Cashing Technical Directors column Steve Kaluf makes good point bears repeating Contest Directors others send fees place orders supplies plans should send payment check money order Please semi cash transactions have few reports cash allegedly sent AMA envelope reached appropriate party Since its impossible ascertain what happened cash begin everyone loses deal use check money order have receipt transaction Speaking cash thats what Charles Rushing needs excerpted Heart Goes Soaring poem previous column Charles compiling emotional history Wakefield competition needs financial support cover publication costs 160page effort first Wakefield Cup won 1911 EW Twining Since event has developed rich colorful history fully detailed book Anyone contributes $40 will listed book will receive firstedition copy Contact Charles Box 1030 Sutter Creek CA 95685 Tel 209 267-0866 Mailbag number folks questions comments about venture RC Vindicator October 1995 issue would really like get coordinates Simplex airfoil Simplex has published number places including several newsletters l96OAir Trails Annual Its actually logarithmic spiral interested see found necessary design build RC model get pilot monkeys off back least built yourself Building model still prime criterion judging real modeler However despite stated enjoyment process covering job seen cover indicates need practice both UltraCote iron Mike Cook Mike cover shot after Vindicator suffered pretty healthy ding after attempted deadstick landing windy day Thus covering loosened number repairs made radio change etc excellent article prompts write recent experiment Dynaflite Butterfly reminds much Vindicator just tell about chose learn RC Butterfly because has alight wing loading nice slow stable old fid 65 slow reaction time could have better chance learning tofly RC airplanes Ihad little troable learning RCflying soloed quickly dfflculty largely because time respond Butterflys slow approach speeds However jf slight wind comes up especlally gusty windthen lam out business Ourflying strip small room cross-runway approaches landings Ihad ldea Rather build another complete airplane higher wing loading ailerons could handle crosswinds just build shorter wing ailerons Butterfly fuselage 1 eliminated about 14 inches wing center panel left tapered outer panels as-is made aileron area about 9% new Its hard believe dyed-in-the-wool FFer would such thing wing area six-foot span could now Hal Lorimer make wing piece ailerons polyhedral disadvantage sof eliminated put straight 4 dihedral higher wing loading goes higher landing speed both takeoff roll landing rollout bit longer Surprisingly though Butterfly II stillfloats quite bit landing give better directional control ground installed steerable tail wheel Im writing make possibly money-saving suggestion other newcomers wisely start RC models like Butterfly want advance responsive models considerable cost new airplane Gene Wilkison Gene versatility mentioned prime reason Vindicators wing layout give room developing pilot skill Dont want floater Take tips off go Its hard believe dyed-in-the-wool FFer would such thing Allen suppose theyll drum out National Free Flight Society now enjoyed reading about experience designing building flying Vindicator page 14 made reference April 95 issne Mr Munninghoffls article about on-off switches Apparently disagree him position off lam inclined agree Mr Munninghoff care comment please Dave Chambers C 0 R N E R essence argument preference switchs function Vindicators arrangement er idea switched bumped will still have control model down side switch could bumped position ride flying field thus draining batteries how-to published fairly split comments switch orientation have winner Vindicator very impressed new design especially like fuselage constructionlight strong Vindicator would make great Electric RC model. beauty Electric airplane can climb up 60-second motor run gllde around pick up thermals turn motor return field f model far away Gordon Wheler Electrics columnist Bob Kopski has set plans has threatened build Electric version Haught Managing Editor 168 Model Aviation model condition indicate no matter busy renewing AMA license important Vindicator has since restored flying condition wrinkles have ironed out again congratulations very nicelooking design C Allen Johnson HI