~UT THY BOTHER some might say Out JJ roughly 160000 members about 1000 register VY compete Nats less threefourths percent As sort devils advocate reporter posed very question members top echelon Academy gist what replied AMA President Don Lowe Competition very spice human activity some manner us competing maybe against ourselves Competition also test bed hobby products major source innovation development improvement Engines airfoils airframes certainly radio control technology get boost striving excellence must-win champions Its like end result research Take astronauts Millions benefit efforts few up Space Shuttle reasons must perpetuate Nats could compare reactor core entire hobby sport Olympicsthe World Seriesthe SuperbowlWimbledon huge benefit us let always Nats could describe epitome love flying Dean Koger champion RC Pattern contestant percentage figure least somewhat misleading Take look member ship roster club Only about third dues payers active fliers Right 30 Model Aviation row photos L-R 1 Nats attendees treated awesome sight C-5As shooting touch-and-goes 2 Left right Nats volunteers Ray Lavallee Joe Russo Facilities Manager Bob Landry hang out welcome sign 1992 Nationals visitors 3 mammoth C-5A served during Desert Storm 4 Tarps makeshift protectors cover airplanes during on-and-off rain showers visited East Coast Nats Chicopee Massachusetts Center row photos L-R 1 Tom Dooley makes look easy rotor tilt wind signals otherwise hell fliers must have built-in wind sock 2 Demetrius Washington Jane Johnson Aaron Archer pitted CL Mouse Race 3 massive display RC Scale models drew largest crowds 4 Steve Strickers beautiful pair RC Pattern birdsChip Hyde background 5 glider pilot receives help unidentified assistant very instant releasing pilots winch-launched RC glider Flier controls winch speed foot pedal Bottom row photos L-R 1 Race official Karen Veager waves checkered flag signaling start model aviations exciting eventspylon racing Pilot skill plus engine tune secret success 2 Heartbreak Nats Undoubtedly Roger Young contemplating kilo-hours loves lost labor Its interesting tail usually survives December 1992 31 irresistible smile belongs Joe Beshar District 2 VP does flawless C02-powered little Piper Joe going fly it usbut gas bottle gave out Lovely Jane Breshears traveled way Spokane Washington fly self-built Lacey M-1O Coupe home-built replica home-built Sixteen-year-old Senior CL Mouse Racing champ Jason Allen raced cloudburst gave RC whirl says prefers control line Schoolmarm Jessica Thurrott shown secret weapon wielded well finishing 11th RC Formula Pylon Racing Julie Abel former US FAI CL Scale team member attends 15th consecutive Nats Thats Dads CL Scale entry Lovings Love Goodyear racer Don Krafft District 1 VP point time AMA membership growth has slackened somewhat colorful spectacular show Nats projects just has spark fresh interest Bob Landry manager magician properties supplies required produce Nats ie 100 walkie-talkies 75 Porta-Johns etc Dont try talk down Nats am proud have helped out last seven Natseven own equipment arrange vacation can set up maintain tear down Nats paraphernalia assistants helpers couldnt hire work hard herefor free Nats perennial traditionjust like lady 500 never want see terminated Betty Stream longtime administrator hand-lender together such other valiant ladies Bev Wisniewski Darlene Frederick traveled way West Coast apply talents Without Nats something would cut out life True hubby no longer active hobby once friendships camaraderie AMA people whole spectrum model aviation together placethe state art speakit has fulfilling activities Like reunion Oh sometimes still fly gliders Vince Mankowski AMA Executive Director As may suspect am triple grandfather son marine another CPA am also avid CL Combat flier have placed sixth national contest Whats take put Nats Glad asked First have find sitea big lots paved surface ask bids local clubs have large aerodrome its equivalent inspect site evaluate Nats suitability preliminaries must place order publish announcement date location January issue Model Aviation means planning must lead preliminaries three months must completed October prior year Now people part typically recruit roughly 540 volunteers help us run Nats least half required experienced peoplelike Betty Darlene Bev must synchronize judges points view verdicts fair regionally oriented Money matters ask good news sites such Westover offered free charge government offers aeromodeler Other expenses mostly services rentals transportation add up $140000 large portion defrayed competitors entry fees least third taken care concessions industry support income So AMA butters about $25000and have broken some years did adhere nonalcoholic principles some beer company would surely sponsor amount big bargain Canadas full-scale aerobatic competition underwritten Labattsand much smaller crowd Maybe should attract root beer manufacturer look attendance numbersl 000 contestants 600 volunteer workers 3000 family members 3000 visiting nonparticipating AMA members 10000 non-AMA spectators including military base personnel Okay Ill grant last numbers guesstimatesgood ones best knowledge What grand show 16000 noncompeting nonworking fans cost buck half Wayne Veager chief architect Toledo Expo boss Nats RC Pylon Racing Pylon racing thing Karen [Wayne s wfe] would love compete greatest place thatthe Nats also megasatisfaction seeing Nats pylon competition best organized disciplined event So what Karen drops checkered flag screaming hornets let loose does competitors spectators adrenalin 32 Model Aviation ers havent caught Nats bug now maybe can enticed mental flashing pictures some activities As start 1992 Nats shared tarmac among other fullscale military hardware two billion yes thats fight dollars worth C-5As Nats attendees watched giant babies shoot touch-andgoes Almost 18 C-5As based Westover saw action Persian Gulf droop-shouldered flying warehouses bore name Patriot Wing Guess know what hauled AMAs Chip Smith major catalyst Westover Air Force Base commander staff could have cooperative Oh wellthey did let rain come day also emptied cavernous hangars multipronged use transmitter check station indoor free flight competition static judging Hangars C-5As something else Huge C-5As tail sticks out through hangar door shaped fit around aircrafts posterior As past years discerning observer becomes aware gargantuan task AMA shoulders time Nats mobilized different branches model aviation tree justice individually near-impossibility AMA tries hard Free fighters need lots elbow room contrast cousins gossamer-winged one-rev-per-second Pennyplanes need windsheltered area such C-5A hangar Both accommodated Once two-gram heavies become stuck hangars roof trusses Semper paratus pilot reaches trusty fishing pole helium-filled balloon hook playing outline carefully maneuvering balloon next stuckee little craft usually dislodged seems similar technique might work retrieval method treed RC modelswell calm days Control line fliers seem among dedicated determined Nats attendees evidence fervor Nats Wednesday Poseidon decided should wash-down day Chicopee Thus copious supply celestial nonfoaming H20 halted nearly flying activity Nearly turned out course indoor fliersand group weather-oblivious youngsters Mouse Racing deluge virtually wrung out hung up dry after contest Rain shine serious circle burners need pavement speedway relatives triple-digit-mph go-fasters also require special safety fence around circlejust case periphery turns tangent planes possibility launch dollies certainty Bob Landrys legions fall heir fencing job theyll tell fastening anything concrete deck aint easy dog-fighting combat fliers other hand dont mind letting grass grow under feet After hand launch anyway what exciting show put smacks lack compassion course admit crashes spectacular onlookers sever streamer knot such fateful aggressiveness may lead familiar whomp followed sudden engine silence fearless combat pilots told us airframe life expectancy about 22 matches Consequently almost such warriors carry least dozen backup ships well understood uninitiated spectator mission sleek artistically covered decorated fly-by-wire aerobatic models Like planes flown RC Pattern contests design CL stunters serve function scale likeness appearance does count rewarded bonus points primary objective flight performance prescribed maneuver sequence judges sit close action could miss slightest asymmetric wiggle Steve Buso Tivoli New York talented competitor himself became willing tour guide through stuntland Steve related during 1930s young man James Walker invented bellcrank big bang really put control line flying Continued page 49 RC Pylon Racing Event Director Wayne Yeager adorable young daughter Lauren future pylon racer perhaps Betty Fox Fox Manufacturing Larry Scarinzi holding pair vintage CL Flying Flounders designed late Walt Williams L-R Guatemalan RC Sailplane fliers E Mertins W Alvarado J Quevedo J Vogel E Mertins J Sanchez P Wagner RC Category Manager Betty Stream years dedication expertise have helped make RC events run smoothly free flighters equipment box Bob Hatschek told us wont travel 12000 miles contest What Chicagolands Charlie Bauer up time rubber powered U-2 spy plane thats what Kevin Kane helping mber 1992 33 Hatching Nats/Berman Continued page 33 map Jim also exceptionally gifted showman reputed have able fly three CL planes same time hand third somehow reeved cap also manufactured kits Fireball Firebabynostalgia planes still fondly remembered old-timers legacy lives Walker Cup coveted traveling stunt championship trophy established honor Walker Cup has now awarded 46th year winners names inscribed its base Four leaf clover reverse wingover some terms jargon used aspirants Watker Cup tongue-swallowing maneuver remains suicidal dive straight pavement microsecond pullout just inches away otherwise certain splintersville think stout heart refer square loop Helicopters still baffle spectators Up down sideways backwardslike oversized hummingbirdswith itty-bitty stem top supporting whole schmear Under guidance someone like Georgias Tom Dooley helicopter assumes grace ballet dancer doing pirouettes hesitations utter delight amazement watching sexy whirr magical craft goes inverted Also consider Model choppers manage effect pinpoint landings hang dead still prevailing winds free flight cloud scrapers intriguing Some have motors fuel lines pinched off after few seconds timing mechanism have tinder fuse calibrated bum rubberband restraining dethermalizer results either horizontal tail wing pivoting up effect rapid descent once max two-minute flight time has achieved Launching nearvertical yet hoped-for flight path wide circle So trimming becomes much art assessment proper launch window tricky wind promises likely flight success RC pattern test best Most big names Chicopee handsome David Von Linsowe took top honors little names ponder choice equipment champs Airframes sport least two dozen different model names look similar Slender fuses tapered midwings Retracts course Two-strokes four-strokes debate no will ever win uninitiated observer has conclude perfect eyes-brainsfingers combination inputting gimbals Continued page 138 LDM Industries new Ball Bearing Conversion Kit can convert idard servos ball bearing servos minutes Futaba Airtronics Includes 4 new servo top cases containing high quality stainless steel ball bearing servo output shaftThe remaining kit indudes4 ball bearings plastic bushings come installed servosLDM Industries new Ball Bearing Servo Conversion Kit will Eliminate wobble output shaft Eliminate servo deadband precise control response helicopters Reduce chance flutter airplanes Optimize steenog response cars Help absorb heavy steering loads boats Extend life servos used withpull-pull type cable controls U- Control Kits Midwesfa new Success Series 049 U-Control kits perfect introduction building flying Featuring illustrated step-by-step Success Series construction manuals teach build paint fly models Kits include Micro-Cut Quality parts pre-formed wire parts wheels belicrank colorful self adhesive markingsqp line Famous Fighters World War II designed use Cox Black Widow engine See products favorite hobby retailer today Famous Fighters World War II Models Available *258- Zero #259 Corsairshown herel *260- Thunderbolt #261 FockeWuif Midwest Products Cs. Inc 400 S Indiana St PO Box 5B4 Hobart IN 4B34Z ZIS942-1134 PAX 2191 947-2347 ni 992 Midwest Products co Inc December 1992 49 Now cost gnj ball bearing servo can upgrade complete set four standard servos To order conversion kits send check money order LDM Industries Inc PO Box 292396 Dept 3 Tampa FL 33687-2396 Phone 813 985-5616 Add $300 shipping handling per order Florida reaidents add 6 1/2% saks tax Dealer Inquiries Wekome VISA MASTER CARD Accepted c4ib5L D M Industries ij R/ck iPr~r 4 Now three kits available fit standard servos use today Kit #9600 fits standard Futaba servos S28 538 S48 S228 S138 S148 Hobby Shack Cinrs CS28 CS126 CS238 & CS248 Price 4 $3995 Kit #9700 fits Airtronzcs 94102 PrIce 4 $3995 Kst#9800isa bearing set fits JR 501 & 507 Focus HS300 & HS500 RCD Apollo 05 Tower Hobbies TS-51 Ace Sport 330 Price 4for $24S5 hassle free Monocote trim work try NO-HEAT re Tuiw 5oivwr Success Series asyJ nners Systems stat O plus IV handling WIRE BENDER BENDS AND FORMS WIRE AND 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rSl TI IS U 1201 01111 1 20 21 15 M.0 950 50015 ESRASs ESTONsIONTUBNE AND tLAMP5INC50Et N I Hatching Nats/Berman Continued page 49 will win regardless apparent minute differences competition comple ment As joked once before Hanno Prettner could have bested comers hoisting barn door powered Briggs & Stratton Well almost RC Scale competition drew largest crowd spectators usual no ones surprise viewers appear admire miniature airplanes resemble full-size counterparts closely possible thousand-plus building hours rule rather exception price pay can shrink full-size airplane molecule air often translates less-than-superstable flight envelope Knowing caprices model engines serviceable plane sort hope longevity should have gentle dead-stick glide supersleek scale ships lack feature woe proud ownerbuilder twin- multi-engine oneengine flameout renders plane difficult control crashes Just look heartbreaking wreck Roger Young endured absolutely superb DC-3 in-flight problem lure Nats international lucky cross paths contingent enthusiastic glider fliers Guatemala Small country RC club its 70 members own flying field sports paved runway Guatemalas TACA Airline sponsored teams trip Chicopee Coffee growing sausage making airline maintenance some professions team members also heard control line team traveled Chicopee halfway around worldSingapore Unhappily missed contacting Canada Mexico course well represented international flavor also enhanced spectators male chauvinist point view unlikely highly successful Formula pylon racer young lady schoolmarm Connecticut Jessica Thurrott expert Japanese language teaches English Japanese exchange students entire class came Nats applaud skill spur 11th-place finish overall Jessica has accepted member Samurai Pylon Racing Team composed elite racers selected invitation boss modest Californian Jim Shinohara Chronicling 92 Nats reporter doffs cap valiant ladies carried torch aeromodeling specific mention must sprightly Betty Fox president Fox Manufacturing Dukes widow 138 Model Aviation available new MOD-U-El MOUNT 5ew1 9 mr systems narts aoines Duos list newsletter orderir instouctions NEEDLE FILE SET 51/2- I2SHAPES PLASTIC HANDLE WITH EACH FILE GREAT ON WOOD PLASliC METAL No NFS1O1 -$400 INDUSTRIAL QUALITY XTRA HEAVY DUTY 12 SHAPE 4 LONG $650 NG $500 DREMEL 3950 TOP OF THE LINE MOTO POWER TOOL SET INCLUDES 40 ACCESSORIES AND CASE No 3950 $6800 EPOXY BRUSHES MADE IN USA 15/PACK No EB12 -$85 Doz No E8144 -$700 Gross remember Nats Duke sat under tent fly near CL circles fingers innards injured Fox engine Maybe Betty did bring kit tools parts lent moral supportall day dayright next circle burners theater operations Betty reminded us Duke fullscale pilot up point diabetes revoked physical certification Carry plucky lady Last year Rick Joanie Allisonthis year Matt Kleinvictims parking lot crime Matt s pretty little red truck vanished first night right out its close-in motel parking space Fortunately planes removed few spare parts components left truck episode ended reasonably well local police recovered filched nowempty truck next town locks forced no other obvious damage may lesson us Trouble never leave anything value vehicle parked outside overnight Flights miniature aircraft Nats like sampling entire model aviation buffet new dishes being served up year Electric-motor-propelled craft coming rocket-launched gliders no doubt simmering burner Vertols spacecraft might waiting oops wings Rogallo-winged things solar-cellpowered craft scaled-up ornithopters birdlike wing flappers could make debut future Nats Surely no limit inventiveness ingenuity craftsmanship aeromodelers AMAs problem participation density Some event categories now have low levels entrycertain glider rubber free flight contests instance Also priorities nations youth might have strayed toward prefabbed Star Wars hardware away do-it-yourself modelers benchwith its balsa CyA hobby knives complement fascination things airborne remains knows Perhaps pendulum will swing other waywith bit PR help us oldstersespecially since fullscale flying seems drift farther farther out reach financially part due product liability madness Viva los Nats See next year sure w 1993 4 PILOTS STANDARD TSMAN RACING TARUii VINrAGE TH CONTOUR BALLOON EN AGE ENGINES & 4 PRATT & WHITNEY HT HONE 1ARTS PRATT & WHITNEY HONE WRIGHT E LEWISVICKERS DAU BELLUM ASE FOR FREE ILLUSTRATED ORDER FORM ST SAN MARCOS CALIFORNIA 92069 mber1992 139 HAIGH STYLE SCALE TAILWHEEL last true scale tailwheel handmade USA No plastic spring steel tailwheels models up 30 poundsPrice 2495 Ohio r 11376 Ridgeway Road 21 6-223-1 950 KensinQton OH 44427 WILLIAMS ACCESSORIES BROTHERS ________________ r else has prop decals and----N rare kill markings Nob odg decals Get decals pros use majorTEL 413-525-4110 8ea ueFAX 413-525-1194 LNORTHEAST SCREEN GRAPHICS 21 FISHER AVE. 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~UT THY BOTHER some might say Out JJ roughly 160000 members about 1000 register VY compete Nats less threefourths percent As sort devils advocate reporter posed very question members top echelon Academy gist what replied AMA President Don Lowe Competition very spice human activity some manner us competing maybe against ourselves Competition also test bed hobby products major source innovation development improvement Engines airfoils airframes certainly radio control technology get boost striving excellence must-win champions Its like end result research Take astronauts Millions benefit efforts few up Space Shuttle reasons must perpetuate Nats could compare reactor core entire hobby sport Olympicsthe World Seriesthe SuperbowlWimbledon huge benefit us let always Nats could describe epitome love flying Dean Koger champion RC Pattern contestant percentage figure least somewhat misleading Take look member ship roster club Only about third dues payers active fliers Right 30 Model Aviation row photos L-R 1 Nats attendees treated awesome sight C-5As shooting touch-and-goes 2 Left right Nats volunteers Ray Lavallee Joe Russo Facilities Manager Bob Landry hang out welcome sign 1992 Nationals visitors 3 mammoth C-5A served during Desert Storm 4 Tarps makeshift protectors cover airplanes during on-and-off rain showers visited East Coast Nats Chicopee Massachusetts Center row photos L-R 1 Tom Dooley makes look easy rotor tilt wind signals otherwise hell fliers must have built-in wind sock 2 Demetrius Washington Jane Johnson Aaron Archer pitted CL Mouse Race 3 massive display RC Scale models drew largest crowds 4 Steve Strickers beautiful pair RC Pattern birdsChip Hyde background 5 glider pilot receives help unidentified assistant very instant releasing pilots winch-launched RC glider Flier controls winch speed foot pedal Bottom row photos L-R 1 Race official Karen Veager waves checkered flag signaling start model aviations exciting eventspylon racing Pilot skill plus engine tune secret success 2 Heartbreak Nats Undoubtedly Roger Young contemplating kilo-hours loves lost labor Its interesting tail usually survives December 1992 31 irresistible smile belongs Joe Beshar District 2 VP does flawless C02-powered little Piper Joe going fly it usbut gas bottle gave out Lovely Jane Breshears traveled way Spokane Washington fly self-built Lacey M-1O Coupe home-built replica home-built Sixteen-year-old Senior CL Mouse Racing champ Jason Allen raced cloudburst gave RC whirl says prefers control line Schoolmarm Jessica Thurrott shown secret weapon wielded well finishing 11th RC Formula Pylon Racing Julie Abel former US FAI CL Scale team member attends 15th consecutive Nats Thats Dads CL Scale entry Lovings Love Goodyear racer Don Krafft District 1 VP point time AMA membership growth has slackened somewhat colorful spectacular show Nats projects just has spark fresh interest Bob Landry manager magician properties supplies required produce Nats ie 100 walkie-talkies 75 Porta-Johns etc Dont try talk down Nats am proud have helped out last seven Natseven own equipment arrange vacation can set up maintain tear down Nats paraphernalia assistants helpers couldnt hire work hard herefor free Nats perennial traditionjust like lady 500 never want see terminated Betty Stream longtime administrator hand-lender together such other valiant ladies Bev Wisniewski Darlene Frederick traveled way West Coast apply talents Without Nats something would cut out life True hubby no longer active hobby once friendships camaraderie AMA people whole spectrum model aviation together placethe state art speakit has fulfilling activities Like reunion Oh sometimes still fly gliders Vince Mankowski AMA Executive Director As may suspect am triple grandfather son marine another CPA am also avid CL Combat flier have placed sixth national contest Whats take put Nats Glad asked First have find sitea big lots paved surface ask bids local clubs have large aerodrome its equivalent inspect site evaluate Nats suitability preliminaries must place order publish announcement date location January issue Model Aviation means planning must lead preliminaries three months must completed October prior year Now people part typically recruit roughly 540 volunteers help us run Nats least half required experienced peoplelike Betty Darlene Bev must synchronize judges points view verdicts fair regionally oriented Money matters ask good news sites such Westover offered free charge government offers aeromodeler Other expenses mostly services rentals transportation add up $140000 large portion defrayed competitors entry fees least third taken care concessions industry support income So AMA butters about $25000and have broken some years did adhere nonalcoholic principles some beer company would surely sponsor amount big bargain Canadas full-scale aerobatic competition underwritten Labattsand much smaller crowd Maybe should attract root beer manufacturer look attendance numbersl 000 contestants 600 volunteer workers 3000 family members 3000 visiting nonparticipating AMA members 10000 non-AMA spectators including military base personnel Okay Ill grant last numbers guesstimatesgood ones best knowledge What grand show 16000 noncompeting nonworking fans cost buck half Wayne Veager chief architect Toledo Expo boss Nats RC Pylon Racing Pylon racing thing Karen [Wayne s wfe] would love compete greatest place thatthe Nats also megasatisfaction seeing Nats pylon competition best organized disciplined event So what Karen drops checkered flag screaming hornets let loose does competitors spectators adrenalin 32 Model Aviation ers havent caught Nats bug now maybe can enticed mental flashing pictures some activities As start 1992 Nats shared tarmac among other fullscale military hardware two billion yes thats fight dollars worth C-5As Nats attendees watched giant babies shoot touch-andgoes Almost 18 C-5As based Westover saw action Persian Gulf droop-shouldered flying warehouses bore name Patriot Wing Guess know what hauled AMAs Chip Smith major catalyst Westover Air Force Base commander staff could have cooperative Oh wellthey did let rain come day also emptied cavernous hangars multipronged use transmitter check station indoor free flight competition static judging Hangars C-5As something else Huge C-5As tail sticks out through hangar door shaped fit around aircrafts posterior As past years discerning observer becomes aware gargantuan task AMA shoulders time Nats mobilized different branches model aviation tree justice individually near-impossibility AMA tries hard Free fighters need lots elbow room contrast cousins gossamer-winged one-rev-per-second Pennyplanes need windsheltered area such C-5A hangar Both accommodated Once two-gram heavies become stuck hangars roof trusses Semper paratus pilot reaches trusty fishing pole helium-filled balloon hook playing outline carefully maneuvering balloon next stuckee little craft usually dislodged seems similar technique might work retrieval method treed RC modelswell calm days Control line fliers seem among dedicated determined Nats attendees evidence fervor Nats Wednesday Poseidon decided should wash-down day Chicopee Thus copious supply celestial nonfoaming H20 halted nearly flying activity Nearly turned out course indoor fliersand group weather-oblivious youngsters Mouse Racing deluge virtually wrung out hung up dry after contest Rain shine serious circle burners need pavement speedway relatives triple-digit-mph go-fasters also require special safety fence around circlejust case periphery turns tangent planes possibility launch dollies certainty Bob Landrys legions fall heir fencing job theyll tell fastening anything concrete deck aint easy dog-fighting combat fliers other hand dont mind letting grass grow under feet After hand launch anyway what exciting show put smacks lack compassion course admit crashes spectacular onlookers sever streamer knot such fateful aggressiveness may lead familiar whomp followed sudden engine silence fearless combat pilots told us airframe life expectancy about 22 matches Consequently almost such warriors carry least dozen backup ships well understood uninitiated spectator mission sleek artistically covered decorated fly-by-wire aerobatic models Like planes flown RC Pattern contests design CL stunters serve function scale likeness appearance does count rewarded bonus points primary objective flight performance prescribed maneuver sequence judges sit close action could miss slightest asymmetric wiggle Steve Buso Tivoli New York talented competitor himself became willing tour guide through stuntland Steve related during 1930s young man James Walker invented bellcrank big bang really put control line flying Continued page 49 RC Pylon Racing Event Director Wayne Yeager adorable young daughter Lauren future pylon racer perhaps Betty Fox Fox Manufacturing Larry Scarinzi holding pair vintage CL Flying Flounders designed late Walt Williams L-R Guatemalan RC Sailplane fliers E Mertins W Alvarado J Quevedo J Vogel E Mertins J Sanchez P Wagner RC Category Manager Betty Stream years dedication expertise have helped make RC events run smoothly free flighters equipment box Bob Hatschek told us wont travel 12000 miles contest What Chicagolands Charlie Bauer up time rubber powered U-2 spy plane thats what Kevin Kane helping mber 1992 33 Hatching Nats/Berman Continued page 33 map Jim also exceptionally gifted showman reputed have able fly three CL planes same time hand third somehow reeved cap also manufactured kits Fireball Firebabynostalgia planes still fondly remembered old-timers legacy lives Walker Cup coveted traveling stunt championship trophy established honor Walker Cup has now awarded 46th year winners names inscribed its base Four leaf clover reverse wingover some terms jargon used aspirants Watker Cup tongue-swallowing maneuver remains suicidal dive straight pavement microsecond pullout just inches away otherwise certain splintersville think stout heart refer square loop Helicopters still baffle spectators Up down sideways backwardslike oversized hummingbirdswith itty-bitty stem top supporting whole schmear Under guidance someone like Georgias Tom Dooley helicopter assumes grace ballet dancer doing pirouettes hesitations utter delight amazement watching sexy whirr magical craft goes inverted Also consider Model choppers manage effect pinpoint landings hang dead still prevailing winds free flight cloud scrapers intriguing Some have motors fuel lines pinched off after few seconds timing mechanism have tinder fuse calibrated bum rubberband restraining dethermalizer results either horizontal tail wing pivoting up effect rapid descent once max two-minute flight time has achieved Launching nearvertical yet hoped-for flight path wide circle So trimming becomes much art assessment proper launch window tricky wind promises likely flight success RC pattern test best Most big names Chicopee handsome David Von Linsowe took top honors little names ponder choice equipment champs Airframes sport least two dozen different model names look similar Slender fuses tapered midwings Retracts course Two-strokes four-strokes debate no will ever win uninitiated observer has conclude perfect eyes-brainsfingers combination inputting gimbals Continued page 138 LDM Industries new Ball Bearing Conversion Kit can convert idard servos ball bearing servos minutes Futaba Airtronics Includes 4 new servo top cases containing high quality stainless steel ball bearing servo output shaftThe remaining kit indudes4 ball bearings plastic bushings come installed servosLDM Industries new Ball Bearing Servo Conversion Kit will Eliminate wobble output shaft Eliminate servo deadband precise control response helicopters Reduce chance flutter airplanes Optimize steenog response cars Help absorb heavy steering loads boats Extend life servos used withpull-pull type cable controls U- Control Kits Midwesfa new Success Series 049 U-Control kits perfect introduction building flying Featuring illustrated step-by-step Success Series construction manuals teach build paint fly models Kits include Micro-Cut Quality parts pre-formed wire parts wheels belicrank colorful self adhesive markingsqp line Famous Fighters World War II designed use Cox Black Widow engine See products favorite hobby retailer today Famous Fighters World War II Models Available *258- Zero #259 Corsairshown herel *260- Thunderbolt #261 FockeWuif Midwest Products Cs. Inc 400 S Indiana St PO Box 5B4 Hobart IN 4B34Z ZIS942-1134 PAX 2191 947-2347 ni 992 Midwest Products co Inc December 1992 49 Now cost gnj ball bearing servo can upgrade complete set four standard servos To order conversion kits send check money order LDM Industries Inc PO Box 292396 Dept 3 Tampa FL 33687-2396 Phone 813 985-5616 Add $300 shipping handling per order Florida reaidents add 6 1/2% saks tax Dealer Inquiries Wekome VISA MASTER CARD Accepted c4ib5L D M Industries ij R/ck iPr~r 4 Now three kits available fit standard servos use today Kit #9600 fits standard Futaba servos S28 538 S48 S228 S138 S148 Hobby Shack Cinrs CS28 CS126 CS238 & CS248 Price 4 $3995 Kit #9700 fits Airtronzcs 94102 PrIce 4 $3995 Kst#9800isa bearing set fits JR 501 & 507 Focus HS300 & HS500 RCD Apollo 05 Tower Hobbies TS-51 Ace Sport 330 Price 4for $24S5 hassle free Monocote trim work try NO-HEAT re Tuiw 5oivwr Success Series asyJ nners Systems stat O plus IV handling WIRE BENDER BENDS AND FORMS WIRE AND STRIPS OF METAL IN ANGLES CURVES LOOPS ETC No WBl 00- $400 SQUARE PUNCH SET CUTS SQUARES AND SLOTS SET INCLUDES SIZES 1/6 2/16 1/45/163/B MADE FROM NICKEL PLATED STEEL No SPS5 $1000 BRUSHES 3 PCS MINLATURE WIRE BRUSH SET ONE EACH BRASS NYLON STAINLESS MWB3 $300 ZONA SAWS MADE IN USA iSO42 TEETH 3/4 20032 TEETH 3/4230 250MtTRE BOX250 450SUPER SABRE SAWWITH LONG & SHORT BLADE 260 500 ZONAHAKA 11/4 27G BOO JUNIOR HACKSAW 165 DRILL SETS FIRST QUAUTY HIGH SPEED STEEL ALL BETS SUPPUED IN CASE 051611/lB bus 7 26 pc 1650 DS1KEATOZ/ 26 F MOST POPULAR D5162No 11060 60 poa4lfiSO DSIERNo 611065120 p0- 1260 PIN VISE STAINLESS STEEL-S TO 1/6 CAP PV4 -4 Iang -$300 PV6 -6 LOSS- 660 PVIO10LaflS- 660 PV15-1SLSnB 1000 PV614Otol/4 Cpcfty 66601 AJI electoncs except battery pack contained erne mount Machined aircraft grade solki aluminum bar stock Makes engine arid ignition mounting one-step operation Available engines stock hato-lind BOSCH RESISTOR COVERS i4mm sparlqugs$995 coser TUBE CLIlTER 1/8 TO 5/B CAPACITY HEAVY DUTY MADE PROM SEMI-STEEL No TCS8 $400 HOBBY KNIFE BLADES No11 MADE IN USA 160 PACK NoHKB1 1- $850 SINGLE EDGE BLADES MADE IN USA FIRST QUALITY NO9100 PACK NO SEB 102 $400 HEAVY DUTY NO11 FIRST QUALITY 100 PACK Ol $600 Z PLIERS MAKES PERFECT Z BENDS WITH SOUEEZE NO ZPL $1600 LONG DRILLST-PINS FIRST GUALITY HIGH SPEED STEEL1 1/4 12 LONG18 LONG LGI1/16$450LG63/16$1500 PACK LG21/8450LG77/321500 LG36/32450LGB1/41500MADE IN USA LG43/16450 LGS1/4560NO TP14 $200 SET-illS 1/8 6/32 3/16 1/4 X 12 LONG LGB $2100 EASTERN TOOL & SUPPLY CO 145 GRAND ST NEW YORK CITY NY 10013 212935-lOGE Catalog Free wdh Order $600 w6h Coupon $600 Postage Check Without Check Add $750 C 0 0 CUTTING MATS HEALS ITSELF AFTER EACH CUT AND SURFACE STAYS SMOOTH NON-GLARE GREEN FINISH CUT ON BOTH SIDES NO CM8 9X 12 $1000 NOCM12 12X18 $1500 HELPING HAND FIRST QUALITY THREE ARMS 2 ARMS WITH ALLIGATOR CLIPS 1 ARM WITH 2X GLASS 2 1/2 MAGNIFIER HH1$700 NORTH WESTERN CHOP SAW MAKES PERFECT MITRE CUTS 30 450 60 IN WOOD OR PLASTIC USES SINGLE EDGE BLADE ADJ STOP NONCS $1450 T-BAR SANDERS ALUMINUM MADE IN USA Til 11 LONG $Z30 T22 22 LONG $350 SANDPAPER RUFF TUFF ADHESIVE SACK $105 lSPECIFYFINEIRSFIfpIUMIRSM ELECTRONIC CALIPER 1ST INDUSTRIAL OUALITY READS IN INCHES AND METRIC 0- 6/0 155MM EC6 $5500 DIAL CALIPER 1ST INDUSTRIAL QUALITY E100 SINGLE REVOLUTION GRAD IN 001 SAtiN CHROME FINISH WITH FITtED CASE DC6 $2100 Pitts-Style Mufflers UNIVERSAL STRAP ON older engInes mufflEr bolts Ii 2945 JT-40P $2165 5161 iT-SOP $2365 ExhaUst extensions worm drtvB moUntIng Strap inctUded UNIVERSAL BOLT ON slOe mounted 6051560 WIll fIt 85% engInes made after 1968 Easy attaclr Just bort muffler engIne WItS factory muffler bolts bOSS 099 60w hmuffe iT 4S 28 -45iT-ROPE $226551-61 $2465 MAIL ORDER Please add $250 UPS tEIpOlflQ Check MO VIsa MC too accepted AGO $400 cEtra COD CalIfornIa resIdents add 6% sales tao J101O.1119 51 1 O1595 31- 1 /1 75 59/555 37915/5 2500 10001915 31lOll$01 lOll1495 3545/ST S 45071495 5 5519 rSl TI IS U 1201 01111 1 20 21 15 M.0 950 50015 ESRASs ESTONsIONTUBNE AND tLAMP5INC50Et N I Hatching Nats/Berman Continued page 49 will win regardless apparent minute differences competition comple ment As joked once before Hanno Prettner could have bested comers hoisting barn door powered Briggs & Stratton Well almost RC Scale competition drew largest crowd spectators usual no ones surprise viewers appear admire miniature airplanes resemble full-size counterparts closely possible thousand-plus building hours rule rather exception price pay can shrink full-size airplane molecule air often translates less-than-superstable flight envelope Knowing caprices model engines serviceable plane sort hope longevity should have gentle dead-stick glide supersleek scale ships lack feature woe proud ownerbuilder twin- multi-engine oneengine flameout renders plane difficult control crashes Just look heartbreaking wreck Roger Young endured absolutely superb DC-3 in-flight problem lure Nats international lucky cross paths contingent enthusiastic glider fliers Guatemala Small country RC club its 70 members own flying field sports paved runway Guatemalas TACA Airline sponsored teams trip Chicopee Coffee growing sausage making airline maintenance some professions team members also heard control line team traveled Chicopee halfway around worldSingapore Unhappily missed contacting Canada Mexico course well represented international flavor also enhanced spectators male chauvinist point view unlikely highly successful Formula pylon racer young lady schoolmarm Connecticut Jessica Thurrott expert Japanese language teaches English Japanese exchange students entire class came Nats applaud skill spur 11th-place finish overall Jessica has accepted member Samurai Pylon Racing Team composed elite racers selected invitation boss modest Californian Jim Shinohara Chronicling 92 Nats reporter doffs cap valiant ladies carried torch aeromodeling specific mention must sprightly Betty Fox president Fox Manufacturing Dukes widow 138 Model Aviation available new MOD-U-El MOUNT 5ew1 9 mr systems narts aoines Duos list newsletter orderir instouctions NEEDLE FILE SET 51/2- I2SHAPES PLASTIC HANDLE WITH EACH FILE GREAT ON WOOD PLASliC METAL No NFS1O1 -$400 INDUSTRIAL QUALITY XTRA HEAVY DUTY 12 SHAPE 4 LONG $650 NG $500 DREMEL 3950 TOP OF THE LINE MOTO POWER TOOL SET INCLUDES 40 ACCESSORIES AND CASE No 3950 $6800 EPOXY BRUSHES MADE IN USA 15/PACK No EB12 -$85 Doz No E8144 -$700 Gross remember Nats Duke sat under tent fly near CL circles fingers innards injured Fox engine Maybe Betty did bring kit tools parts lent moral supportall day dayright next circle burners theater operations Betty reminded us Duke fullscale pilot up point diabetes revoked physical certification Carry plucky lady Last year Rick Joanie Allisonthis year Matt Kleinvictims parking lot crime Matt s pretty little red truck vanished first night right out its close-in motel parking space Fortunately planes removed few spare parts components left truck episode ended reasonably well local police recovered filched nowempty truck next town locks forced no other obvious damage may lesson us Trouble never leave anything value vehicle parked outside overnight Flights miniature aircraft Nats like sampling entire model aviation buffet new dishes being served up year Electric-motor-propelled craft coming rocket-launched gliders no doubt simmering burner Vertols spacecraft might waiting oops wings Rogallo-winged things solar-cellpowered craft scaled-up ornithopters birdlike wing flappers could make debut future Nats Surely no limit inventiveness ingenuity craftsmanship aeromodelers AMAs problem participation density Some event categories now have low levels entrycertain glider rubber free flight contests instance Also priorities nations youth might have strayed toward prefabbed Star Wars hardware away do-it-yourself modelers benchwith its balsa CyA hobby knives complement fascination things airborne remains knows Perhaps pendulum will swing other waywith bit PR help us oldstersespecially since fullscale flying seems drift farther farther out reach financially part due product liability madness Viva los Nats See next year sure w 1993 4 PILOTS STANDARD TSMAN RACING TARUii VINrAGE TH CONTOUR BALLOON EN AGE ENGINES & 4 PRATT & WHITNEY HT HONE 1ARTS PRATT & WHITNEY HONE WRIGHT E LEWISVICKERS DAU BELLUM ASE FOR FREE ILLUSTRATED ORDER FORM ST SAN MARCOS CALIFORNIA 92069 mber1992 139 HAIGH STYLE SCALE TAILWHEEL last true scale tailwheel handmade USA No plastic spring steel tailwheels models up 30 poundsPrice 2495 Ohio r 11376 Ridgeway Road 21 6-223-1 950 KensinQton OH 44427 WILLIAMS ACCESSORIES BROTHERS ________________ r else has prop decals and----N rare kill markings Nob odg decals Get decals pros use majorTEL 413-525-4110 8ea ueFAX 413-525-1194 LNORTHEAST SCREEN GRAPHICS 21 FISHER AVE. EAST LONGMEADOW MA 01028
Edition: Model Aviation - 1992/12
Page Numbers: 30, 31, 32, 33, 49, 138, 139
~UT THY BOTHER some might say Out JJ roughly 160000 members about 1000 register VY compete Nats less threefourths percent As sort devils advocate reporter posed very question members top echelon Academy gist what replied AMA President Don Lowe Competition very spice human activity some manner us competing maybe against ourselves Competition also test bed hobby products major source innovation development improvement Engines airfoils airframes certainly radio control technology get boost striving excellence must-win champions Its like end result research Take astronauts Millions benefit efforts few up Space Shuttle reasons must perpetuate Nats could compare reactor core entire hobby sport Olympicsthe World Seriesthe SuperbowlWimbledon huge benefit us let always Nats could describe epitome love flying Dean Koger champion RC Pattern contestant percentage figure least somewhat misleading Take look member ship roster club Only about third dues payers active fliers Right 30 Model Aviation row photos L-R 1 Nats attendees treated awesome sight C-5As shooting touch-and-goes 2 Left right Nats volunteers Ray Lavallee Joe Russo Facilities Manager Bob Landry hang out welcome sign 1992 Nationals visitors 3 mammoth C-5A served during Desert Storm 4 Tarps makeshift protectors cover airplanes during on-and-off rain showers visited East Coast Nats Chicopee Massachusetts Center row photos L-R 1 Tom Dooley makes look easy rotor tilt wind signals otherwise hell fliers must have built-in wind sock 2 Demetrius Washington Jane Johnson Aaron Archer pitted CL Mouse Race 3 massive display RC Scale models drew largest crowds 4 Steve Strickers beautiful pair RC Pattern birdsChip Hyde background 5 glider pilot receives help unidentified assistant very instant releasing pilots winch-launched RC glider Flier controls winch speed foot pedal Bottom row photos L-R 1 Race official Karen Veager waves checkered flag signaling start model aviations exciting eventspylon racing Pilot skill plus engine tune secret success 2 Heartbreak Nats Undoubtedly Roger Young contemplating kilo-hours loves lost labor Its interesting tail usually survives December 1992 31 irresistible smile belongs Joe Beshar District 2 VP does flawless C02-powered little Piper Joe going fly it usbut gas bottle gave out Lovely Jane Breshears traveled way Spokane Washington fly self-built Lacey M-1O Coupe home-built replica home-built Sixteen-year-old Senior CL Mouse Racing champ Jason Allen raced cloudburst gave RC whirl says prefers control line Schoolmarm Jessica Thurrott shown secret weapon wielded well finishing 11th RC Formula Pylon Racing Julie Abel former US FAI CL Scale team member attends 15th consecutive Nats Thats Dads CL Scale entry Lovings Love Goodyear racer Don Krafft District 1 VP point time AMA membership growth has slackened somewhat colorful spectacular show Nats projects just has spark fresh interest Bob Landry manager magician properties supplies required produce Nats ie 100 walkie-talkies 75 Porta-Johns etc Dont try talk down Nats am proud have helped out last seven Natseven own equipment arrange vacation can set up maintain tear down Nats paraphernalia assistants helpers couldnt hire work hard herefor free Nats perennial traditionjust like lady 500 never want see terminated Betty Stream longtime administrator hand-lender together such other valiant ladies Bev Wisniewski Darlene Frederick traveled way West Coast apply talents Without Nats something would cut out life True hubby no longer active hobby once friendships camaraderie AMA people whole spectrum model aviation together placethe state art speakit has fulfilling activities Like reunion Oh sometimes still fly gliders Vince Mankowski AMA Executive Director As may suspect am triple grandfather son marine another CPA am also avid CL Combat flier have placed sixth national contest Whats take put Nats Glad asked First have find sitea big lots paved surface ask bids local clubs have large aerodrome its equivalent inspect site evaluate Nats suitability preliminaries must place order publish announcement date location January issue Model Aviation means planning must lead preliminaries three months must completed October prior year Now people part typically recruit roughly 540 volunteers help us run Nats least half required experienced peoplelike Betty Darlene Bev must synchronize judges points view verdicts fair regionally oriented Money matters ask good news sites such Westover offered free charge government offers aeromodeler Other expenses mostly services rentals transportation add up $140000 large portion defrayed competitors entry fees least third taken care concessions industry support income So AMA butters about $25000and have broken some years did adhere nonalcoholic principles some beer company would surely sponsor amount big bargain Canadas full-scale aerobatic competition underwritten Labattsand much smaller crowd Maybe should attract root beer manufacturer look attendance numbersl 000 contestants 600 volunteer workers 3000 family members 3000 visiting nonparticipating AMA members 10000 non-AMA spectators including military base personnel Okay Ill grant last numbers guesstimatesgood ones best knowledge What grand show 16000 noncompeting nonworking fans cost buck half Wayne Veager chief architect Toledo Expo boss Nats RC Pylon Racing Pylon racing thing Karen [Wayne s wfe] would love compete greatest place thatthe Nats also megasatisfaction seeing Nats pylon competition best organized disciplined event So what Karen drops checkered flag screaming hornets let loose does competitors spectators adrenalin 32 Model Aviation ers havent caught Nats bug now maybe can enticed mental flashing pictures some activities As start 1992 Nats shared tarmac among other fullscale military hardware two billion yes thats fight dollars worth C-5As Nats attendees watched giant babies shoot touch-andgoes Almost 18 C-5As based Westover saw action Persian Gulf droop-shouldered flying warehouses bore name Patriot Wing Guess know what hauled AMAs Chip Smith major catalyst Westover Air Force Base commander staff could have cooperative Oh wellthey did let rain come day also emptied cavernous hangars multipronged use transmitter check station indoor free flight competition static judging Hangars C-5As something else Huge C-5As tail sticks out through hangar door shaped fit around aircrafts posterior As past years discerning observer becomes aware gargantuan task AMA shoulders time Nats mobilized different branches model aviation tree justice individually near-impossibility AMA tries hard Free fighters need lots elbow room contrast cousins gossamer-winged one-rev-per-second Pennyplanes need windsheltered area such C-5A hangar Both accommodated Once two-gram heavies become stuck hangars roof trusses Semper paratus pilot reaches trusty fishing pole helium-filled balloon hook playing outline carefully maneuvering balloon next stuckee little craft usually dislodged seems similar technique might work retrieval method treed RC modelswell calm days Control line fliers seem among dedicated determined Nats attendees evidence fervor Nats Wednesday Poseidon decided should wash-down day Chicopee Thus copious supply celestial nonfoaming H20 halted nearly flying activity Nearly turned out course indoor fliersand group weather-oblivious youngsters Mouse Racing deluge virtually wrung out hung up dry after contest Rain shine serious circle burners need pavement speedway relatives triple-digit-mph go-fasters also require special safety fence around circlejust case periphery turns tangent planes possibility launch dollies certainty Bob Landrys legions fall heir fencing job theyll tell fastening anything concrete deck aint easy dog-fighting combat fliers other hand dont mind letting grass grow under feet After hand launch anyway what exciting show put smacks lack compassion course admit crashes spectacular onlookers sever streamer knot such fateful aggressiveness may lead familiar whomp followed sudden engine silence fearless combat pilots told us airframe life expectancy about 22 matches Consequently almost such warriors carry least dozen backup ships well understood uninitiated spectator mission sleek artistically covered decorated fly-by-wire aerobatic models Like planes flown RC Pattern contests design CL stunters serve function scale likeness appearance does count rewarded bonus points primary objective flight performance prescribed maneuver sequence judges sit close action could miss slightest asymmetric wiggle Steve Buso Tivoli New York talented competitor himself became willing tour guide through stuntland Steve related during 1930s young man James Walker invented bellcrank big bang really put control line flying Continued page 49 RC Pylon Racing Event Director Wayne Yeager adorable young daughter Lauren future pylon racer perhaps Betty Fox Fox Manufacturing Larry Scarinzi holding pair vintage CL Flying Flounders designed late Walt Williams L-R Guatemalan RC Sailplane fliers E Mertins W Alvarado J Quevedo J Vogel E Mertins J Sanchez P Wagner RC Category Manager Betty Stream years dedication expertise have helped make RC events run smoothly free flighters equipment box Bob Hatschek told us wont travel 12000 miles contest What Chicagolands Charlie Bauer up time rubber powered U-2 spy plane thats what Kevin Kane helping mber 1992 33 Hatching Nats/Berman Continued page 33 map Jim also exceptionally gifted showman reputed have able fly three CL planes same time hand third somehow reeved cap also manufactured kits Fireball Firebabynostalgia planes still fondly remembered old-timers legacy lives Walker Cup coveted traveling stunt championship trophy established honor Walker Cup has now awarded 46th year winners names inscribed its base Four leaf clover reverse wingover some terms jargon used aspirants Watker Cup tongue-swallowing maneuver remains suicidal dive straight pavement microsecond pullout just inches away otherwise certain splintersville think stout heart refer square loop Helicopters still baffle spectators Up down sideways backwardslike oversized hummingbirdswith itty-bitty stem top supporting whole schmear Under guidance someone like Georgias Tom Dooley helicopter assumes grace ballet dancer doing pirouettes hesitations utter delight amazement watching sexy whirr magical craft goes inverted Also consider Model choppers manage effect pinpoint landings hang dead still prevailing winds free flight cloud scrapers intriguing Some have motors fuel lines pinched off after few seconds timing mechanism have tinder fuse calibrated bum rubberband restraining dethermalizer results either horizontal tail wing pivoting up effect rapid descent once max two-minute flight time has achieved Launching nearvertical yet hoped-for flight path wide circle So trimming becomes much art assessment proper launch window tricky wind promises likely flight success RC pattern test best Most big names Chicopee handsome David Von Linsowe took top honors little names ponder choice equipment champs Airframes sport least two dozen different model names look similar Slender fuses tapered midwings Retracts course Two-strokes four-strokes debate no will ever win uninitiated observer has conclude perfect eyes-brainsfingers combination inputting gimbals Continued page 138 LDM Industries new Ball Bearing Conversion Kit can convert idard servos ball bearing servos minutes Futaba Airtronics Includes 4 new servo top cases containing high quality stainless steel ball bearing servo output shaftThe remaining kit indudes4 ball bearings plastic bushings come installed servosLDM Industries new Ball Bearing Servo Conversion Kit will Eliminate wobble output shaft Eliminate servo deadband precise control response helicopters Reduce chance flutter airplanes Optimize steenog response cars Help absorb heavy steering loads boats Extend life servos used withpull-pull type cable controls U- Control Kits Midwesfa new Success Series 049 U-Control kits perfect introduction building flying Featuring illustrated step-by-step Success Series construction manuals teach build paint fly models Kits include Micro-Cut Quality parts pre-formed wire parts wheels belicrank colorful self adhesive markingsqp line Famous Fighters World War II designed use Cox Black Widow engine See products favorite hobby retailer today Famous Fighters World War II Models Available *258- Zero #259 Corsairshown herel *260- Thunderbolt #261 FockeWuif Midwest Products Cs. Inc 400 S Indiana St PO Box 5B4 Hobart IN 4B34Z ZIS942-1134 PAX 2191 947-2347 ni 992 Midwest Products co Inc December 1992 49 Now cost gnj ball bearing servo can upgrade complete set four standard servos To order conversion kits send check money order LDM Industries Inc PO Box 292396 Dept 3 Tampa FL 33687-2396 Phone 813 985-5616 Add $300 shipping handling per order Florida reaidents add 6 1/2% saks tax Dealer Inquiries Wekome VISA MASTER CARD Accepted c4ib5L D M Industries ij R/ck iPr~r 4 Now three kits available fit standard servos use today Kit #9600 fits standard Futaba servos S28 538 S48 S228 S138 S148 Hobby Shack Cinrs CS28 CS126 CS238 & CS248 Price 4 $3995 Kit #9700 fits Airtronzcs 94102 PrIce 4 $3995 Kst#9800isa bearing set fits JR 501 & 507 Focus HS300 & HS500 RCD Apollo 05 Tower Hobbies TS-51 Ace Sport 330 Price 4for $24S5 hassle free Monocote trim work try NO-HEAT re Tuiw 5oivwr Success Series asyJ nners Systems stat O plus IV handling WIRE BENDER BENDS AND FORMS WIRE AND STRIPS OF METAL IN ANGLES CURVES LOOPS ETC No WBl 00- $400 SQUARE PUNCH SET CUTS SQUARES AND SLOTS SET INCLUDES SIZES 1/6 2/16 1/45/163/B MADE FROM NICKEL PLATED STEEL No SPS5 $1000 BRUSHES 3 PCS MINLATURE WIRE BRUSH SET ONE EACH BRASS NYLON STAINLESS MWB3 $300 ZONA SAWS MADE IN USA iSO42 TEETH 3/4 20032 TEETH 3/4230 250MtTRE BOX250 450SUPER SABRE SAWWITH LONG & SHORT BLADE 260 500 ZONAHAKA 11/4 27G BOO JUNIOR HACKSAW 165 DRILL SETS FIRST QUAUTY HIGH SPEED STEEL ALL BETS SUPPUED IN CASE 051611/lB bus 7 26 pc 1650 DS1KEATOZ/ 26 F MOST POPULAR D5162No 11060 60 poa4lfiSO DSIERNo 611065120 p0- 1260 PIN VISE STAINLESS STEEL-S TO 1/6 CAP PV4 -4 Iang -$300 PV6 -6 LOSS- 660 PVIO10LaflS- 660 PV15-1SLSnB 1000 PV614Otol/4 Cpcfty 66601 AJI electoncs except battery pack contained erne mount Machined aircraft grade solki aluminum bar stock Makes engine arid ignition mounting one-step operation Available engines stock hato-lind BOSCH RESISTOR COVERS i4mm sparlqugs$995 coser TUBE CLIlTER 1/8 TO 5/B CAPACITY HEAVY DUTY MADE PROM SEMI-STEEL No TCS8 $400 HOBBY KNIFE BLADES No11 MADE IN USA 160 PACK NoHKB1 1- $850 SINGLE EDGE BLADES MADE IN USA FIRST QUALITY NO9100 PACK NO SEB 102 $400 HEAVY DUTY NO11 FIRST QUALITY 100 PACK Ol $600 Z PLIERS MAKES PERFECT Z BENDS WITH SOUEEZE NO ZPL $1600 LONG DRILLST-PINS FIRST GUALITY HIGH SPEED STEEL1 1/4 12 LONG18 LONG LGI1/16$450LG63/16$1500 PACK LG21/8450LG77/321500 LG36/32450LGB1/41500MADE IN USA LG43/16450 LGS1/4560NO TP14 $200 SET-illS 1/8 6/32 3/16 1/4 X 12 LONG LGB $2100 EASTERN TOOL & SUPPLY CO 145 GRAND ST NEW YORK CITY NY 10013 212935-lOGE Catalog Free wdh Order $600 w6h Coupon $600 Postage Check Without Check Add $750 C 0 0 CUTTING MATS HEALS ITSELF AFTER EACH CUT AND SURFACE STAYS SMOOTH NON-GLARE GREEN FINISH CUT ON BOTH SIDES NO CM8 9X 12 $1000 NOCM12 12X18 $1500 HELPING HAND FIRST QUALITY THREE ARMS 2 ARMS WITH ALLIGATOR CLIPS 1 ARM WITH 2X GLASS 2 1/2 MAGNIFIER HH1$700 NORTH WESTERN CHOP SAW MAKES PERFECT MITRE CUTS 30 450 60 IN WOOD OR PLASTIC USES SINGLE EDGE BLADE ADJ STOP NONCS $1450 T-BAR SANDERS ALUMINUM MADE IN USA Til 11 LONG $Z30 T22 22 LONG $350 SANDPAPER RUFF TUFF ADHESIVE SACK $105 lSPECIFYFINEIRSFIfpIUMIRSM ELECTRONIC CALIPER 1ST INDUSTRIAL OUALITY READS IN INCHES AND METRIC 0- 6/0 155MM EC6 $5500 DIAL CALIPER 1ST INDUSTRIAL QUALITY E100 SINGLE REVOLUTION GRAD IN 001 SAtiN CHROME FINISH WITH FITtED CASE DC6 $2100 Pitts-Style Mufflers UNIVERSAL STRAP ON older engInes mufflEr bolts Ii 2945 JT-40P $2165 5161 iT-SOP $2365 ExhaUst extensions worm drtvB moUntIng Strap inctUded UNIVERSAL BOLT ON slOe mounted 6051560 WIll fIt 85% engInes made after 1968 Easy attaclr Just bort muffler engIne WItS factory muffler bolts bOSS 099 60w hmuffe iT 4S 28 -45iT-ROPE $226551-61 $2465 MAIL ORDER Please add $250 UPS tEIpOlflQ Check MO VIsa MC too accepted AGO $400 cEtra COD CalIfornIa resIdents add 6% sales tao J101O.1119 51 1 O1595 31- 1 /1 75 59/555 37915/5 2500 10001915 31lOll$01 lOll1495 3545/ST S 45071495 5 5519 rSl TI IS U 1201 01111 1 20 21 15 M.0 950 50015 ESRASs ESTONsIONTUBNE AND tLAMP5INC50Et N I Hatching Nats/Berman Continued page 49 will win regardless apparent minute differences competition comple ment As joked once before Hanno Prettner could have bested comers hoisting barn door powered Briggs & Stratton Well almost RC Scale competition drew largest crowd spectators usual no ones surprise viewers appear admire miniature airplanes resemble full-size counterparts closely possible thousand-plus building hours rule rather exception price pay can shrink full-size airplane molecule air often translates less-than-superstable flight envelope Knowing caprices model engines serviceable plane sort hope longevity should have gentle dead-stick glide supersleek scale ships lack feature woe proud ownerbuilder twin- multi-engine oneengine flameout renders plane difficult control crashes Just look heartbreaking wreck Roger Young endured absolutely superb DC-3 in-flight problem lure Nats international lucky cross paths contingent enthusiastic glider fliers Guatemala Small country RC club its 70 members own flying field sports paved runway Guatemalas TACA Airline sponsored teams trip Chicopee Coffee growing sausage making airline maintenance some professions team members also heard control line team traveled Chicopee halfway around worldSingapore Unhappily missed contacting Canada Mexico course well represented international flavor also enhanced spectators male chauvinist point view unlikely highly successful Formula pylon racer young lady schoolmarm Connecticut Jessica Thurrott expert Japanese language teaches English Japanese exchange students entire class came Nats applaud skill spur 11th-place finish overall Jessica has accepted member Samurai Pylon Racing Team composed elite racers selected invitation boss modest Californian Jim Shinohara Chronicling 92 Nats reporter doffs cap valiant ladies carried torch aeromodeling specific mention must sprightly Betty Fox president Fox Manufacturing Dukes widow 138 Model Aviation available new MOD-U-El MOUNT 5ew1 9 mr systems narts aoines Duos list newsletter orderir instouctions NEEDLE FILE SET 51/2- I2SHAPES PLASTIC HANDLE WITH EACH FILE GREAT ON WOOD PLASliC METAL No NFS1O1 -$400 INDUSTRIAL QUALITY XTRA HEAVY DUTY 12 SHAPE 4 LONG $650 NG $500 DREMEL 3950 TOP OF THE LINE MOTO POWER TOOL SET INCLUDES 40 ACCESSORIES AND CASE No 3950 $6800 EPOXY BRUSHES MADE IN USA 15/PACK No EB12 -$85 Doz No E8144 -$700 Gross remember Nats Duke sat under tent fly near CL circles fingers innards injured Fox engine Maybe Betty did bring kit tools parts lent moral supportall day dayright next circle burners theater operations Betty reminded us Duke fullscale pilot up point diabetes revoked physical certification Carry plucky lady Last year Rick Joanie Allisonthis year Matt Kleinvictims parking lot crime Matt s pretty little red truck vanished first night right out its close-in motel parking space Fortunately planes removed few spare parts components left truck episode ended reasonably well local police recovered filched nowempty truck next town locks forced no other obvious damage may lesson us Trouble never leave anything value vehicle parked outside overnight Flights miniature aircraft Nats like sampling entire model aviation buffet new dishes being served up year Electric-motor-propelled craft coming rocket-launched gliders no doubt simmering burner Vertols spacecraft might waiting oops wings Rogallo-winged things solar-cellpowered craft scaled-up ornithopters birdlike wing flappers could make debut future Nats Surely no limit inventiveness ingenuity craftsmanship aeromodelers AMAs problem participation density Some event categories now have low levels entrycertain glider rubber free flight contests instance Also priorities nations youth might have strayed toward prefabbed Star Wars hardware away do-it-yourself modelers benchwith its balsa CyA hobby knives complement fascination things airborne remains knows Perhaps pendulum will swing other waywith bit PR help us oldstersespecially since fullscale flying seems drift farther farther out reach financially part due product liability madness Viva los Nats See next year sure w 1993 4 PILOTS STANDARD TSMAN RACING TARUii VINrAGE TH CONTOUR BALLOON EN AGE ENGINES & 4 PRATT & WHITNEY HT HONE 1ARTS PRATT & WHITNEY HONE WRIGHT E LEWISVICKERS DAU BELLUM ASE FOR FREE ILLUSTRATED ORDER FORM ST SAN MARCOS CALIFORNIA 92069 mber1992 139 HAIGH STYLE SCALE TAILWHEEL last true scale tailwheel handmade USA No plastic spring steel tailwheels models up 30 poundsPrice 2495 Ohio r 11376 Ridgeway Road 21 6-223-1 950 KensinQton OH 44427 WILLIAMS ACCESSORIES BROTHERS ________________ r else has prop decals and----N rare kill markings Nob odg decals Get decals pros use majorTEL 413-525-4110 8ea ueFAX 413-525-1194 LNORTHEAST SCREEN GRAPHICS 21 FISHER AVE. EAST LONGMEADOW MA 01028
Edition: Model Aviation - 1992/12
Page Numbers: 30, 31, 32, 33, 49, 138, 139
~UT THY BOTHER some might say Out JJ roughly 160000 members about 1000 register VY compete Nats less threefourths percent As sort devils advocate reporter posed very question members top echelon Academy gist what replied AMA President Don Lowe Competition very spice human activity some manner us competing maybe against ourselves Competition also test bed hobby products major source innovation development improvement Engines airfoils airframes certainly radio control technology get boost striving excellence must-win champions Its like end result research Take astronauts Millions benefit efforts few up Space Shuttle reasons must perpetuate Nats could compare reactor core entire hobby sport Olympicsthe World Seriesthe SuperbowlWimbledon huge benefit us let always Nats could describe epitome love flying Dean Koger champion RC Pattern contestant percentage figure least somewhat misleading Take look member ship roster club Only about third dues payers active fliers Right 30 Model Aviation row photos L-R 1 Nats attendees treated awesome sight C-5As shooting touch-and-goes 2 Left right Nats volunteers Ray Lavallee Joe Russo Facilities Manager Bob Landry hang out welcome sign 1992 Nationals visitors 3 mammoth C-5A served during Desert Storm 4 Tarps makeshift protectors cover airplanes during on-and-off rain showers visited East Coast Nats Chicopee Massachusetts Center row photos L-R 1 Tom Dooley makes look easy rotor tilt wind signals otherwise hell fliers must have built-in wind sock 2 Demetrius Washington Jane Johnson Aaron Archer pitted CL Mouse Race 3 massive display RC Scale models drew largest crowds 4 Steve Strickers beautiful pair RC Pattern birdsChip Hyde background 5 glider pilot receives help unidentified assistant very instant releasing pilots winch-launched RC glider Flier controls winch speed foot pedal Bottom row photos L-R 1 Race official Karen Veager waves checkered flag signaling start model aviations exciting eventspylon racing Pilot skill plus engine tune secret success 2 Heartbreak Nats Undoubtedly Roger Young contemplating kilo-hours loves lost labor Its interesting tail usually survives December 1992 31 irresistible smile belongs Joe Beshar District 2 VP does flawless C02-powered little Piper Joe going fly it usbut gas bottle gave out Lovely Jane Breshears traveled way Spokane Washington fly self-built Lacey M-1O Coupe home-built replica home-built Sixteen-year-old Senior CL Mouse Racing champ Jason Allen raced cloudburst gave RC whirl says prefers control line Schoolmarm Jessica Thurrott shown secret weapon wielded well finishing 11th RC Formula Pylon Racing Julie Abel former US FAI CL Scale team member attends 15th consecutive Nats Thats Dads CL Scale entry Lovings Love Goodyear racer Don Krafft District 1 VP point time AMA membership growth has slackened somewhat colorful spectacular show Nats projects just has spark fresh interest Bob Landry manager magician properties supplies required produce Nats ie 100 walkie-talkies 75 Porta-Johns etc Dont try talk down Nats am proud have helped out last seven Natseven own equipment arrange vacation can set up maintain tear down Nats paraphernalia assistants helpers couldnt hire work hard herefor free Nats perennial traditionjust like lady 500 never want see terminated Betty Stream longtime administrator hand-lender together such other valiant ladies Bev Wisniewski Darlene Frederick traveled way West Coast apply talents Without Nats something would cut out life True hubby no longer active hobby once friendships camaraderie AMA people whole spectrum model aviation together placethe state art speakit has fulfilling activities Like reunion Oh sometimes still fly gliders Vince Mankowski AMA Executive Director As may suspect am triple grandfather son marine another CPA am also avid CL Combat flier have placed sixth national contest Whats take put Nats Glad asked First have find sitea big lots paved surface ask bids local clubs have large aerodrome its equivalent inspect site evaluate Nats suitability preliminaries must place order publish announcement date location January issue Model Aviation means planning must lead preliminaries three months must completed October prior year Now people part typically recruit roughly 540 volunteers help us run Nats least half required experienced peoplelike Betty Darlene Bev must synchronize judges points view verdicts fair regionally oriented Money matters ask good news sites such Westover offered free charge government offers aeromodeler Other expenses mostly services rentals transportation add up $140000 large portion defrayed competitors entry fees least third taken care concessions industry support income So AMA butters about $25000and have broken some years did adhere nonalcoholic principles some beer company would surely sponsor amount big bargain Canadas full-scale aerobatic competition underwritten Labattsand much smaller crowd Maybe should attract root beer manufacturer look attendance numbersl 000 contestants 600 volunteer workers 3000 family members 3000 visiting nonparticipating AMA members 10000 non-AMA spectators including military base personnel Okay Ill grant last numbers guesstimatesgood ones best knowledge What grand show 16000 noncompeting nonworking fans cost buck half Wayne Veager chief architect Toledo Expo boss Nats RC Pylon Racing Pylon racing thing Karen [Wayne s wfe] would love compete greatest place thatthe Nats also megasatisfaction seeing Nats pylon competition best organized disciplined event So what Karen drops checkered flag screaming hornets let loose does competitors spectators adrenalin 32 Model Aviation ers havent caught Nats bug now maybe can enticed mental flashing pictures some activities As start 1992 Nats shared tarmac among other fullscale military hardware two billion yes thats fight dollars worth C-5As Nats attendees watched giant babies shoot touch-andgoes Almost 18 C-5As based Westover saw action Persian Gulf droop-shouldered flying warehouses bore name Patriot Wing Guess know what hauled AMAs Chip Smith major catalyst Westover Air Force Base commander staff could have cooperative Oh wellthey did let rain come day also emptied cavernous hangars multipronged use transmitter check station indoor free flight competition static judging Hangars C-5As something else Huge C-5As tail sticks out through hangar door shaped fit around aircrafts posterior As past years discerning observer becomes aware gargantuan task AMA shoulders time Nats mobilized different branches model aviation tree justice individually near-impossibility AMA tries hard Free fighters need lots elbow room contrast cousins gossamer-winged one-rev-per-second Pennyplanes need windsheltered area such C-5A hangar Both accommodated Once two-gram heavies become stuck hangars roof trusses Semper paratus pilot reaches trusty fishing pole helium-filled balloon hook playing outline carefully maneuvering balloon next stuckee little craft usually dislodged seems similar technique might work retrieval method treed RC modelswell calm days Control line fliers seem among dedicated determined Nats attendees evidence fervor Nats Wednesday Poseidon decided should wash-down day Chicopee Thus copious supply celestial nonfoaming H20 halted nearly flying activity Nearly turned out course indoor fliersand group weather-oblivious youngsters Mouse Racing deluge virtually wrung out hung up dry after contest Rain shine serious circle burners need pavement speedway relatives triple-digit-mph go-fasters also require special safety fence around circlejust case periphery turns tangent planes possibility launch dollies certainty Bob Landrys legions fall heir fencing job theyll tell fastening anything concrete deck aint easy dog-fighting combat fliers other hand dont mind letting grass grow under feet After hand launch anyway what exciting show put smacks lack compassion course admit crashes spectacular onlookers sever streamer knot such fateful aggressiveness may lead familiar whomp followed sudden engine silence fearless combat pilots told us airframe life expectancy about 22 matches Consequently almost such warriors carry least dozen backup ships well understood uninitiated spectator mission sleek artistically covered decorated fly-by-wire aerobatic models Like planes flown RC Pattern contests design CL stunters serve function scale likeness appearance does count rewarded bonus points primary objective flight performance prescribed maneuver sequence judges sit close action could miss slightest asymmetric wiggle Steve Buso Tivoli New York talented competitor himself became willing tour guide through stuntland Steve related during 1930s young man James Walker invented bellcrank big bang really put control line flying Continued page 49 RC Pylon Racing Event Director Wayne Yeager adorable young daughter Lauren future pylon racer perhaps Betty Fox Fox Manufacturing Larry Scarinzi holding pair vintage CL Flying Flounders designed late Walt Williams L-R Guatemalan RC Sailplane fliers E Mertins W Alvarado J Quevedo J Vogel E Mertins J Sanchez P Wagner RC Category Manager Betty Stream years dedication expertise have helped make RC events run smoothly free flighters equipment box Bob Hatschek told us wont travel 12000 miles contest What Chicagolands Charlie Bauer up time rubber powered U-2 spy plane thats what Kevin Kane helping mber 1992 33 Hatching Nats/Berman Continued page 33 map Jim also exceptionally gifted showman reputed have able fly three CL planes same time hand third somehow reeved cap also manufactured kits Fireball Firebabynostalgia planes still fondly remembered old-timers legacy lives Walker Cup coveted traveling stunt championship trophy established honor Walker Cup has now awarded 46th year winners names inscribed its base Four leaf clover reverse wingover some terms jargon used aspirants Watker Cup tongue-swallowing maneuver remains suicidal dive straight pavement microsecond pullout just inches away otherwise certain splintersville think stout heart refer square loop Helicopters still baffle spectators Up down sideways backwardslike oversized hummingbirdswith itty-bitty stem top supporting whole schmear Under guidance someone like Georgias Tom Dooley helicopter assumes grace ballet dancer doing pirouettes hesitations utter delight amazement watching sexy whirr magical craft goes inverted Also consider Model choppers manage effect pinpoint landings hang dead still prevailing winds free flight cloud scrapers intriguing Some have motors fuel lines pinched off after few seconds timing mechanism have tinder fuse calibrated bum rubberband restraining dethermalizer results either horizontal tail wing pivoting up effect rapid descent once max two-minute flight time has achieved Launching nearvertical yet hoped-for flight path wide circle So trimming becomes much art assessment proper launch window tricky wind promises likely flight success RC pattern test best Most big names Chicopee handsome David Von Linsowe took top honors little names ponder choice equipment champs Airframes sport least two dozen different model names look similar Slender fuses tapered midwings Retracts course Two-strokes four-strokes debate no will ever win uninitiated observer has conclude perfect eyes-brainsfingers combination inputting gimbals Continued page 138 LDM Industries new Ball Bearing Conversion Kit can convert idard servos ball bearing servos minutes Futaba Airtronics Includes 4 new servo top cases containing high quality stainless steel ball bearing servo output shaftThe remaining kit indudes4 ball bearings plastic bushings come installed servosLDM Industries new Ball Bearing Servo Conversion Kit will Eliminate wobble output shaft Eliminate servo deadband precise control response helicopters Reduce chance flutter airplanes Optimize steenog response cars Help absorb heavy steering loads boats Extend life servos used withpull-pull type cable controls U- Control Kits Midwesfa new Success Series 049 U-Control kits perfect introduction building flying Featuring illustrated step-by-step Success Series construction manuals teach build paint fly models Kits include Micro-Cut Quality parts pre-formed wire parts wheels belicrank colorful self adhesive markingsqp line Famous Fighters World War II designed use Cox Black Widow engine See products favorite hobby retailer today Famous Fighters World War II Models Available *258- Zero #259 Corsairshown herel *260- Thunderbolt #261 FockeWuif Midwest Products Cs. Inc 400 S Indiana St PO Box 5B4 Hobart IN 4B34Z ZIS942-1134 PAX 2191 947-2347 ni 992 Midwest Products co Inc December 1992 49 Now cost gnj ball bearing servo can upgrade complete set four standard servos To order conversion kits send check money order LDM Industries Inc PO Box 292396 Dept 3 Tampa FL 33687-2396 Phone 813 985-5616 Add $300 shipping handling per order Florida reaidents add 6 1/2% saks tax Dealer Inquiries Wekome VISA MASTER CARD Accepted c4ib5L D M Industries ij R/ck iPr~r 4 Now three kits available fit standard servos use today Kit #9600 fits standard Futaba servos S28 538 S48 S228 S138 S148 Hobby Shack Cinrs CS28 CS126 CS238 & CS248 Price 4 $3995 Kit #9700 fits Airtronzcs 94102 PrIce 4 $3995 Kst#9800isa bearing set fits JR 501 & 507 Focus HS300 & HS500 RCD Apollo 05 Tower Hobbies TS-51 Ace Sport 330 Price 4for $24S5 hassle free Monocote trim work try NO-HEAT re Tuiw 5oivwr Success Series asyJ nners Systems stat O plus IV handling WIRE BENDER BENDS AND FORMS WIRE AND 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rSl TI IS U 1201 01111 1 20 21 15 M.0 950 50015 ESRASs ESTONsIONTUBNE AND tLAMP5INC50Et N I Hatching Nats/Berman Continued page 49 will win regardless apparent minute differences competition comple ment As joked once before Hanno Prettner could have bested comers hoisting barn door powered Briggs & Stratton Well almost RC Scale competition drew largest crowd spectators usual no ones surprise viewers appear admire miniature airplanes resemble full-size counterparts closely possible thousand-plus building hours rule rather exception price pay can shrink full-size airplane molecule air often translates less-than-superstable flight envelope Knowing caprices model engines serviceable plane sort hope longevity should have gentle dead-stick glide supersleek scale ships lack feature woe proud ownerbuilder twin- multi-engine oneengine flameout renders plane difficult control crashes Just look heartbreaking wreck Roger Young endured absolutely superb DC-3 in-flight problem lure Nats international lucky cross paths contingent enthusiastic glider fliers Guatemala Small country RC club its 70 members own flying field sports paved runway Guatemalas TACA Airline sponsored teams trip Chicopee Coffee growing sausage making airline maintenance some professions team members also heard control line team traveled Chicopee halfway around worldSingapore Unhappily missed contacting Canada Mexico course well represented international flavor also enhanced spectators male chauvinist point view unlikely highly successful Formula pylon racer young lady schoolmarm Connecticut Jessica Thurrott expert Japanese language teaches English Japanese exchange students entire class came Nats applaud skill spur 11th-place finish overall Jessica has accepted member Samurai Pylon Racing Team composed elite racers selected invitation boss modest Californian Jim Shinohara Chronicling 92 Nats reporter doffs cap valiant ladies carried torch aeromodeling specific mention must sprightly Betty Fox president Fox Manufacturing Dukes widow 138 Model Aviation available new MOD-U-El MOUNT 5ew1 9 mr systems narts aoines Duos list newsletter orderir instouctions NEEDLE FILE SET 51/2- I2SHAPES PLASTIC HANDLE WITH EACH FILE GREAT ON WOOD PLASliC METAL No NFS1O1 -$400 INDUSTRIAL QUALITY XTRA HEAVY DUTY 12 SHAPE 4 LONG $650 NG $500 DREMEL 3950 TOP OF THE LINE MOTO POWER TOOL SET INCLUDES 40 ACCESSORIES AND CASE No 3950 $6800 EPOXY BRUSHES MADE IN USA 15/PACK No EB12 -$85 Doz No E8144 -$700 Gross remember Nats Duke sat under tent fly near CL circles fingers innards injured Fox engine Maybe Betty did bring kit tools parts lent moral supportall day dayright next circle burners theater operations Betty reminded us Duke fullscale pilot up point diabetes revoked physical certification Carry plucky lady Last year Rick Joanie Allisonthis year Matt Kleinvictims parking lot crime Matt s pretty little red truck vanished first night right out its close-in motel parking space Fortunately planes removed few spare parts components left truck episode ended reasonably well local police recovered filched nowempty truck next town locks forced no other obvious damage may lesson us Trouble never leave anything value vehicle parked outside overnight Flights miniature aircraft Nats like sampling entire model aviation buffet new dishes being served up year Electric-motor-propelled craft coming rocket-launched gliders no doubt simmering burner Vertols spacecraft might waiting oops wings Rogallo-winged things solar-cellpowered craft scaled-up ornithopters birdlike wing flappers could make debut future Nats Surely no limit inventiveness ingenuity craftsmanship aeromodelers AMAs problem participation density Some event categories now have low levels entrycertain glider rubber free flight contests instance Also priorities nations youth might have strayed toward prefabbed Star Wars hardware away do-it-yourself modelers benchwith its balsa CyA hobby knives complement fascination things airborne remains knows Perhaps pendulum will swing other waywith bit PR help us oldstersespecially since fullscale flying seems drift farther farther out reach financially part due product liability madness Viva los Nats See next year sure w 1993 4 PILOTS STANDARD TSMAN RACING TARUii VINrAGE TH CONTOUR BALLOON EN AGE ENGINES & 4 PRATT & WHITNEY HT HONE 1ARTS PRATT & WHITNEY HONE WRIGHT E LEWISVICKERS DAU BELLUM ASE FOR FREE ILLUSTRATED ORDER FORM ST SAN MARCOS CALIFORNIA 92069 mber1992 139 HAIGH STYLE SCALE TAILWHEEL last true scale tailwheel handmade USA No plastic spring steel tailwheels models up 30 poundsPrice 2495 Ohio r 11376 Ridgeway Road 21 6-223-1 950 KensinQton OH 44427 WILLIAMS ACCESSORIES BROTHERS ________________ r else has prop decals and----N rare kill markings Nob odg decals Get decals pros use majorTEL 413-525-4110 8ea ueFAX 413-525-1194 LNORTHEAST SCREEN GRAPHICS 21 FISHER AVE. 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Edition: Model Aviation - 1992/12
Page Numbers: 30, 31, 32, 33, 49, 138, 139
~UT THY BOTHER some might say Out JJ roughly 160000 members about 1000 register VY compete Nats less threefourths percent As sort devils advocate reporter posed very question members top echelon Academy gist what replied AMA President Don Lowe Competition very spice human activity some manner us competing maybe against ourselves Competition also test bed hobby products major source innovation development improvement Engines airfoils airframes certainly radio control technology get boost striving excellence must-win champions Its like end result research Take astronauts Millions benefit efforts few up Space Shuttle reasons must perpetuate Nats could compare reactor core entire hobby sport Olympicsthe World Seriesthe SuperbowlWimbledon huge benefit us let always Nats could describe epitome love flying Dean Koger champion RC Pattern contestant percentage figure least somewhat misleading Take look member ship roster club Only about third dues payers active fliers Right 30 Model Aviation row photos L-R 1 Nats attendees treated awesome sight C-5As shooting touch-and-goes 2 Left right Nats volunteers Ray Lavallee Joe Russo Facilities Manager Bob Landry hang out welcome sign 1992 Nationals visitors 3 mammoth C-5A served during Desert Storm 4 Tarps makeshift protectors cover airplanes during on-and-off rain showers visited East Coast Nats Chicopee Massachusetts Center row photos L-R 1 Tom Dooley makes look easy rotor tilt wind signals otherwise hell fliers must have built-in wind sock 2 Demetrius Washington Jane Johnson Aaron Archer pitted CL Mouse Race 3 massive display RC Scale models drew largest crowds 4 Steve Strickers beautiful pair RC Pattern birdsChip Hyde background 5 glider pilot receives help unidentified assistant very instant releasing pilots winch-launched RC glider Flier controls winch speed foot pedal Bottom row photos L-R 1 Race official Karen Veager waves checkered flag signaling start model aviations exciting eventspylon racing Pilot skill plus engine tune secret success 2 Heartbreak Nats Undoubtedly Roger Young contemplating kilo-hours loves lost labor Its interesting tail usually survives December 1992 31 irresistible smile belongs Joe Beshar District 2 VP does flawless C02-powered little Piper Joe going fly it usbut gas bottle gave out Lovely Jane Breshears traveled way Spokane Washington fly self-built Lacey M-1O Coupe home-built replica home-built Sixteen-year-old Senior CL Mouse Racing champ Jason Allen raced cloudburst gave RC whirl says prefers control line Schoolmarm Jessica Thurrott shown secret weapon wielded well finishing 11th RC Formula Pylon Racing Julie Abel former US FAI CL Scale team member attends 15th consecutive Nats Thats Dads CL Scale entry Lovings Love Goodyear racer Don Krafft District 1 VP point time AMA membership growth has slackened somewhat colorful spectacular show Nats projects just has spark fresh interest Bob Landry manager magician properties supplies required produce Nats ie 100 walkie-talkies 75 Porta-Johns etc Dont try talk down Nats am proud have helped out last seven Natseven own equipment arrange vacation can set up maintain tear down Nats paraphernalia assistants helpers couldnt hire work hard herefor free Nats perennial traditionjust like lady 500 never want see terminated Betty Stream longtime administrator hand-lender together such other valiant ladies Bev Wisniewski Darlene Frederick traveled way West Coast apply talents Without Nats something would cut out life True hubby no longer active hobby once friendships camaraderie AMA people whole spectrum model aviation together placethe state art speakit has fulfilling activities Like reunion Oh sometimes still fly gliders Vince Mankowski AMA Executive Director As may suspect am triple grandfather son marine another CPA am also avid CL Combat flier have placed sixth national contest Whats take put Nats Glad asked First have find sitea big lots paved surface ask bids local clubs have large aerodrome its equivalent inspect site evaluate Nats suitability preliminaries must place order publish announcement date location January issue Model Aviation means planning must lead preliminaries three months must completed October prior year Now people part typically recruit roughly 540 volunteers help us run Nats least half required experienced peoplelike Betty Darlene Bev must synchronize judges points view verdicts fair regionally oriented Money matters ask good news sites such Westover offered free charge government offers aeromodeler Other expenses mostly services rentals transportation add up $140000 large portion defrayed competitors entry fees least third taken care concessions industry support income So AMA butters about $25000and have broken some years did adhere nonalcoholic principles some beer company would surely sponsor amount big bargain Canadas full-scale aerobatic competition underwritten Labattsand much smaller crowd Maybe should attract root beer manufacturer look attendance numbersl 000 contestants 600 volunteer workers 3000 family members 3000 visiting nonparticipating AMA members 10000 non-AMA spectators including military base personnel Okay Ill grant last numbers guesstimatesgood ones best knowledge What grand show 16000 noncompeting nonworking fans cost buck half Wayne Veager chief architect Toledo Expo boss Nats RC Pylon Racing Pylon racing thing Karen [Wayne s wfe] would love compete greatest place thatthe Nats also megasatisfaction seeing Nats pylon competition best organized disciplined event So what Karen drops checkered flag screaming hornets let loose does competitors spectators adrenalin 32 Model Aviation ers havent caught Nats bug now maybe can enticed mental flashing pictures some activities As start 1992 Nats shared tarmac among other fullscale military hardware two billion yes thats fight dollars worth C-5As Nats attendees watched giant babies shoot touch-andgoes Almost 18 C-5As based Westover saw action Persian Gulf droop-shouldered flying warehouses bore name Patriot Wing Guess know what hauled AMAs Chip Smith major catalyst Westover Air Force Base commander staff could have cooperative Oh wellthey did let rain come day also emptied cavernous hangars multipronged use transmitter check station indoor free flight competition static judging Hangars C-5As something else Huge C-5As tail sticks out through hangar door shaped fit around aircrafts posterior As past years discerning observer becomes aware gargantuan task AMA shoulders time Nats mobilized different branches model aviation tree justice individually near-impossibility AMA tries hard Free fighters need lots elbow room contrast cousins gossamer-winged one-rev-per-second Pennyplanes need windsheltered area such C-5A hangar Both accommodated Once two-gram heavies become stuck hangars roof trusses Semper paratus pilot reaches trusty fishing pole helium-filled balloon hook playing outline carefully maneuvering balloon next stuckee little craft usually dislodged seems similar technique might work retrieval method treed RC modelswell calm days Control line fliers seem among dedicated determined Nats attendees evidence fervor Nats Wednesday Poseidon decided should wash-down day Chicopee Thus copious supply celestial nonfoaming H20 halted nearly flying activity Nearly turned out course indoor fliersand group weather-oblivious youngsters Mouse Racing deluge virtually wrung out hung up dry after contest Rain shine serious circle burners need pavement speedway relatives triple-digit-mph go-fasters also require special safety fence around circlejust case periphery turns tangent planes possibility launch dollies certainty Bob Landrys legions fall heir fencing job theyll tell fastening anything concrete deck aint easy dog-fighting combat fliers other hand dont mind letting grass grow under feet After hand launch anyway what exciting show put smacks lack compassion course admit crashes spectacular onlookers sever streamer knot such fateful aggressiveness may lead familiar whomp followed sudden engine silence fearless combat pilots told us airframe life expectancy about 22 matches Consequently almost such warriors carry least dozen backup ships well understood uninitiated spectator mission sleek artistically covered decorated fly-by-wire aerobatic models Like planes flown RC Pattern contests design CL stunters serve function scale likeness appearance does count rewarded bonus points primary objective flight performance prescribed maneuver sequence judges sit close action could miss slightest asymmetric wiggle Steve Buso Tivoli New York talented competitor himself became willing tour guide through stuntland Steve related during 1930s young man James Walker invented bellcrank big bang really put control line flying Continued page 49 RC Pylon Racing Event Director Wayne Yeager adorable young daughter Lauren future pylon racer perhaps Betty Fox Fox Manufacturing Larry Scarinzi holding pair vintage CL Flying Flounders designed late Walt Williams L-R Guatemalan RC Sailplane fliers E Mertins W Alvarado J Quevedo J Vogel E Mertins J Sanchez P Wagner RC Category Manager Betty Stream years dedication expertise have helped make RC events run smoothly free flighters equipment box Bob Hatschek told us wont travel 12000 miles contest What Chicagolands Charlie Bauer up time rubber powered U-2 spy plane thats what Kevin Kane helping mber 1992 33 Hatching Nats/Berman Continued page 33 map Jim also exceptionally gifted showman reputed have able fly three CL planes same time hand third somehow reeved cap also manufactured kits Fireball Firebabynostalgia planes still fondly remembered old-timers legacy lives Walker Cup coveted traveling stunt championship trophy established honor Walker Cup has now awarded 46th year winners names inscribed its base Four leaf clover reverse wingover some terms jargon used aspirants Watker Cup tongue-swallowing maneuver remains suicidal dive straight pavement microsecond pullout just inches away otherwise certain splintersville think stout heart refer square loop Helicopters still baffle spectators Up down sideways backwardslike oversized hummingbirdswith itty-bitty stem top supporting whole schmear Under guidance someone like Georgias Tom Dooley helicopter assumes grace ballet dancer doing pirouettes hesitations utter delight amazement watching sexy whirr magical craft goes inverted Also consider Model choppers manage effect pinpoint landings hang dead still prevailing winds free flight cloud scrapers intriguing Some have motors fuel lines pinched off after few seconds timing mechanism have tinder fuse calibrated bum rubberband restraining dethermalizer results either horizontal tail wing pivoting up effect rapid descent once max two-minute flight time has achieved Launching nearvertical yet hoped-for flight path wide circle So trimming becomes much art assessment proper launch window tricky wind promises likely flight success RC pattern test best Most big names Chicopee handsome David Von Linsowe took top honors little names ponder choice equipment champs Airframes sport least two dozen different model names look similar Slender fuses tapered midwings Retracts course Two-strokes four-strokes debate no will ever win uninitiated observer has conclude perfect eyes-brainsfingers combination inputting gimbals Continued page 138 LDM Industries new Ball Bearing Conversion Kit can convert idard servos ball bearing servos minutes Futaba Airtronics Includes 4 new servo top cases containing high quality stainless steel ball bearing servo output shaftThe remaining kit indudes4 ball bearings plastic bushings come installed servosLDM Industries new Ball Bearing Servo Conversion Kit will Eliminate wobble output shaft Eliminate servo deadband precise control response helicopters Reduce chance flutter airplanes Optimize steenog response cars Help absorb heavy steering loads boats Extend life servos used withpull-pull type cable controls U- Control Kits Midwesfa new Success Series 049 U-Control kits perfect introduction building flying Featuring illustrated step-by-step Success Series construction manuals teach build paint fly models Kits include Micro-Cut Quality parts pre-formed wire parts wheels belicrank colorful self adhesive markingsqp line Famous Fighters World War II designed use Cox Black Widow engine See products favorite hobby retailer today Famous Fighters World War II Models Available *258- Zero #259 Corsairshown herel *260- Thunderbolt #261 FockeWuif Midwest Products Cs. Inc 400 S Indiana St PO Box 5B4 Hobart IN 4B34Z ZIS942-1134 PAX 2191 947-2347 ni 992 Midwest Products co Inc December 1992 49 Now cost gnj ball bearing servo can upgrade complete set four standard servos To order conversion kits send check money order LDM Industries Inc PO Box 292396 Dept 3 Tampa FL 33687-2396 Phone 813 985-5616 Add $300 shipping handling per order Florida reaidents add 6 1/2% saks tax Dealer Inquiries Wekome VISA MASTER CARD Accepted c4ib5L D M Industries ij R/ck iPr~r 4 Now three kits available fit standard servos use today Kit #9600 fits standard Futaba servos S28 538 S48 S228 S138 S148 Hobby Shack Cinrs CS28 CS126 CS238 & CS248 Price 4 $3995 Kit #9700 fits Airtronzcs 94102 PrIce 4 $3995 Kst#9800isa bearing set fits JR 501 & 507 Focus HS300 & HS500 RCD Apollo 05 Tower Hobbies TS-51 Ace Sport 330 Price 4for $24S5 hassle free Monocote trim work try NO-HEAT re Tuiw 5oivwr Success Series asyJ nners Systems stat O plus IV handling WIRE BENDER BENDS AND FORMS WIRE AND STRIPS OF METAL IN ANGLES CURVES LOOPS ETC No WBl 00- $400 SQUARE PUNCH SET CUTS SQUARES AND SLOTS SET INCLUDES SIZES 1/6 2/16 1/45/163/B MADE FROM NICKEL PLATED STEEL No SPS5 $1000 BRUSHES 3 PCS MINLATURE WIRE BRUSH SET ONE EACH BRASS NYLON STAINLESS MWB3 $300 ZONA SAWS MADE IN USA iSO42 TEETH 3/4 20032 TEETH 3/4230 250MtTRE BOX250 450SUPER SABRE SAWWITH LONG & SHORT BLADE 260 500 ZONAHAKA 11/4 27G BOO JUNIOR HACKSAW 165 DRILL SETS FIRST QUAUTY HIGH SPEED STEEL ALL BETS SUPPUED IN CASE 051611/lB bus 7 26 pc 1650 DS1KEATOZ/ 26 F MOST POPULAR D5162No 11060 60 poa4lfiSO DSIERNo 611065120 p0- 1260 PIN VISE STAINLESS STEEL-S TO 1/6 CAP PV4 -4 Iang -$300 PV6 -6 LOSS- 660 PVIO10LaflS- 660 PV15-1SLSnB 1000 PV614Otol/4 Cpcfty 66601 AJI electoncs except battery pack contained erne mount Machined aircraft grade solki aluminum bar stock Makes engine arid ignition mounting one-step operation Available engines stock hato-lind BOSCH RESISTOR COVERS i4mm sparlqugs$995 coser TUBE CLIlTER 1/8 TO 5/B CAPACITY HEAVY DUTY MADE PROM SEMI-STEEL No TCS8 $400 HOBBY KNIFE BLADES No11 MADE IN USA 160 PACK NoHKB1 1- $850 SINGLE EDGE BLADES MADE IN USA FIRST QUALITY NO9100 PACK NO SEB 102 $400 HEAVY DUTY NO11 FIRST QUALITY 100 PACK Ol $600 Z PLIERS MAKES PERFECT Z BENDS WITH SOUEEZE NO ZPL $1600 LONG DRILLST-PINS FIRST GUALITY HIGH SPEED STEEL1 1/4 12 LONG18 LONG LGI1/16$450LG63/16$1500 PACK LG21/8450LG77/321500 LG36/32450LGB1/41500MADE IN USA LG43/16450 LGS1/4560NO TP14 $200 SET-illS 1/8 6/32 3/16 1/4 X 12 LONG LGB $2100 EASTERN TOOL & SUPPLY CO 145 GRAND ST NEW YORK CITY NY 10013 212935-lOGE Catalog Free wdh Order $600 w6h Coupon $600 Postage Check Without Check Add $750 C 0 0 CUTTING MATS HEALS ITSELF AFTER EACH CUT AND SURFACE STAYS SMOOTH NON-GLARE GREEN FINISH CUT ON BOTH SIDES NO CM8 9X 12 $1000 NOCM12 12X18 $1500 HELPING HAND FIRST QUALITY THREE ARMS 2 ARMS WITH ALLIGATOR CLIPS 1 ARM WITH 2X GLASS 2 1/2 MAGNIFIER HH1$700 NORTH WESTERN CHOP SAW MAKES PERFECT MITRE CUTS 30 450 60 IN WOOD OR PLASTIC USES SINGLE EDGE BLADE ADJ STOP NONCS $1450 T-BAR SANDERS ALUMINUM MADE IN USA Til 11 LONG $Z30 T22 22 LONG $350 SANDPAPER RUFF TUFF ADHESIVE SACK $105 lSPECIFYFINEIRSFIfpIUMIRSM ELECTRONIC CALIPER 1ST INDUSTRIAL OUALITY READS IN INCHES AND METRIC 0- 6/0 155MM EC6 $5500 DIAL CALIPER 1ST INDUSTRIAL QUALITY E100 SINGLE REVOLUTION GRAD IN 001 SAtiN CHROME FINISH WITH FITtED CASE DC6 $2100 Pitts-Style Mufflers UNIVERSAL STRAP ON older engInes mufflEr bolts Ii 2945 JT-40P $2165 5161 iT-SOP $2365 ExhaUst extensions worm drtvB moUntIng Strap inctUded UNIVERSAL BOLT ON slOe mounted 6051560 WIll fIt 85% engInes made after 1968 Easy attaclr Just bort muffler engIne WItS factory muffler bolts bOSS 099 60w hmuffe iT 4S 28 -45iT-ROPE $226551-61 $2465 MAIL ORDER Please add $250 UPS tEIpOlflQ Check MO VIsa MC too accepted AGO $400 cEtra COD CalIfornIa resIdents add 6% sales tao J101O.1119 51 1 O1595 31- 1 /1 75 59/555 37915/5 2500 10001915 31lOll$01 lOll1495 3545/ST S 45071495 5 5519 rSl TI IS U 1201 01111 1 20 21 15 M.0 950 50015 ESRASs ESTONsIONTUBNE AND tLAMP5INC50Et N I Hatching Nats/Berman Continued page 49 will win regardless apparent minute differences competition comple ment As joked once before Hanno Prettner could have bested comers hoisting barn door powered Briggs & Stratton Well almost RC Scale competition drew largest crowd spectators usual no ones surprise viewers appear admire miniature airplanes resemble full-size counterparts closely possible thousand-plus building hours rule rather exception price pay can shrink full-size airplane molecule air often translates less-than-superstable flight envelope Knowing caprices model engines serviceable plane sort hope longevity should have gentle dead-stick glide supersleek scale ships lack feature woe proud ownerbuilder twin- multi-engine oneengine flameout renders plane difficult control crashes Just look heartbreaking wreck Roger Young endured absolutely superb DC-3 in-flight problem lure Nats international lucky cross paths contingent enthusiastic glider fliers Guatemala Small country RC club its 70 members own flying field sports paved runway Guatemalas TACA Airline sponsored teams trip Chicopee Coffee growing sausage making airline maintenance some professions team members also heard control line team traveled Chicopee halfway around worldSingapore Unhappily missed contacting Canada Mexico course well represented international flavor also enhanced spectators male chauvinist point view unlikely highly successful Formula pylon racer young lady schoolmarm Connecticut Jessica Thurrott expert Japanese language teaches English Japanese exchange students entire class came Nats applaud skill spur 11th-place finish overall Jessica has accepted member Samurai Pylon Racing Team composed elite racers selected invitation boss modest Californian Jim Shinohara Chronicling 92 Nats reporter doffs cap valiant ladies carried torch aeromodeling specific mention must sprightly Betty Fox president Fox Manufacturing Dukes widow 138 Model Aviation available new MOD-U-El MOUNT 5ew1 9 mr systems narts aoines Duos list newsletter orderir instouctions NEEDLE FILE SET 51/2- I2SHAPES PLASTIC HANDLE WITH EACH FILE GREAT ON WOOD PLASliC METAL No NFS1O1 -$400 INDUSTRIAL QUALITY XTRA HEAVY DUTY 12 SHAPE 4 LONG $650 NG $500 DREMEL 3950 TOP OF THE LINE MOTO POWER TOOL SET INCLUDES 40 ACCESSORIES AND CASE No 3950 $6800 EPOXY BRUSHES MADE IN USA 15/PACK No EB12 -$85 Doz No E8144 -$700 Gross remember Nats Duke sat under tent fly near CL circles fingers innards injured Fox engine Maybe Betty did bring kit tools parts lent moral supportall day dayright next circle burners theater operations Betty reminded us Duke fullscale pilot up point diabetes revoked physical certification Carry plucky lady Last year Rick Joanie Allisonthis year Matt Kleinvictims parking lot crime Matt s pretty little red truck vanished first night right out its close-in motel parking space Fortunately planes removed few spare parts components left truck episode ended reasonably well local police recovered filched nowempty truck next town locks forced no other obvious damage may lesson us Trouble never leave anything value vehicle parked outside overnight Flights miniature aircraft Nats like sampling entire model aviation buffet new dishes being served up year Electric-motor-propelled craft coming rocket-launched gliders no doubt simmering burner Vertols spacecraft might waiting oops wings Rogallo-winged things solar-cellpowered craft scaled-up ornithopters birdlike wing flappers could make debut future Nats Surely no limit inventiveness ingenuity craftsmanship aeromodelers AMAs problem participation density Some event categories now have low levels entrycertain glider rubber free flight contests instance Also priorities nations youth might have strayed toward prefabbed Star Wars hardware away do-it-yourself modelers benchwith its balsa CyA hobby knives complement fascination things airborne remains knows Perhaps pendulum will swing other waywith bit PR help us oldstersespecially since fullscale flying seems drift farther farther out reach financially part due product liability madness Viva los Nats See next year sure w 1993 4 PILOTS STANDARD TSMAN RACING TARUii VINrAGE TH CONTOUR BALLOON EN AGE ENGINES & 4 PRATT & WHITNEY HT HONE 1ARTS PRATT & WHITNEY HONE WRIGHT E LEWISVICKERS DAU BELLUM ASE FOR FREE ILLUSTRATED ORDER FORM ST SAN MARCOS CALIFORNIA 92069 mber1992 139 HAIGH STYLE SCALE TAILWHEEL last true scale tailwheel handmade USA No plastic spring steel tailwheels models up 30 poundsPrice 2495 Ohio r 11376 Ridgeway Road 21 6-223-1 950 KensinQton OH 44427 WILLIAMS ACCESSORIES BROTHERS ________________ r else has prop decals and----N rare kill markings Nob odg decals Get decals pros use majorTEL 413-525-4110 8ea ueFAX 413-525-1194 LNORTHEAST SCREEN GRAPHICS 21 FISHER AVE. EAST LONGMEADOW MA 01028
Edition: Model Aviation - 1992/12
Page Numbers: 30, 31, 32, 33, 49, 138, 139
~UT THY BOTHER some might say Out JJ roughly 160000 members about 1000 register VY compete Nats less threefourths percent As sort devils advocate reporter posed very question members top echelon Academy gist what replied AMA President Don Lowe Competition very spice human activity some manner us competing maybe against ourselves Competition also test bed hobby products major source innovation development improvement Engines airfoils airframes certainly radio control technology get boost striving excellence must-win champions Its like end result research Take astronauts Millions benefit efforts few up Space Shuttle reasons must perpetuate Nats could compare reactor core entire hobby sport Olympicsthe World Seriesthe SuperbowlWimbledon huge benefit us let always Nats could describe epitome love flying Dean Koger champion RC Pattern contestant percentage figure least somewhat misleading Take look member ship roster club Only about third dues payers active fliers Right 30 Model Aviation row photos L-R 1 Nats attendees treated awesome sight C-5As shooting touch-and-goes 2 Left right Nats volunteers Ray Lavallee Joe Russo Facilities Manager Bob Landry hang out welcome sign 1992 Nationals visitors 3 mammoth C-5A served during Desert Storm 4 Tarps makeshift protectors cover airplanes during on-and-off rain showers visited East Coast Nats Chicopee Massachusetts Center row photos L-R 1 Tom Dooley makes look easy rotor tilt wind signals otherwise hell fliers must have built-in wind sock 2 Demetrius Washington Jane Johnson Aaron Archer pitted CL Mouse Race 3 massive display RC Scale models drew largest crowds 4 Steve Strickers beautiful pair RC Pattern birdsChip Hyde background 5 glider pilot receives help unidentified assistant very instant releasing pilots winch-launched RC glider Flier controls winch speed foot pedal Bottom row photos L-R 1 Race official Karen Veager waves checkered flag signaling start model aviations exciting eventspylon racing Pilot skill plus engine tune secret success 2 Heartbreak Nats Undoubtedly Roger Young contemplating kilo-hours loves lost labor Its interesting tail usually survives December 1992 31 irresistible smile belongs Joe Beshar District 2 VP does flawless C02-powered little Piper Joe going fly it usbut gas bottle gave out Lovely Jane Breshears traveled way Spokane Washington fly self-built Lacey M-1O Coupe home-built replica home-built Sixteen-year-old Senior CL Mouse Racing champ Jason Allen raced cloudburst gave RC whirl says prefers control line Schoolmarm Jessica Thurrott shown secret weapon wielded well finishing 11th RC Formula Pylon Racing Julie Abel former US FAI CL Scale team member attends 15th consecutive Nats Thats Dads CL Scale entry Lovings Love Goodyear racer Don Krafft District 1 VP point time AMA membership growth has slackened somewhat colorful spectacular show Nats projects just has spark fresh interest Bob Landry manager magician properties supplies required produce Nats ie 100 walkie-talkies 75 Porta-Johns etc Dont try talk down Nats am proud have helped out last seven Natseven own equipment arrange vacation can set up maintain tear down Nats paraphernalia assistants helpers couldnt hire work hard herefor free Nats perennial traditionjust like lady 500 never want see terminated Betty Stream longtime administrator hand-lender together such other valiant ladies Bev Wisniewski Darlene Frederick traveled way West Coast apply talents Without Nats something would cut out life True hubby no longer active hobby once friendships camaraderie AMA people whole spectrum model aviation together placethe state art speakit has fulfilling activities Like reunion Oh sometimes still fly gliders Vince Mankowski AMA Executive Director As may suspect am triple grandfather son marine another CPA am also avid CL Combat flier have placed sixth national contest Whats take put Nats Glad asked First have find sitea big lots paved surface ask bids local clubs have large aerodrome its equivalent inspect site evaluate Nats suitability preliminaries must place order publish announcement date location January issue Model Aviation means planning must lead preliminaries three months must completed October prior year Now people part typically recruit roughly 540 volunteers help us run Nats least half required experienced peoplelike Betty Darlene Bev must synchronize judges points view verdicts fair regionally oriented Money matters ask good news sites such Westover offered free charge government offers aeromodeler Other expenses mostly services rentals transportation add up $140000 large portion defrayed competitors entry fees least third taken care concessions industry support income So AMA butters about $25000and have broken some years did adhere nonalcoholic principles some beer company would surely sponsor amount big bargain Canadas full-scale aerobatic competition underwritten Labattsand much smaller crowd Maybe should attract root beer manufacturer look attendance numbersl 000 contestants 600 volunteer workers 3000 family members 3000 visiting nonparticipating AMA members 10000 non-AMA spectators including military base personnel Okay Ill grant last numbers guesstimatesgood ones best knowledge What grand show 16000 noncompeting nonworking fans cost buck half Wayne Veager chief architect Toledo Expo boss Nats RC Pylon Racing Pylon racing thing Karen [Wayne s wfe] would love compete greatest place thatthe Nats also megasatisfaction seeing Nats pylon competition best organized disciplined event So what Karen drops checkered flag screaming hornets let loose does competitors spectators adrenalin 32 Model Aviation ers havent caught Nats bug now maybe can enticed mental flashing pictures some activities As start 1992 Nats shared tarmac among other fullscale military hardware two billion yes thats fight dollars worth C-5As Nats attendees watched giant babies shoot touch-andgoes Almost 18 C-5As based Westover saw action Persian Gulf droop-shouldered flying warehouses bore name Patriot Wing Guess know what hauled AMAs Chip Smith major catalyst Westover Air Force Base commander staff could have cooperative Oh wellthey did let rain come day also emptied cavernous hangars multipronged use transmitter check station indoor free flight competition static judging Hangars C-5As something else Huge C-5As tail sticks out through hangar door shaped fit around aircrafts posterior As past years discerning observer becomes aware gargantuan task AMA shoulders time Nats mobilized different branches model aviation tree justice individually near-impossibility AMA tries hard Free fighters need lots elbow room contrast cousins gossamer-winged one-rev-per-second Pennyplanes need windsheltered area such C-5A hangar Both accommodated Once two-gram heavies become stuck hangars roof trusses Semper paratus pilot reaches trusty fishing pole helium-filled balloon hook playing outline carefully maneuvering balloon next stuckee little craft usually dislodged seems similar technique might work retrieval method treed RC modelswell calm days Control line fliers seem among dedicated determined Nats attendees evidence fervor Nats Wednesday Poseidon decided should wash-down day Chicopee Thus copious supply celestial nonfoaming H20 halted nearly flying activity Nearly turned out course indoor fliersand group weather-oblivious youngsters Mouse Racing deluge virtually wrung out hung up dry after contest Rain shine serious circle burners need pavement speedway relatives triple-digit-mph go-fasters also require special safety fence around circlejust case periphery turns tangent planes possibility launch dollies certainty Bob Landrys legions fall heir fencing job theyll tell fastening anything concrete deck aint easy dog-fighting combat fliers other hand dont mind letting grass grow under feet After hand launch anyway what exciting show put smacks lack compassion course admit crashes spectacular onlookers sever streamer knot such fateful aggressiveness may lead familiar whomp followed sudden engine silence fearless combat pilots told us airframe life expectancy about 22 matches Consequently almost such warriors carry least dozen backup ships well understood uninitiated spectator mission sleek artistically covered decorated fly-by-wire aerobatic models Like planes flown RC Pattern contests design CL stunters serve function scale likeness appearance does count rewarded bonus points primary objective flight performance prescribed maneuver sequence judges sit close action could miss slightest asymmetric wiggle Steve Buso Tivoli New York talented competitor himself became willing tour guide through stuntland Steve related during 1930s young man James Walker invented bellcrank big bang really put control line flying Continued page 49 RC Pylon Racing Event Director Wayne Yeager adorable young daughter Lauren future pylon racer perhaps Betty Fox Fox Manufacturing Larry Scarinzi holding pair vintage CL Flying Flounders designed late Walt Williams L-R Guatemalan RC Sailplane fliers E Mertins W Alvarado J Quevedo J Vogel E Mertins J Sanchez P Wagner RC Category Manager Betty Stream years dedication expertise have helped make RC events run smoothly free flighters equipment box Bob Hatschek told us wont travel 12000 miles contest What Chicagolands Charlie Bauer up time rubber powered U-2 spy plane thats what Kevin Kane helping mber 1992 33 Hatching Nats/Berman Continued page 33 map Jim also exceptionally gifted showman reputed have able fly three CL planes same time hand third somehow reeved cap also manufactured kits Fireball Firebabynostalgia planes still fondly remembered old-timers legacy lives Walker Cup coveted traveling stunt championship trophy established honor Walker Cup has now awarded 46th year winners names inscribed its base Four leaf clover reverse wingover some terms jargon used aspirants Watker Cup tongue-swallowing maneuver remains suicidal dive straight pavement microsecond pullout just inches away otherwise certain splintersville think stout heart refer square loop Helicopters still baffle spectators Up down sideways backwardslike oversized hummingbirdswith itty-bitty stem top supporting whole schmear Under guidance someone like Georgias Tom Dooley helicopter assumes grace ballet dancer doing pirouettes hesitations utter delight amazement watching sexy whirr magical craft goes inverted Also consider Model choppers manage effect pinpoint landings hang dead still prevailing winds free flight cloud scrapers intriguing Some have motors fuel lines pinched off after few seconds timing mechanism have tinder fuse calibrated bum rubberband restraining dethermalizer results either horizontal tail wing pivoting up effect rapid descent once max two-minute flight time has achieved Launching nearvertical yet hoped-for flight path wide circle So trimming becomes much art assessment proper launch window tricky wind promises likely flight success RC pattern test best Most big names Chicopee handsome David Von Linsowe took top honors little names ponder choice equipment champs Airframes sport least two dozen different model names look similar Slender fuses tapered midwings Retracts course Two-strokes four-strokes debate no will ever win uninitiated observer has conclude perfect eyes-brainsfingers combination inputting gimbals Continued page 138 LDM Industries new Ball Bearing Conversion Kit can convert idard servos ball bearing servos minutes Futaba Airtronics Includes 4 new servo top cases containing high quality stainless steel ball bearing servo output shaftThe remaining kit indudes4 ball bearings plastic bushings come installed servosLDM Industries new Ball Bearing Servo Conversion Kit will Eliminate wobble output shaft Eliminate servo deadband precise control response helicopters Reduce chance flutter airplanes Optimize steenog response cars Help absorb heavy steering loads boats Extend life servos used withpull-pull type cable controls U- Control Kits Midwesfa new Success Series 049 U-Control kits perfect introduction building flying Featuring illustrated step-by-step Success Series construction manuals teach build paint fly models Kits include Micro-Cut Quality parts pre-formed wire parts wheels belicrank colorful self adhesive markingsqp line Famous Fighters World War II designed use Cox Black Widow engine See products favorite hobby retailer today Famous Fighters World War II Models Available *258- Zero #259 Corsairshown herel *260- Thunderbolt #261 FockeWuif Midwest Products Cs. Inc 400 S Indiana St PO Box 5B4 Hobart IN 4B34Z ZIS942-1134 PAX 2191 947-2347 ni 992 Midwest Products co Inc December 1992 49 Now cost gnj ball bearing servo can upgrade complete set four standard servos To order conversion kits send check money order LDM Industries Inc PO Box 292396 Dept 3 Tampa FL 33687-2396 Phone 813 985-5616 Add $300 shipping handling per order Florida reaidents add 6 1/2% saks tax Dealer Inquiries Wekome VISA MASTER CARD Accepted c4ib5L D M Industries ij R/ck iPr~r 4 Now three kits available fit standard servos use today Kit #9600 fits standard Futaba servos S28 538 S48 S228 S138 S148 Hobby Shack Cinrs CS28 CS126 CS238 & CS248 Price 4 $3995 Kit #9700 fits Airtronzcs 94102 PrIce 4 $3995 Kst#9800isa bearing set fits JR 501 & 507 Focus HS300 & HS500 RCD Apollo 05 Tower Hobbies TS-51 Ace Sport 330 Price 4for $24S5 hassle free Monocote trim work try NO-HEAT re Tuiw 5oivwr Success Series asyJ nners Systems stat O plus IV handling WIRE BENDER BENDS AND FORMS WIRE AND STRIPS OF METAL IN ANGLES CURVES LOOPS ETC No WBl 00- $400 SQUARE PUNCH SET CUTS SQUARES AND SLOTS SET INCLUDES SIZES 1/6 2/16 1/45/163/B MADE FROM NICKEL PLATED STEEL No SPS5 $1000 BRUSHES 3 PCS MINLATURE WIRE BRUSH SET ONE EACH BRASS NYLON STAINLESS MWB3 $300 ZONA SAWS MADE IN USA iSO42 TEETH 3/4 20032 TEETH 3/4230 250MtTRE BOX250 450SUPER SABRE SAWWITH LONG & SHORT BLADE 260 500 ZONAHAKA 11/4 27G BOO JUNIOR HACKSAW 165 DRILL SETS FIRST QUAUTY HIGH SPEED STEEL ALL BETS SUPPUED IN CASE 051611/lB bus 7 26 pc 1650 DS1KEATOZ/ 26 F MOST POPULAR D5162No 11060 60 poa4lfiSO DSIERNo 611065120 p0- 1260 PIN VISE STAINLESS STEEL-S TO 1/6 CAP PV4 -4 Iang -$300 PV6 -6 LOSS- 660 PVIO10LaflS- 660 PV15-1SLSnB 1000 PV614Otol/4 Cpcfty 66601 AJI electoncs except battery pack contained erne mount Machined aircraft grade solki aluminum bar stock Makes engine arid ignition mounting one-step operation Available engines stock hato-lind BOSCH RESISTOR COVERS i4mm sparlqugs$995 coser TUBE CLIlTER 1/8 TO 5/B CAPACITY HEAVY DUTY MADE PROM SEMI-STEEL No TCS8 $400 HOBBY KNIFE BLADES No11 MADE IN USA 160 PACK NoHKB1 1- $850 SINGLE EDGE BLADES MADE IN USA FIRST QUALITY NO9100 PACK NO SEB 102 $400 HEAVY DUTY NO11 FIRST QUALITY 100 PACK Ol $600 Z PLIERS MAKES PERFECT Z BENDS WITH SOUEEZE NO ZPL $1600 LONG DRILLST-PINS FIRST GUALITY HIGH SPEED STEEL1 1/4 12 LONG18 LONG LGI1/16$450LG63/16$1500 PACK LG21/8450LG77/321500 LG36/32450LGB1/41500MADE IN USA LG43/16450 LGS1/4560NO TP14 $200 SET-illS 1/8 6/32 3/16 1/4 X 12 LONG LGB $2100 EASTERN TOOL & SUPPLY CO 145 GRAND ST NEW YORK CITY NY 10013 212935-lOGE Catalog Free wdh Order $600 w6h Coupon $600 Postage Check Without Check Add $750 C 0 0 CUTTING MATS HEALS ITSELF AFTER EACH CUT AND SURFACE STAYS SMOOTH NON-GLARE GREEN FINISH CUT ON BOTH SIDES NO CM8 9X 12 $1000 NOCM12 12X18 $1500 HELPING HAND FIRST QUALITY THREE ARMS 2 ARMS WITH ALLIGATOR CLIPS 1 ARM WITH 2X GLASS 2 1/2 MAGNIFIER HH1$700 NORTH WESTERN CHOP SAW MAKES PERFECT MITRE CUTS 30 450 60 IN WOOD OR PLASTIC USES SINGLE EDGE BLADE ADJ STOP NONCS $1450 T-BAR SANDERS ALUMINUM MADE IN USA Til 11 LONG $Z30 T22 22 LONG $350 SANDPAPER RUFF TUFF ADHESIVE SACK $105 lSPECIFYFINEIRSFIfpIUMIRSM ELECTRONIC CALIPER 1ST INDUSTRIAL OUALITY READS IN INCHES AND METRIC 0- 6/0 155MM EC6 $5500 DIAL CALIPER 1ST INDUSTRIAL QUALITY E100 SINGLE REVOLUTION GRAD IN 001 SAtiN CHROME FINISH WITH FITtED CASE DC6 $2100 Pitts-Style Mufflers UNIVERSAL STRAP ON older engInes mufflEr bolts Ii 2945 JT-40P $2165 5161 iT-SOP $2365 ExhaUst extensions worm drtvB moUntIng Strap inctUded UNIVERSAL BOLT ON slOe mounted 6051560 WIll fIt 85% engInes made after 1968 Easy attaclr Just bort muffler engIne WItS factory muffler bolts bOSS 099 60w hmuffe iT 4S 28 -45iT-ROPE $226551-61 $2465 MAIL ORDER Please add $250 UPS tEIpOlflQ Check MO VIsa MC too accepted AGO $400 cEtra COD CalIfornIa resIdents add 6% sales tao J101O.1119 51 1 O1595 31- 1 /1 75 59/555 37915/5 2500 10001915 31lOll$01 lOll1495 3545/ST S 45071495 5 5519 rSl TI IS U 1201 01111 1 20 21 15 M.0 950 50015 ESRASs ESTONsIONTUBNE AND tLAMP5INC50Et N I Hatching Nats/Berman Continued page 49 will win regardless apparent minute differences competition comple ment As joked once before Hanno Prettner could have bested comers hoisting barn door powered Briggs & Stratton Well almost RC Scale competition drew largest crowd spectators usual no ones surprise viewers appear admire miniature airplanes resemble full-size counterparts closely possible thousand-plus building hours rule rather exception price pay can shrink full-size airplane molecule air often translates less-than-superstable flight envelope Knowing caprices model engines serviceable plane sort hope longevity should have gentle dead-stick glide supersleek scale ships lack feature woe proud ownerbuilder twin- multi-engine oneengine flameout renders plane difficult control crashes Just look heartbreaking wreck Roger Young endured absolutely superb DC-3 in-flight problem lure Nats international lucky cross paths contingent enthusiastic glider fliers Guatemala Small country RC club its 70 members own flying field sports paved runway Guatemalas TACA Airline sponsored teams trip Chicopee Coffee growing sausage making airline maintenance some professions team members also heard control line team traveled Chicopee halfway around worldSingapore Unhappily missed contacting Canada Mexico course well represented international flavor also enhanced spectators male chauvinist point view unlikely highly successful Formula pylon racer young lady schoolmarm Connecticut Jessica Thurrott expert Japanese language teaches English Japanese exchange students entire class came Nats applaud skill spur 11th-place finish overall Jessica has accepted member Samurai Pylon Racing Team composed elite racers selected invitation boss modest Californian Jim Shinohara Chronicling 92 Nats reporter doffs cap valiant ladies carried torch aeromodeling specific mention must sprightly Betty Fox president Fox Manufacturing Dukes widow 138 Model Aviation available new MOD-U-El MOUNT 5ew1 9 mr systems narts aoines Duos list newsletter orderir instouctions NEEDLE FILE SET 51/2- I2SHAPES PLASTIC HANDLE WITH EACH FILE GREAT ON WOOD PLASliC METAL No NFS1O1 -$400 INDUSTRIAL QUALITY XTRA HEAVY DUTY 12 SHAPE 4 LONG $650 NG $500 DREMEL 3950 TOP OF THE LINE MOTO POWER TOOL SET INCLUDES 40 ACCESSORIES AND CASE No 3950 $6800 EPOXY BRUSHES MADE IN USA 15/PACK No EB12 -$85 Doz No E8144 -$700 Gross remember Nats Duke sat under tent fly near CL circles fingers innards injured Fox engine Maybe Betty did bring kit tools parts lent moral supportall day dayright next circle burners theater operations Betty reminded us Duke fullscale pilot up point diabetes revoked physical certification Carry plucky lady Last year Rick Joanie Allisonthis year Matt Kleinvictims parking lot crime Matt s pretty little red truck vanished first night right out its close-in motel parking space Fortunately planes removed few spare parts components left truck episode ended reasonably well local police recovered filched nowempty truck next town locks forced no other obvious damage may lesson us Trouble never leave anything value vehicle parked outside overnight Flights miniature aircraft Nats like sampling entire model aviation buffet new dishes being served up year Electric-motor-propelled craft coming rocket-launched gliders no doubt simmering burner Vertols spacecraft might waiting oops wings Rogallo-winged things solar-cellpowered craft scaled-up ornithopters birdlike wing flappers could make debut future Nats Surely no limit inventiveness ingenuity craftsmanship aeromodelers AMAs problem participation density Some event categories now have low levels entrycertain glider rubber free flight contests instance Also priorities nations youth might have strayed toward prefabbed Star Wars hardware away do-it-yourself modelers benchwith its balsa CyA hobby knives complement fascination things airborne remains knows Perhaps pendulum will swing other waywith bit PR help us oldstersespecially since fullscale flying seems drift farther farther out reach financially part due product liability madness Viva los Nats See next year sure w 1993 4 PILOTS STANDARD TSMAN RACING TARUii VINrAGE TH CONTOUR BALLOON EN AGE ENGINES & 4 PRATT & WHITNEY HT HONE 1ARTS PRATT & WHITNEY HONE WRIGHT E LEWISVICKERS DAU BELLUM ASE FOR FREE ILLUSTRATED ORDER FORM ST SAN MARCOS CALIFORNIA 92069 mber1992 139 HAIGH STYLE SCALE TAILWHEEL last true scale tailwheel handmade USA No plastic spring steel tailwheels models up 30 poundsPrice 2495 Ohio r 11376 Ridgeway Road 21 6-223-1 950 KensinQton OH 44427 WILLIAMS ACCESSORIES BROTHERS ________________ r else has prop decals and----N rare kill markings Nob odg decals Get decals pros use majorTEL 413-525-4110 8ea ueFAX 413-525-1194 LNORTHEAST SCREEN GRAPHICS 21 FISHER AVE. EAST LONGMEADOW MA 01028
Edition: Model Aviation - 1992/12
Page Numbers: 30, 31, 32, 33, 49, 138, 139
~UT THY BOTHER some might say Out JJ roughly 160000 members about 1000 register VY compete Nats less threefourths percent As sort devils advocate reporter posed very question members top echelon Academy gist what replied AMA President Don Lowe Competition very spice human activity some manner us competing maybe against ourselves Competition also test bed hobby products major source innovation development improvement Engines airfoils airframes certainly radio control technology get boost striving excellence must-win champions Its like end result research Take astronauts Millions benefit efforts few up Space Shuttle reasons must perpetuate Nats could compare reactor core entire hobby sport Olympicsthe World Seriesthe SuperbowlWimbledon huge benefit us let always Nats could describe epitome love flying Dean Koger champion RC Pattern contestant percentage figure least somewhat misleading Take look member ship roster club Only about third dues payers active fliers Right 30 Model Aviation row photos L-R 1 Nats attendees treated awesome sight C-5As shooting touch-and-goes 2 Left right Nats volunteers Ray Lavallee Joe Russo Facilities Manager Bob Landry hang out welcome sign 1992 Nationals visitors 3 mammoth C-5A served during Desert Storm 4 Tarps makeshift protectors cover airplanes during on-and-off rain showers visited East Coast Nats Chicopee Massachusetts Center row photos L-R 1 Tom Dooley makes look easy rotor tilt wind signals otherwise hell fliers must have built-in wind sock 2 Demetrius Washington Jane Johnson Aaron Archer pitted CL Mouse Race 3 massive display RC Scale models drew largest crowds 4 Steve Strickers beautiful pair RC Pattern birdsChip Hyde background 5 glider pilot receives help unidentified assistant very instant releasing pilots winch-launched RC glider Flier controls winch speed foot pedal Bottom row photos L-R 1 Race official Karen Veager waves checkered flag signaling start model aviations exciting eventspylon racing Pilot skill plus engine tune secret success 2 Heartbreak Nats Undoubtedly Roger Young contemplating kilo-hours loves lost labor Its interesting tail usually survives December 1992 31 irresistible smile belongs Joe Beshar District 2 VP does flawless C02-powered little Piper Joe going fly it usbut gas bottle gave out Lovely Jane Breshears traveled way Spokane Washington fly self-built Lacey M-1O Coupe home-built replica home-built Sixteen-year-old Senior CL Mouse Racing champ Jason Allen raced cloudburst gave RC whirl says prefers control line Schoolmarm Jessica Thurrott shown secret weapon wielded well finishing 11th RC Formula Pylon Racing Julie Abel former US FAI CL Scale team member attends 15th consecutive Nats Thats Dads CL Scale entry Lovings Love Goodyear racer Don Krafft District 1 VP point time AMA membership growth has slackened somewhat colorful spectacular show Nats projects just has spark fresh interest Bob Landry manager magician properties supplies required produce Nats ie 100 walkie-talkies 75 Porta-Johns etc Dont try talk down Nats am proud have helped out last seven Natseven own equipment arrange vacation can set up maintain tear down Nats paraphernalia assistants helpers couldnt hire work hard herefor free Nats perennial traditionjust like lady 500 never want see terminated Betty Stream longtime administrator hand-lender together such other valiant ladies Bev Wisniewski Darlene Frederick traveled way West Coast apply talents Without Nats something would cut out life True hubby no longer active hobby once friendships camaraderie AMA people whole spectrum model aviation together placethe state art speakit has fulfilling activities Like reunion Oh sometimes still fly gliders Vince Mankowski AMA Executive Director As may suspect am triple grandfather son marine another CPA am also avid CL Combat flier have placed sixth national contest Whats take put Nats Glad asked First have find sitea big lots paved surface ask bids local clubs have large aerodrome its equivalent inspect site evaluate Nats suitability preliminaries must place order publish announcement date location January issue Model Aviation means planning must lead preliminaries three months must completed October prior year Now people part typically recruit roughly 540 volunteers help us run Nats least half required experienced peoplelike Betty Darlene Bev must synchronize judges points view verdicts fair regionally oriented Money matters ask good news sites such Westover offered free charge government offers aeromodeler Other expenses mostly services rentals transportation add up $140000 large portion defrayed competitors entry fees least third taken care concessions industry support income So AMA butters about $25000and have broken some years did adhere nonalcoholic principles some beer company would surely sponsor amount big bargain Canadas full-scale aerobatic competition underwritten Labattsand much smaller crowd Maybe should attract root beer manufacturer look attendance numbersl 000 contestants 600 volunteer workers 3000 family members 3000 visiting nonparticipating AMA members 10000 non-AMA spectators including military base personnel Okay Ill grant last numbers guesstimatesgood ones best knowledge What grand show 16000 noncompeting nonworking fans cost buck half Wayne Veager chief architect Toledo Expo boss Nats RC Pylon Racing Pylon racing thing Karen [Wayne s wfe] would love compete greatest place thatthe Nats also megasatisfaction seeing Nats pylon competition best organized disciplined event So what Karen drops checkered flag screaming hornets let loose does competitors spectators adrenalin 32 Model Aviation ers havent caught Nats bug now maybe can enticed mental flashing pictures some activities As start 1992 Nats shared tarmac among other fullscale military hardware two billion yes thats fight dollars worth C-5As Nats attendees watched giant babies shoot touch-andgoes Almost 18 C-5As based Westover saw action Persian Gulf droop-shouldered flying warehouses bore name Patriot Wing Guess know what hauled AMAs Chip Smith major catalyst Westover Air Force Base commander staff could have cooperative Oh wellthey did let rain come day also emptied cavernous hangars multipronged use transmitter check station indoor free flight competition static judging Hangars C-5As something else Huge C-5As tail sticks out through hangar door shaped fit around aircrafts posterior As past years discerning observer becomes aware gargantuan task AMA shoulders time Nats mobilized different branches model aviation tree justice individually near-impossibility AMA tries hard Free fighters need lots elbow room contrast cousins gossamer-winged one-rev-per-second Pennyplanes need windsheltered area such C-5A hangar Both accommodated Once two-gram heavies become stuck hangars roof trusses Semper paratus pilot reaches trusty fishing pole helium-filled balloon hook playing outline carefully maneuvering balloon next stuckee little craft usually dislodged seems similar technique might work retrieval method treed RC modelswell calm days Control line fliers seem among dedicated determined Nats attendees evidence fervor Nats Wednesday Poseidon decided should wash-down day Chicopee Thus copious supply celestial nonfoaming H20 halted nearly flying activity Nearly turned out course indoor fliersand group weather-oblivious youngsters Mouse Racing deluge virtually wrung out hung up dry after contest Rain shine serious circle burners need pavement speedway relatives triple-digit-mph go-fasters also require special safety fence around circlejust case periphery turns tangent planes possibility launch dollies certainty Bob Landrys legions fall heir fencing job theyll tell fastening anything concrete deck aint easy dog-fighting combat fliers other hand dont mind letting grass grow under feet After hand launch anyway what exciting show put smacks lack compassion course admit crashes spectacular onlookers sever streamer knot such fateful aggressiveness may lead familiar whomp followed sudden engine silence fearless combat pilots told us airframe life expectancy about 22 matches Consequently almost such warriors carry least dozen backup ships well understood uninitiated spectator mission sleek artistically covered decorated fly-by-wire aerobatic models Like planes flown RC Pattern contests design CL stunters serve function scale likeness appearance does count rewarded bonus points primary objective flight performance prescribed maneuver sequence judges sit close action could miss slightest asymmetric wiggle Steve Buso Tivoli New York talented competitor himself became willing tour guide through stuntland Steve related during 1930s young man James Walker invented bellcrank big bang really put control line flying Continued page 49 RC Pylon Racing Event Director Wayne Yeager adorable young daughter Lauren future pylon racer perhaps Betty Fox Fox Manufacturing Larry Scarinzi holding pair vintage CL Flying Flounders designed late Walt Williams L-R Guatemalan RC Sailplane fliers E Mertins W Alvarado J Quevedo J Vogel E Mertins J Sanchez P Wagner RC Category Manager Betty Stream years dedication expertise have helped make RC events run smoothly free flighters equipment box Bob Hatschek told us wont travel 12000 miles contest What Chicagolands Charlie Bauer up time rubber powered U-2 spy plane thats what Kevin Kane helping mber 1992 33 Hatching Nats/Berman Continued page 33 map Jim also exceptionally gifted showman reputed have able fly three CL planes same time hand third somehow reeved cap also manufactured kits Fireball Firebabynostalgia planes still fondly remembered old-timers legacy lives Walker Cup coveted traveling stunt championship trophy established honor Walker Cup has now awarded 46th year winners names inscribed its base Four leaf clover reverse wingover some terms jargon used aspirants Watker Cup tongue-swallowing maneuver remains suicidal dive straight pavement microsecond pullout just inches away otherwise certain splintersville think stout heart refer square loop Helicopters still baffle spectators Up down sideways backwardslike oversized hummingbirdswith itty-bitty stem top supporting whole schmear Under guidance someone like Georgias Tom Dooley helicopter assumes grace ballet dancer doing pirouettes hesitations utter delight amazement watching sexy whirr magical craft goes inverted Also consider Model choppers manage effect pinpoint landings hang dead still prevailing winds free flight cloud scrapers intriguing Some have motors fuel lines pinched off after few seconds timing mechanism have tinder fuse calibrated bum rubberband restraining dethermalizer results either horizontal tail wing pivoting up effect rapid descent once max two-minute flight time has achieved Launching nearvertical yet hoped-for flight path wide circle So trimming becomes much art assessment proper launch window tricky wind promises likely flight success RC pattern test best Most big names Chicopee handsome David Von Linsowe took top honors little names ponder choice equipment champs Airframes sport least two dozen different model names look similar Slender fuses tapered midwings Retracts course Two-strokes four-strokes debate no will ever win uninitiated observer has conclude perfect eyes-brainsfingers combination inputting gimbals Continued page 138 LDM Industries new Ball Bearing Conversion Kit can convert idard servos ball bearing servos minutes Futaba Airtronics Includes 4 new servo top cases containing high quality stainless steel ball bearing servo output shaftThe remaining kit indudes4 ball bearings plastic bushings come installed servosLDM Industries new Ball Bearing Servo Conversion Kit will Eliminate wobble output shaft Eliminate servo deadband precise control response helicopters Reduce chance flutter airplanes Optimize steenog response cars Help absorb heavy steering loads boats Extend life servos used withpull-pull type cable controls U- Control Kits Midwesfa new Success Series 049 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international lucky cross paths contingent enthusiastic glider fliers Guatemala Small country RC club its 70 members own flying field sports paved runway Guatemalas TACA Airline sponsored teams trip Chicopee Coffee growing sausage making airline maintenance some professions team members also heard control line team traveled Chicopee halfway around worldSingapore Unhappily missed contacting Canada Mexico course well represented international flavor also enhanced spectators male chauvinist point view unlikely highly successful Formula pylon racer young lady schoolmarm Connecticut Jessica Thurrott expert Japanese language teaches English Japanese exchange students entire class came Nats applaud skill spur 11th-place finish overall Jessica has accepted member Samurai Pylon Racing Team composed elite racers selected invitation boss modest Californian Jim Shinohara Chronicling 92 Nats reporter doffs cap valiant ladies carried torch aeromodeling specific mention must sprightly Betty Fox 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few spare parts components left truck episode ended reasonably well local police recovered filched nowempty truck next town locks forced no other obvious damage may lesson us Trouble never leave anything value vehicle parked outside overnight Flights miniature aircraft Nats like sampling entire model aviation buffet new dishes being served up year Electric-motor-propelled craft coming rocket-launched gliders no doubt simmering burner Vertols spacecraft might waiting oops wings Rogallo-winged things solar-cellpowered craft scaled-up ornithopters birdlike wing flappers could make debut future Nats Surely no limit inventiveness ingenuity craftsmanship aeromodelers AMAs problem participation density Some event categories now have low levels entrycertain glider rubber free flight contests instance Also priorities nations youth might have strayed toward prefabbed Star Wars hardware away do-it-yourself modelers benchwith its balsa CyA hobby knives complement fascination things airborne 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