watch decide state air Fred Pearce Blake Jensen dropped deceptive fourthround air happily thermaling plastic bag seemed no problem later same round Austrian flier Klaus Saizer resisted trend hi-tech flew all-wood model auto-rudder harness rubber torque run about 50 seconds though air-picking got him flyoff along 40 others ex-Czech Ladya Horak now Canadian team flying 84-inch model five-break wing layout becoming popular classes still-air models replaced radio tracker beacon before flyoff must have slightly altered CC fiveminute flyoff model stalled way down good climb 240 Twenty-five fliers made five minutes 12 including entire Ukrainian team managed seven reach final flyoff round going nine minutes dramatic reddish sunset developing no serious visibility problem round started Andriukov wound fast has characteristic prelaunch routine arms whirled free up did three four deep breaths launched first spot-on climb glide circles almost three minutes 744 time proved unbeatable Swedens Bror Eimar 26 seconds behind gave Alex third Wakefield Cup win made clean sweep Ukraine FIA B C plus team gold FiB silver FlA memorable Championships unobtrusive organization probably best weather 40 years three popular winners looks Wakefield Cup will come back US though hands Ukrainian Wrigley Way Milpitas California 95035 Voice/Fax 408 946-4751408 WINGS-S 1 LOOK no further fully molded sailplane needs RnR offer selection high performance sailplanes will address specific requirements F3BThermal Duration Slope Cross Country Mark Allen designed World Championship F3B EAGLE now being produced RoR its new lower price RnR sailplane enjoys design construction enhancements 1997 RnRs composite molded technology provides unique blend strength weight optimization Noticeable results found through increased durability torsional stability stiffness incorporated wing fuselage tail section also offer selection parts joiner systems scratch builders out catch latest visuals specifications competitive pricing RnRs sailplanes contact RnR RnR skys limit. z i 46 Model Aviation 1 Precisico Miac BR Servo l30oz/inl S3002 Mini BR Metal Gear Servo AAozIinl5995 Sf48 Standard Prganion Servo 142oz/in1695 53003 Standard Servo l42ozftnl1395 531101 BR Precision Servo 1420dm2595 S3302 1/4ScaleMefalGeorServallOozIin5995 Si 34G Ccmpact Retract Servo lloz/inl5995 Careleat vo l42orJinl5995 voll2ozjin Mini 89 Snrvo 4SozAnl1950 Precision l42ozAnl1050 Precision 420dm1450 3130 LIUsI 59 Metal Gear Aileron Servo ISOou/in1850 S400 1/4 Scale BR Servo iROos/in2150 S600 Coropact RB Retract Servo 1100cc/in2450 S700 Kigh-Spead BR Low Profile 3lozfnn1150 5rvea available censecUe tar Akfrentlca Futaba HItec JR
Edition: Model Aviation - 1998/01
Page Numbers: 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46
S 1967 grass airfield Sazena about 20 miles north Prague venue 34 national teams competing World Free Flight Championships August 30 years later 37 nations took part irt best-ever Championships same site fliers could compete part Soviet team earlier event now flying own countries breakup USSR Yugoslasia Czechoslovakia itself new countries have joined FAI now cotapete highest level classes FIA A12 glider FIB Wakefield rubber FIC power Czech organizers led Indoor flier Jiri Kalina hequent team member Ivan Horejsi arranged three-class World Cup contest warmup same site 325 persons competedsurel some sott record gave good opportunity teams titid just treacherous air could be-especially around midday Rain two practice days before Championships limited flying sun rose Fl lay slight mist airfield virtually no wind year lirst-rortnd maximum eliders increased 32 minutes people flying bunters apparent absence 01 much noticeable atr mos ement mainly question getting clean launch rather picking air Fiahtv-foor ot 107 fliers made including US teatn Randy Weiler flying sixth team ex-UK FIC team member Martyn Cowley living non-bunter equipped offset impulse hook rookie Don Zink N4art n flying last round pros ided some excitement model collided towline five minutes before end-signal rocket rapid relaunch few Martvns characteristic whirling- dervish-type circles pros ided max Fhe grass very wet pres ious days rain soon stailed boil oft producing quite marked patches lift few tainutes thii-d round well flw holes Swedens Bror Elmar left congratulates Fl B winner Alexander Andriukoy Ukraine defeated Bror final flyoff January1998 39 Free Champions Photos Author U Martin Dilly Among came unstuck Mikhail Kochkares Russia Moscow clubmate Sereet Makarov led bunting resolution some sears ago rhis year amone fliers using electronic timers could programmed notebook computer alter delays between line release first hunt about 7 second later sometimes two-stage return glide setting airspeed decays second two after thai sscll DT Belgian flier Lco Reynders took different approach used Keslar-covered foam xxmg flapped rear half wing held timer levcambered airfoil normal quite lot negative stab incidence needed during tow dutirig tuiodel flew markedl\ nose-high aini gain inure height launch lowerdrag wing flaps drooping alter release Leo dropped flight Trends included some models live-break wings closely approximate elliptical dihedral number people tised Schuemann wing planlbrm increasingly swept leading edge towards tip ssas Croitiis Ruben Lesko used 108inch span model Nlakaros airtoil wingiets 50squareinch stab during calm first round hut missed last round max January1998 40 Ravka Vojsepkova Czech Republic husband Jans foam/glass/carbon-winged Falcon 21 FlA placed fifth Croatian Fl Robert Lesko nine-foot span fivebreak wing winglets dropped last round Evgeni Verbitski Ukraine popular winner FiC Five-break high-aspectratio wing gave time 1 1A minutes ahead runner-up Aringer US team manager George Batiuk launches Fl 11th-place finisher Randy Weller Full US team made Fl flyoff Young Dutch flier Ivo Kreetz seems happy have made Fl flyoft first World Championships finished 39th 1d Tanya Andriukov R Ukraine holds moderate-aspect-ratioSandis Rosonoks all-Rosonoks Latvian Fl B team reached Fl B husband Alexander won eventtwo rounds Fl B flyoff before finishing 20th January 1998 41 Viktor Stamov Ukraine 1997 FlA world champion checks out wings backup flyoff model Roger Morrell US sole Fl B flier flyoff Note prop blades locked out Delayed Prop Release DPR Belgiums Cenny Breeman adjusts stab FlA wife Anneke suggests bit down might help placed 21st Denmarks Thomas Koster carbon-winged flapped FiC met disaster after timer malfunction 42 Model Aviation Kulakovskij winning Ukrainian Fl B team individual fifth place first World Championships 12 L4 Australias Phil Mitchell covered wing Icarex polyester cloth used boat sails originating Netherlands weighing 30 gm/rn2 heat-shrinkable contact-cement-stickable comes Day-Gb colors Pand nearly bulletproof Several Chinese gliders still orthodox models balsa D boxes non-bunt hooks extensive diagonal ribs both wings stabs Dutch flier Allard van Wallene finished third used 83 gm/rn2 carbon over Roofmate foam center panels plus high-modulus carbon spar built-up tips carbon D-box however center panel one-piece bolted fuselage tips joined about four inches inboard dihedral break via short carbon stub Though temperature rose through day often overcast very variable wind direction start Round Five four people towed once different directions After seven rounds five teams clean including US 48 fliers seven maxes welcome two-hour break before flyoff aim allowing thermal activity reduce start ten-minute slot fit fliers towed downwind find clear space circle away traffic Jiansheng Du China released within minute obviously good air nobody else spotted another model flew off line still attached Cowley stalled zoom launch Don Zink missed good air Randy Weiler survived second flyoff 24 others finally place eleventh just ahead 1995 World Champion Rudolf Holzleitner Ukraines Viktor Stamov Jeno Vdrds Hungary made seven minutes 8 pm towed man-on-man finish VdrCis flew 23-meter model Stamov relying lower-aspect-ratio CB6O equipped preprogrammed timer two-stage bunt transition Stamov got close circling opponent possibly increase pressure him Voros less-maneuverable model hit ground halfway through slot Relaunching released first Stamov launching same air later no visibility problem two models air clear Viktor Stamov modem FlAs consistent top-rankers 1997 World Champion landed 51 seconds ahead Hungarian team classification Czechs won Ukraine Netherlands following tiebreaking team results based lowest total members places rather flyoff aggregates put United States down second fourth January1998 43 Allard van Wallenes FlA has programmable electronic timer servo control bunt transition DT Gerhard Aringer Austria placed second FiC engine built Valeril Strukhov Ukraine Chinas Zou Jongyu FiC ram intake like ships International cooperation Britains Stafford Screen gives USs ventilator side-exhaust Nelson aluminum-clad pylon Randy Archer tailboom segment Randys repair second three perfect flying days dawned clearer sky FiC slightly wind US regarded strongest contenders team 1993 World Champion Randy Archer Bob Gutai Ed Keck equipped elegant high-aspect-ratio models built finished superb standard Randys day after some boom damage Dung onto rough plowed field Randy needed segment apply like poultice Englands Stafford Screen uses same Verbitski aluminum/carbon booms let Randy cut piece own models damaged practice did trick last round after launching poor air Randys model glided farmhouse nine seconds short vital max height would otherwise have given him time Screen also last-round heartbreak hooked bunt line up wrong model glided inverted land 48 seconds majority fliers using Nelsons either side- rear-exhaust sprinkling Verbitski Strukhov Mars engines plus some distinctive Monolits crankcase designed blend fuselage cowl After ten years wings covered hard aluminum foil bonded onto balsa sheet fliers now using built-up structures carbon D-box carbon-capped balsa ribs covering Micafilm other synthetic material foil covering big problem DTing onto rough fields cornstalks very hard repair Ever innovator Denmarks Tom Koster flew flapped model fully-molded carbon wing foam-cored skin two layers unidirectional carbon cure Tom built own autoclave complex linkage controlled programmable electronic timer raised center airfoil hingeline rather droop trailing edge end engine run During trim flight just before first flyoff round timer failed start because loose screw after climb impressive height model came down vertically full power before self-destructing about twenty feet above field crops Tom reverted New Andromeda also flapped got him both flyoffs final seventh place first flyoff five-second run Bob Gutai suffered perennial problems FlC engine run timing Sporting Code does now specify run timed certainly impossible stop watch propeller stops once required Some go soundfine no other engines running what about speed sound adds half-second typical climb height Others time bunt some models bunt before engine cutoff some after Bob flying several other engines running given overrun second attempt time alone clear overrun passing Dutchman 52 well timekeepers put him out left Ed Kecks 305 sole US flyoff score after Ed too first-attempt overrun Nine fliers made five minutes past World Champion Evgeni Verbitski Ukraine bunting just before engine cut copybook climb transition land 654 claim second title ahead Austrias Gerhard Aringer also reached seven-minute FlA round day before Again clear win Ukrainian no quibbles about mixed-up models timing mistakes again second team win Czechs 44 Model Aviation eck US checks timer hookup immaculate FiC Engine-run timing problems hampered Ed others flyoff Klaus Salzer Austria made Fl B flyoffs simple wood model Balsa box spar Kevlar thread wrap card turbulator Canadas Tony Matthews 25th Fl B used taped-on carbon shroud locate four-function timer model See Results FOCUS ON COM PETITION final day FiB Wakefields saw light haze dawn knocking dozens hammers 34 teams staked winding stooges hard ground Only 14 97 fliers failed make first-round max US team consisted Roger Morrell Fred Pearce Blake Jensen Jerry Fitch flying own right defending 1995 World Champion As sign things come Alexander Andriukoy Ukraine topped lot height immediately after winding wound 15-20 hand turns about minute keep torque high before launching past Wakefield winner aerospace engineer Antonov Kiev Alex moving California join Martyn Cowley work Paul MeCreadys AeroVironment company advanced solar-powered aircraft projects Several competitors using components sells like D-box shells spars booms motor tubes carbon/foam prop blades superb variable-pitch delayedstart prop hub rounds around midday tricky strong lift well-marked circling models buzzards proving unreachable models launched underneath proved Jerry Fitchs downfall after superb initial climb six-panel-wing aircraft Round Three stalled rolled finally recovered turns gone land 80 seconds usually three main well-marked patches lift round flier problem missed chance launch waited usually meant Wood Hand Selected Fiberglass Cowl Complete Plans Parts Hand Cut Instruction Manual Photo Page order kits call 1-800-327-7198 catalog fine kits send $400 Idaho Residents Add 5% State Sales Tax January1998 45 FAIL SAFES RAM has originated fail safes other R/O manufacturer Check out latest versions local hobby shop send stamped #10 envelope full info RAM 09BATTERY BACKER redundant bait cyst up 60 size model$3995 RAM 11LOW BATTERY ALARM audio visual 48V 96V2495 RAM 12LOW FUEL LIGHT glo fuel monitor visible flight1995 RAM 17LOST PLANE FINDER 14k II 65 DB SOS batteiy2495 RAM 18BIG AIRPLANE RF DE-GLITCHER SYSTEM replaces 10 chokes895 RAM 22SIMPLE CYCLER discharges 4BV & 96V bait up 600 MA1995 RAM 25BIG PLANE BATTERY BACKER 10 amp cap w/2 switch harnesses5995 RAM 26BIG BATTERY CYCLER discharges 4BV bait up 4000 MA2495 RAM 49IGNITER 800 MA board driver/starter 20 & 21 engine4995 RAM 50IGNITER 1300 MA board driver/starter 35 & up engine4995 RAM 62SERVO FAIL SAFE adj safe point & delay waterproo fable2495 RAM 83RADIO SIGNAL WATCHDOG Provides 4 functions 1/2 oz1495 unavailable locally send check money order full credit card info cost item us $400 l$500 foreign tor immediate shipment Include full address UPS Sorry no COD m 229E E Rollins Rd d Lake Beach IL 60073 REAL PLANES HAVE 2 WINGS AND ROUND ENGINES 1/5 scale Waco UPF-7 72 14 lbs Worlds Finest- Laser Cut-Rubber Powered-Free Flight Scale Kits 2 worlds leader Laser Cut Model Aircraft KitsHerr kR features finest LASER CUT BALSA PARTS Contest Rubber Detailed Conuter Oraiwi PfepEngineering Cowplete Hardvare Pact Authentic Wateslde DecaI Molded Plastic Propelle Real Colored Tissue Corporation Light Weight Wheels Complete Stap Step Building lnstiudlons Please check wIth local hobby dealer fireL kIts avaIlabl better hobby shops around worldIkUW1431 Chaffee Suite #3 Full Line Catalog $200 Add $450 shipping kitOverseas orders add 20%FL residents add 6% sales tax 7 TituavIlle FL 32780 Made USADealer Inquires invited407 284-2488 props paper free flight fun Peck-Polymers planes plans tools co2 enginesfor next caper US Czechoslovakia tremendous assortment types sizes id radial 7ti catalog kits accessories engines nine-cyinerengineand endless ideas available $400 Po4wlers stop shopping rubber power C02 needs P o BOX 7t0359 MASANTEE CA 92072-0399 USA619 448-1818FAX 6191 448-1833 ThROTTLE SWITCH san on-off motor control ornall elaciric glider. Thaee rnodal uaua8y naad fully proportinnat speed control raqufred tha ekolity torn motor off alcoa motor io noad out gat glklar w ahituda thermal hunting Tha ThrottleSwitch intatagant micraprocassor based deaign featuraa ravaraarg 6CC aeparata arming awitch otatuu indicator light aria-mAcit no low battary auto-timer enact motor rnno iS 30 60 90 aeconda Salary taatures prevant tha co8 turning tha arming aw8ch preasad Made USA daaigned work withAM IM PCM radioaystarns Smallaiza 21 oO9o 05 Weight 076 us 87 ca6a 30 anqra ceatmunos Less radicipowarcosnectors Part No TSSIOA $4095 SC100 8 Inch Male Setvo Pigtail$295 SCi 20 8 Inch Female Channel Pigtail295 SC21O 12 Inch Serva Extension495 SC220 18 Inch Servo Extension525 SC230 24 Inch Servo Extension570 SC240 30 Inch Servo Extension650 SC500 Y Dual Servo Connector695 SC910 Unassembled Male Connector150 SC920 Unassembled Female Connector150 SA71O 12 Inch Radio CrossAdapter525 SA720 18 Inch Radio CrossAdapter550 Conncf era avaIlable torAktmnlca Fufabe H/tea JR DDflS Shipping 6 Handling Connector ontyorders $225Shipping & Handling other ordnrs $450 Send foryourP 0 Box 3129 s CHRISTI TX 78463-3129TX Residents FREE catalog add 775% R/C products RDERs AND INFoRItAltarI 512-814-6843DMLY 10ana-7 CT s fax accessories USTOMER SEsntcE FAX & AFTER HouRa 512-814-5843 last man fly team no other models watch decide state air Fred Pearce Blake Jensen dropped deceptive fourthround air happily thermaling plastic bag seemed no problem later same round Austrian flier Klaus Saizer resisted trend hi-tech flew all-wood model auto-rudder harness rubber torque run about 50 seconds though air-picking got him flyoff along 40 others ex-Czech Ladya Horak now Canadian team flying 84-inch model five-break wing layout becoming popular classes still-air models replaced radio tracker beacon before flyoff must have slightly altered CC fiveminute flyoff model stalled way down good climb 240 Twenty-five fliers made five minutes 12 including entire Ukrainian team managed seven reach final flyoff round going nine minutes dramatic reddish sunset developing no serious visibility problem round started Andriukov wound fast has characteristic prelaunch routine arms whirled free up did three four deep breaths launched first spot-on climb glide circles almost three minutes 744 time proved unbeatable Swedens Bror Eimar 26 seconds behind gave Alex third Wakefield Cup win made clean sweep Ukraine FIA B C plus team gold FiB silver FlA memorable Championships unobtrusive organization probably best weather 40 years three popular winners looks Wakefield Cup will come back US though hands Ukrainian Wrigley Way Milpitas California 95035 Voice/Fax 408 946-4751408 WINGS-S 1 LOOK no further fully molded sailplane needs RnR offer selection high performance sailplanes will address specific requirements F3BThermal Duration Slope Cross Country Mark Allen designed World Championship F3B EAGLE now being produced RoR its new lower price RnR sailplane enjoys design construction enhancements 1997 RnRs composite molded technology provides unique blend strength weight optimization Noticeable results found through increased durability torsional stability stiffness incorporated wing fuselage tail section also offer selection parts joiner systems scratch builders out catch latest visuals specifications competitive pricing RnRs sailplanes contact RnR RnR skys limit. z i 46 Model Aviation 1 Precisico Miac BR Servo l30oz/inl S3002 Mini BR Metal Gear Servo AAozIinl5995 Sf48 Standard Prganion Servo 142oz/in1695 53003 Standard Servo l42ozftnl1395 531101 BR Precision Servo 1420dm2595 S3302 1/4ScaleMefalGeorServallOozIin5995 Si 34G Ccmpact Retract Servo lloz/inl5995 Careleat vo l42orJinl5995 voll2ozjin Mini 89 Snrvo 4SozAnl1950 Precision l42ozAnl1050 Precision 420dm1450 3130 LIUsI 59 Metal Gear Aileron Servo ISOou/in1850 S400 1/4 Scale BR Servo iROos/in2150 S600 Coropact RB Retract Servo 1100cc/in2450 S700 Kigh-Spead BR Low Profile 3lozfnn1150 5rvea available censecUe tar Akfrentlca Futaba HItec JR