Helicopter World Champs

NO OCR TEXT NO OCR TEXT NO OCR TEXT NO OCR TEXT NO OCR TEXT Exhibits ures Third Anflucil ChicAjo ModEl & Hobby Show Radio Control Planes/Cars/Boats/Trains & Games 0 November 6-8 1987 e Expo Center ago S Trade Days November 5 & 6 Nations #1 Show Model & Hobby Enthusiastswith 200 Exhibitors Featuring New Products Sponsored Radio Control Hobby Trade Association RCHTA Co-Sponsored Model Roiltood Industry Association MR1A Special Show Features Include Car Track Static Model Compelition Model Railroad Demonstrations Boat Pond il Store FREE Transmiffer Testing & Model Building Demonstrations Academy Model Aeronautics AMA Information Call Toll-Free 800-323-5155 Illinois Call 312-299-3131 practice flying sessions showed no major surprises However flying skills definitely improved since 1985 F3C WC Canada complaint made Japanese team members concerning angle sun relative position judges during aerobatic maneuvers proved less problem itially thought first round competition started promptly 800 am Tuesday morning excellent flying weatheressentially no wind morning temperatures hov ering around 75 degrees first pilot put good flight Japans lyobe held onto first place until Brennsteiner Austria beat score 30 points former World Champ Taya put flight lyobe pushed down third place noon round just about half complete hour-and-a-half lunch break called flying resumed promptly 130 pm round ended Brenn steiner Taya Jyobe Lucchi Gorham holding first through fifth place scores 1558 1530 15255 15245 1512 points respectively USA pilots Youngblood Mas finished sixth 11th place respectively team stan dings after first round Japan first USA second Federal Republic Germany third As day wore air temperature progressively increased around 95 de grees placed significant burden especially judges organiz ers prepared rain sun provided large umbrellas judge official scorer Although umbrellas did inter fere spectators ability observe hovering maneuvers little choice use course ef fects heat werent confined people alone also raised Cain some engines resultingyou guessed itin flameouts first round competition com pleted around 500 pm well ahead dinner time scheduled 630 pm second day flying started out much firstmild temperatures no wind forecast called after noon thunderstorm first fly Ja pans Taya unable better score first round Mas first USA pilot fly exceeded ear lier score 355 points After judges break planned nine pi lots USA pilot Youngblood put highest score yet 15645 points putting him first place up point predicted thunderstorm arrived early afternoon interrupting contest one-and-a-half hours flying re sumed storm cooled things off competitors contend some what higher winds USA pilot Gorham first fly under conditions Unfortunately exceeded 10-minute time limit resulted zero score autorotation maneuver As afternoon wore tempera ture climbed again winds began subside helped Jyobe net fantastic score 1620 points well-executed second flight Next eyes Brenn steiner whod very good first-round score able better 18 points 1576 putting him second place end second round top five dividuals lyobe first 1620 points followed Brennsteiner 1576 Youngblood 15645 Ishikawa 1538 Luc chi 15335 round didnt alter team standings did increase Japa nese lead 795 945 points over second-place USA team USA team turn bettered its lead over third-place German team 2355 3375 points third competition day started same mild flying weather perfect RC Helicopters pilots watch Jyobe Brennsteiner Youngblood Ishik awa Lucchi Taya six Youngblood first fly achieved what second-highest flight score up pointl 5995 moved him first place tension started mount lyobe Brennsteiner Youngbloods closest rivals found themselves unable beat score Tyobe won second place Brennsteiner third Lucchi Gorham 180 Model Aviation Helicopter WC/Hagen Continued page 102 achieved highest scores round moved fourth fifth place ahead Ishikawa Taya team standings remained same end sec ond round still close racethe point spread first fifth place 64 out 3100 just over 2% top five pilots flew maneuver highest Kfactor Observation became quite obvious essential win ning am also convinced fantastic weather contributed narrow point spread tension high durilg third round became unbearable during fourth final round Barring serious mistake part top three pi lots during round new FAI F3C World Champ likely Young blood lyobe Brennsteiner Luc chi Gorham Ishikawa still chance would need extraordinarily high scores order move up six final contenders Gorham first -to fly unable improve third-round score lyobe next put very nice flight under extreme pres sure achieving 16265 highest flight score yet Brennsteiner came next immediately topped score 16515 wasnt enough move lyobe out first place Lucchi flew next Ishikawa surpassed previous high score competition Lucchi putting 15875 Ishik awa 1563 points now came moment truth Youngblood USA pilot stood first place end third round put near-perfect flight score 1654 highest flight score entire WCand 1987 World Champion FM F3C category found Up point FAt Jury known official results give FAI Jury chance verify accuracy official scores final round released contest organizers Most pilots though kept own records after third round very good idea final standings official results released just before dinner after FAI Jury doubleand triple-checked second third place scores half point wow apart final standings Curtis Youngblood USA 1987 World Champion first place Tatsuya lyobe Japan second place Josef Brennsteiner Austria third place final team standings Japan first place USA second place Federal Republic Germany third place end final round announced public award ceremony would take place Saturday afternoon ceremony would include demonstration flights large spectator crowd ex pected demonstration flights began 900 am Saturday number new RC MOST OF OUR SALES ARE FROM T-28 B best scale trainer ever flew H RP California NEED WE SAY MORE. PICA PROOUCTS 2657 NE 188th ST MIAMI FLA 33180 Phone 1-305-935-1436 Helicopters flown manufacturers representatives other aircraft flown something everybody few home-built twin-rotor Helicopters ducted fan jets very large biplane Helicopter single rotor blade Helicopter tow ing Sailplane aloft group five Helicopters doing formation maneuvers full-size aerobatic plane flown Swiss national championa fantastic demo aerobatics very low ground certainly got everyones attention public World Championships award ceremony took place 300 pm vice-president Swiss Aeroclub Mr Werner Koelliker presented gold sil ver bronze FAI Medals top three pilots rather large bottle champagne given three finalists dramatic gesture Curtis Youngblood shook bottle opened showered crowd champagne Additional demon stration flights conducted spec tators 500 pm show ended Everyone associated WC headed headquarters hotel get ready closing banquet attended approximately 230 people cold buffet enjoyed After buffet before dessert final standings announced Starting last place pilot called up receive WC souvenira piece natural quartz mountains Berner Oberland region Switzerland mounted hardwood pedes October 1987 181 WORD OF M Wi Hey Nothing beats RAPIER fun flysCL Texas used CESSNA 182 train wife fly GE Colorado CALL FOR IMMEDIATE SHIPMENT ON VISA OR MASTERCARD SPECIALISTS IN CUSTOM COX TEE DEE & REED ENGINES 020S 049S 05 1S & 095 ALL CUSTOM & STOCK PARTS VAILABLE INDIVIDUALLY MANY NEW PARTS FOR OLD DISCONTINUED COX ENGINES COX PROPS & GLOW HEADS COMPETITION ACCESSORIES & CUSTOMIZED K&B ENGINES ALS COMPLETE LINE OF RACING PARTS BEE FiREBALL & KAB PLUGS SOLID LINES RACING WHEELS OWCK FILLS ETC E ALSO STOCK CARBON FiBER KLO7Z OIL LATEX9 SILICONE FUEL TUBING PEN BLADDER MATERIALS & HARDTO-FIND HARDWARE ESPECIALLY 2-569 3-48 SIZES COILS CONDENSERS NGK PLUGS SILK 12 COLORS QUALITY DOPE BRUSHES 597 LOOP RUBBER BANDS KSB SEELIG& IGNITION TIMERS GAS9 DIESEL FUEL TUBING TRANSISTOR IGNITlON SYSTEMS RESISTOR HI-TENSION LEADS 1/2A TEXACO PLA YBOY SR K 1/2A TEXACO ENGINES 9 PARTS EVERYTHING YOU NEED FOR OLD T1AERINCLUDING REPLICA OR WICK ENGINES tal FAI judges FAI Jury members also received same souvenir first- second- third-place pilots re ceived much larger version souve nir trophy close banquet mentioned attending Third FAI F3C World Championships will sponsored USA event presently scheduled part quadruple World Champion ships F3A F3B F3C F3D held NAS Virginia Beach around Octo ber 1989 hope contest will reflect same excellent organizational abilities demonstrated Swiss camaraderie amongst individual pi lots teams witnessed throughout competition terrific idea eating lunch dinner hangar day unappealing first must admit helped keep par ticipants close together resulted new friendships Swiss Aeroclub well Peter Ob erli 40 assistants congrat ulated job very well done toughest assignment contest judging very fortunate have experienced people big thank due Lucio Della Toffola Italy Pierre Pignot France Wolfgang Roth chairman Germany Henk Schoenmaker Netherlands Heinz Sutter Switzer land Thank Peter Blommaart efforts writing daily computer newspaper about WC newspaper called HelisplitterDaily Whirl pro vided entertainment us Thank Peter Studer co-workers doing outstanding job generating computer ized contest results finally thank Fredy Pluess staff serving excellent food such friendly prompt manner day Second FAI F3C World Champion ships ended same beautiful weather begun event will long remembered fortu nate enLugh have sum mer 87 fascinating indeed member FAI Jury I When responding advertisers mention thatyou readaboutthem ModelAviation cOMET COVERITE COX DUBRO EASY BUILT MODELS ENYA- FAt FLYLINE FOX- GOLDBERG- GOLDEN AGE REPRO UGENE DUBOIS- GUILLOW- K&B K&S L R MRC- OS MAX PACTRA PECK-POLYMER PERFECT RiN MODELS SEAGLEN SIG STERLING SULLIVAN SUPER TIGRE TAFFINDER TELCO TOP FLITE- TREXLER WILLIAMS & OTHERS ESTES MODEL ROCKETS Send $100 Caah Check oc Stamp toe 44 page tabloid nice DISCOUNT Catalog 900 illustrations over 700 Kits choose ILORDER PHONEORDER IN STORE IENN VALLEY HOBBY CENTER 817 1 Kain St LansdaluPa 19441 RC Soaring/Blakeslee Continued page 53 returns neutral quit lifting Normal rudder control will override Mixer can still give plane right rudder Mixer giving left problem encountered used spoiler channel throttle 78 Kraft SC operate Mixer didnt have proportional channel left spoilers sake science forged ahead sans spoil ers six- seven-channel radio would over come problem fearful forgetting launch Mixer turned Off seeing plane make quick roll turf didnt happen- thankfully air Mixer performed exactly advertised plane rose made nice turn left kept thinking myself Xou silly plane can see youre going upyou dont need waggle rudder guess Im too set ways can see Mixer being value days lift isnt obvious plane far off its difficult tell what its doing will also appeal having interest modern electronic marvels Drop note Rainar Weibalek High Sky info telephone number 619 297-5792 Back Thermic Sniffler Its airborne unit contains miniature variometer radio trans mitter sends audio tone small receiver normally clip belt hear tone via earpiece earphone Ive found better lightweight earphones used Walkman-type radios plane flying straight level hear constant tone about 1000 Hz plane encounters Up air rises pitch tone also rises pitch decreases plane sinking Quite elegant simple solution problem knowing exactly what plane doing cause can detect vertical motion low few inches per second airborne unit 475 x 15 x 075 weighs three ounces nine-volt transistor radio battery also has two transmitting antennae 28 long Its best run down planes fuselage other tube installed wing now 10 transmitter frequen cies available five old ones 49-MHz band five 27-MHz band added year Ace brings up obvious drawback using Sniffler flier field can use particular frequency time wouldnt say Sniffler favored ma jority Thermal competition fliers some top fliers swear absolutely essen irformance sten PERFORMANCE K&B tNGINES AiraneMarine K&B FUELSK&B GLOW PLUGS 9 Blends4 Choices Matched Finish System BEST APPEARANCE K&B FIBERGLASS CLOTH K&B Micro-Balloons FILLER K&B SUPER POXY RESIN K&B SUPER P0KV THINNER K&B SUPER POXY PRIMER K&B SUPER POXY PAINT K&B MIXING CUPS 182 Model Aviation WE STOCK ALL REV-UP PROPS OUR INVENTORY AVERAGES OVER 10000 PROPS! OLD TIMER SUPPLIES ORDER BY MAIL OR PHONE 714 830-5162 SORRY NO COD VISA & MASTERCARD WELCOME DEALER INGUIRIES INVITED MINIMUM MERCHANDISE ORDER $1000 SHIPPING HANDLING FEE $150 FOR INSURANCE ADD $100 ORDERS SHIPPED WITHIN 24 HOURS CALF RESIDENTS ADD 8% TAX

NO OCR TEXT NO OCR TEXT NO OCR TEXT NO OCR TEXT NO OCR TEXT Exhibits ures Third Anflucil ChicAjo ModEl & Hobby Show Radio Control Planes/Cars/Boats/Trains & Games 0 November 6-8 1987 e Expo Center ago S Trade Days November 5 & 6 Nations #1 Show Model & Hobby Enthusiastswith 200 Exhibitors Featuring New Products Sponsored Radio Control Hobby Trade Association RCHTA Co-Sponsored Model Roiltood Industry Association MR1A Special Show Features Include Car Track Static Model Compelition Model Railroad Demonstrations Boat Pond il Store FREE Transmiffer Testing & Model Building Demonstrations Academy Model Aeronautics AMA Information Call Toll-Free 800-323-5155 Illinois Call 312-299-3131 practice flying sessions showed no major surprises However flying skills definitely improved since 1985 F3C WC Canada complaint made Japanese team members concerning angle sun relative position judges during aerobatic maneuvers proved less problem itially thought first round competition started promptly 800 am Tuesday morning excellent flying weatheressentially no wind morning temperatures hov ering around 75 degrees first pilot put good flight Japans lyobe held onto first place until Brennsteiner Austria beat score 30 points former World Champ Taya put flight lyobe pushed down third place noon round just about half complete hour-and-a-half lunch break called flying resumed promptly 130 pm round ended Brenn steiner Taya Jyobe Lucchi Gorham holding first through fifth place scores 1558 1530 15255 15245 1512 points respectively USA pilots Youngblood Mas finished sixth 11th place respectively team stan dings after first round Japan first USA second Federal Republic Germany third As day wore air temperature progressively increased around 95 de grees placed significant burden especially judges organiz ers prepared rain sun provided large umbrellas judge official scorer Although umbrellas did inter fere spectators ability observe hovering maneuvers little choice use course ef fects heat werent confined people alone also raised Cain some engines resultingyou guessed itin flameouts first round competition com pleted around 500 pm well ahead dinner time scheduled 630 pm second day flying started out much firstmild temperatures no wind forecast called after noon thunderstorm first fly Ja pans Taya unable better score first round Mas first USA pilot fly exceeded ear lier score 355 points After judges break planned nine pi lots USA pilot Youngblood put highest score yet 15645 points putting him first place up point predicted thunderstorm arrived early afternoon interrupting contest one-and-a-half hours flying re sumed storm cooled things off competitors contend some what higher winds USA pilot Gorham first fly under conditions Unfortunately exceeded 10-minute time limit resulted zero score autorotation maneuver As afternoon wore tempera ture climbed again winds began subside helped Jyobe net fantastic score 1620 points well-executed second flight Next eyes Brenn steiner whod very good first-round score able better 18 points 1576 putting him second place end second round top five dividuals lyobe first 1620 points followed Brennsteiner 1576 Youngblood 15645 Ishikawa 1538 Luc chi 15335 round didnt alter team standings did increase Japa nese lead 795 945 points over second-place USA team USA team turn bettered its lead over third-place German team 2355 3375 points third competition day started same mild flying weather perfect RC Helicopters pilots watch Jyobe Brennsteiner Youngblood Ishik awa Lucchi Taya six Youngblood first fly achieved what second-highest flight score up pointl 5995 moved him first place tension started mount lyobe Brennsteiner Youngbloods closest rivals found themselves unable beat score Tyobe won second place Brennsteiner third Lucchi Gorham 180 Model Aviation Helicopter WC/Hagen Continued page 102 achieved highest scores round moved fourth fifth place ahead Ishikawa Taya team standings remained same end sec ond round still close racethe point spread first fifth place 64 out 3100 just over 2% top five pilots flew maneuver highest Kfactor Observation became quite obvious essential win ning am also convinced fantastic weather contributed narrow point spread tension high durilg third round became unbearable during fourth final round Barring serious mistake part top three pi lots during round new FAI F3C World Champ likely Young blood lyobe Brennsteiner Luc chi Gorham Ishikawa still chance would need extraordinarily high scores order move up six final contenders Gorham first -to fly unable improve third-round score lyobe next put very nice flight under extreme pres sure achieving 16265 highest flight score yet Brennsteiner came next immediately topped score 16515 wasnt enough move lyobe out first place Lucchi flew next Ishikawa surpassed previous high score competition Lucchi putting 15875 Ishik awa 1563 points now came moment truth Youngblood USA pilot stood first place end third round put near-perfect flight score 1654 highest flight score entire WCand 1987 World Champion FM F3C category found Up point FAt Jury known official results give FAI Jury chance verify accuracy official scores final round released contest organizers Most pilots though kept own records after third round very good idea final standings official results released just before dinner after FAI Jury doubleand triple-checked second third place scores half point wow apart final standings Curtis Youngblood USA 1987 World Champion first place Tatsuya lyobe Japan second place Josef Brennsteiner Austria third place final team standings Japan first place USA second place Federal Republic Germany third place end final round announced public award ceremony would take place Saturday afternoon ceremony would include demonstration flights large spectator crowd ex pected demonstration flights began 900 am Saturday number new RC MOST OF OUR SALES ARE FROM T-28 B best scale trainer ever flew H RP California NEED WE SAY MORE. PICA PROOUCTS 2657 NE 188th ST MIAMI FLA 33180 Phone 1-305-935-1436 Helicopters flown manufacturers representatives other aircraft flown something everybody few home-built twin-rotor Helicopters ducted fan jets very large biplane Helicopter single rotor blade Helicopter tow ing Sailplane aloft group five Helicopters doing formation maneuvers full-size aerobatic plane flown Swiss national championa fantastic demo aerobatics very low ground certainly got everyones attention public World Championships award ceremony took place 300 pm vice-president Swiss Aeroclub Mr Werner Koelliker presented gold sil ver bronze FAI Medals top three pilots rather large bottle champagne given three finalists dramatic gesture Curtis Youngblood shook bottle opened showered crowd champagne Additional demon stration flights conducted spec tators 500 pm show ended Everyone associated WC headed headquarters hotel get ready closing banquet attended approximately 230 people cold buffet enjoyed After buffet before dessert final standings announced Starting last place pilot called up receive WC souvenira piece natural quartz mountains Berner Oberland region Switzerland mounted hardwood pedes October 1987 181 WORD OF M Wi Hey Nothing beats RAPIER fun flysCL Texas used CESSNA 182 train wife fly GE Colorado CALL FOR IMMEDIATE SHIPMENT ON VISA OR MASTERCARD SPECIALISTS IN CUSTOM COX TEE DEE & REED ENGINES 020S 049S 05 1S & 095 ALL CUSTOM & STOCK PARTS VAILABLE INDIVIDUALLY MANY NEW PARTS FOR OLD DISCONTINUED COX ENGINES COX PROPS & GLOW HEADS COMPETITION ACCESSORIES & CUSTOMIZED K&B ENGINES ALS COMPLETE LINE OF RACING PARTS BEE FiREBALL & KAB PLUGS SOLID LINES RACING WHEELS OWCK FILLS ETC E ALSO STOCK CARBON FiBER KLO7Z OIL LATEX9 SILICONE FUEL TUBING PEN BLADDER MATERIALS & HARDTO-FIND HARDWARE ESPECIALLY 2-569 3-48 SIZES COILS CONDENSERS NGK PLUGS SILK 12 COLORS QUALITY DOPE BRUSHES 597 LOOP RUBBER BANDS KSB SEELIG& IGNITION TIMERS GAS9 DIESEL FUEL TUBING TRANSISTOR IGNITlON SYSTEMS RESISTOR HI-TENSION LEADS 1/2A TEXACO PLA YBOY SR K 1/2A TEXACO ENGINES 9 PARTS EVERYTHING YOU NEED FOR OLD T1AERINCLUDING REPLICA OR WICK ENGINES tal FAI judges FAI Jury members also received same souvenir first- second- third-place pilots re ceived much larger version souve nir trophy close banquet mentioned attending Third FAI F3C World Championships will sponsored USA event presently scheduled part quadruple World Champion ships F3A F3B F3C F3D held NAS Virginia Beach around Octo ber 1989 hope contest will reflect same excellent organizational abilities demonstrated Swiss camaraderie amongst individual pi lots teams witnessed throughout competition terrific idea eating lunch dinner hangar day unappealing first must admit helped keep par ticipants close together resulted new friendships Swiss Aeroclub well Peter Ob erli 40 assistants congrat ulated job very well done toughest assignment contest judging very fortunate have experienced people big thank due Lucio Della Toffola Italy Pierre Pignot France Wolfgang Roth chairman Germany Henk Schoenmaker Netherlands Heinz Sutter Switzer land Thank Peter Blommaart efforts writing daily computer newspaper about WC newspaper called HelisplitterDaily Whirl pro vided entertainment us Thank Peter Studer co-workers doing outstanding job generating computer ized contest results finally thank Fredy Pluess staff serving excellent food such friendly prompt manner day Second FAI F3C World Champion ships ended same beautiful weather begun event will long remembered fortu nate enLugh have sum mer 87 fascinating indeed member FAI Jury I When responding advertisers mention thatyou readaboutthem ModelAviation cOMET COVERITE COX DUBRO EASY BUILT MODELS ENYA- FAt FLYLINE FOX- GOLDBERG- GOLDEN AGE REPRO UGENE DUBOIS- GUILLOW- K&B K&S L R MRC- OS MAX PACTRA PECK-POLYMER PERFECT RiN MODELS SEAGLEN SIG STERLING SULLIVAN SUPER TIGRE TAFFINDER TELCO TOP FLITE- TREXLER WILLIAMS & OTHERS ESTES MODEL ROCKETS Send $100 Caah Check oc Stamp toe 44 page tabloid nice DISCOUNT Catalog 900 illustrations over 700 Kits choose ILORDER PHONEORDER IN STORE IENN VALLEY HOBBY CENTER 817 1 Kain St LansdaluPa 19441 RC Soaring/Blakeslee Continued page 53 returns neutral quit lifting Normal rudder control will override Mixer can still give plane right rudder Mixer giving left problem encountered used spoiler channel throttle 78 Kraft SC operate Mixer didnt have proportional channel left spoilers sake science forged ahead sans spoil ers six- seven-channel radio would over come problem fearful forgetting launch Mixer turned Off seeing plane make quick roll turf didnt happen- thankfully air Mixer performed exactly advertised plane rose made nice turn left kept thinking myself Xou silly plane can see youre going upyou dont need waggle rudder guess Im too set ways can see Mixer being value days lift isnt obvious plane far off its difficult tell what its doing will also appeal having interest modern electronic marvels Drop note Rainar Weibalek High Sky info telephone number 619 297-5792 Back Thermic Sniffler Its airborne unit contains miniature variometer radio trans mitter sends audio tone small receiver normally clip belt hear tone via earpiece earphone Ive found better lightweight earphones used Walkman-type radios plane flying straight level hear constant tone about 1000 Hz plane encounters Up air rises pitch tone also rises pitch decreases plane sinking Quite elegant simple solution problem knowing exactly what plane doing cause can detect vertical motion low few inches per second airborne unit 475 x 15 x 075 weighs three ounces nine-volt transistor radio battery also has two transmitting antennae 28 long Its best run down planes fuselage other tube installed wing now 10 transmitter frequen cies available five old ones 49-MHz band five 27-MHz band added year Ace brings up obvious drawback using Sniffler flier field can use particular frequency time wouldnt say Sniffler favored ma jority Thermal competition fliers some top fliers swear absolutely essen irformance sten PERFORMANCE K&B tNGINES AiraneMarine K&B FUELSK&B GLOW PLUGS 9 Blends4 Choices Matched Finish System BEST APPEARANCE K&B FIBERGLASS CLOTH K&B Micro-Balloons FILLER K&B SUPER POXY RESIN K&B SUPER P0KV THINNER K&B SUPER POXY PRIMER K&B SUPER POXY PAINT K&B MIXING CUPS 182 Model Aviation WE STOCK ALL REV-UP PROPS OUR INVENTORY AVERAGES OVER 10000 PROPS! OLD TIMER SUPPLIES ORDER BY MAIL OR PHONE 714 830-5162 SORRY NO COD VISA & MASTERCARD WELCOME DEALER INGUIRIES INVITED MINIMUM MERCHANDISE ORDER $1000 SHIPPING HANDLING FEE $150 FOR INSURANCE ADD $100 ORDERS SHIPPED WITHIN 24 HOURS CALF RESIDENTS ADD 8% TAX

NO OCR TEXT NO OCR TEXT NO OCR TEXT NO OCR TEXT NO OCR TEXT Exhibits ures Third Anflucil ChicAjo ModEl & Hobby Show Radio Control Planes/Cars/Boats/Trains & Games 0 November 6-8 1987 e Expo Center ago S Trade Days November 5 & 6 Nations #1 Show Model & Hobby Enthusiastswith 200 Exhibitors Featuring New Products Sponsored Radio Control Hobby Trade Association RCHTA Co-Sponsored Model Roiltood Industry Association MR1A Special Show Features Include Car Track Static Model Compelition Model Railroad Demonstrations Boat Pond il Store FREE Transmiffer Testing & Model Building Demonstrations Academy Model Aeronautics AMA Information Call Toll-Free 800-323-5155 Illinois Call 312-299-3131 practice flying sessions showed no major surprises However flying skills definitely improved since 1985 F3C WC Canada complaint made Japanese team members concerning angle sun relative position judges during aerobatic maneuvers proved less problem itially thought first round competition started promptly 800 am Tuesday morning excellent flying weatheressentially no wind morning temperatures hov ering around 75 degrees first pilot put good flight Japans lyobe held onto first place until Brennsteiner Austria beat score 30 points former World Champ Taya put flight lyobe pushed down third place noon round just about half complete hour-and-a-half lunch break called flying resumed promptly 130 pm round ended Brenn steiner Taya Jyobe Lucchi Gorham holding first through fifth place scores 1558 1530 15255 15245 1512 points respectively USA pilots Youngblood Mas finished sixth 11th place respectively team stan dings after first round Japan first USA second Federal Republic Germany third As day wore air temperature progressively increased around 95 de grees placed significant burden especially judges organiz ers prepared rain sun provided large umbrellas judge official scorer Although umbrellas did inter fere spectators ability observe hovering maneuvers little choice use course ef fects heat werent confined people alone also raised Cain some engines resultingyou guessed itin flameouts first round competition com pleted around 500 pm well ahead dinner time scheduled 630 pm second day flying started out much firstmild temperatures no wind forecast called after noon thunderstorm first fly Ja pans Taya unable better score first round Mas first USA pilot fly exceeded ear lier score 355 points After judges break planned nine pi lots USA pilot Youngblood put highest score yet 15645 points putting him first place up point predicted thunderstorm arrived early afternoon interrupting contest one-and-a-half hours flying re sumed storm cooled things off competitors contend some what higher winds USA pilot Gorham first fly under conditions Unfortunately exceeded 10-minute time limit resulted zero score autorotation maneuver As afternoon wore tempera ture climbed again winds began subside helped Jyobe net fantastic score 1620 points well-executed second flight Next eyes Brenn steiner whod very good first-round score able better 18 points 1576 putting him second place end second round top five dividuals lyobe first 1620 points followed Brennsteiner 1576 Youngblood 15645 Ishikawa 1538 Luc chi 15335 round didnt alter team standings did increase Japa nese lead 795 945 points over second-place USA team USA team turn bettered its lead over third-place German team 2355 3375 points third competition day started same mild flying weather perfect RC Helicopters pilots watch Jyobe Brennsteiner Youngblood Ishik awa Lucchi Taya six Youngblood first fly achieved what second-highest flight score up pointl 5995 moved him first place tension started mount lyobe Brennsteiner Youngbloods closest rivals found themselves unable beat score Tyobe won second place Brennsteiner third Lucchi Gorham 180 Model Aviation Helicopter WC/Hagen Continued page 102 achieved highest scores round moved fourth fifth place ahead Ishikawa Taya team standings remained same end sec ond round still close racethe point spread first fifth place 64 out 3100 just over 2% top five pilots flew maneuver highest Kfactor Observation became quite obvious essential win ning am also convinced fantastic weather contributed narrow point spread tension high durilg third round became unbearable during fourth final round Barring serious mistake part top three pi lots during round new FAI F3C World Champ likely Young blood lyobe Brennsteiner Luc chi Gorham Ishikawa still chance would need extraordinarily high scores order move up six final contenders Gorham first -to fly unable improve third-round score lyobe next put very nice flight under extreme pres sure achieving 16265 highest flight score yet Brennsteiner came next immediately topped score 16515 wasnt enough move lyobe out first place Lucchi flew next Ishikawa surpassed previous high score competition Lucchi putting 15875 Ishik awa 1563 points now came moment truth Youngblood USA pilot stood first place end third round put near-perfect flight score 1654 highest flight score entire WCand 1987 World Champion FM F3C category found Up point FAt Jury known official results give FAI Jury chance verify accuracy official scores final round released contest organizers Most pilots though kept own records after third round very good idea final standings official results released just before dinner after FAI Jury doubleand triple-checked second third place scores half point wow apart final standings Curtis Youngblood USA 1987 World Champion first place Tatsuya lyobe Japan second place Josef Brennsteiner Austria third place final team standings Japan first place USA second place Federal Republic Germany third place end final round announced public award ceremony would take place Saturday afternoon ceremony would include demonstration flights large spectator crowd ex pected demonstration flights began 900 am Saturday number new RC MOST OF OUR SALES ARE FROM T-28 B best scale trainer ever flew H RP California NEED WE SAY MORE. PICA PROOUCTS 2657 NE 188th ST MIAMI FLA 33180 Phone 1-305-935-1436 Helicopters flown manufacturers representatives other aircraft flown something everybody few home-built twin-rotor Helicopters ducted fan jets very large biplane Helicopter single rotor blade Helicopter tow ing Sailplane aloft group five Helicopters doing formation maneuvers full-size aerobatic plane flown Swiss national championa fantastic demo aerobatics very low ground certainly got everyones attention public World Championships award ceremony took place 300 pm vice-president Swiss Aeroclub Mr Werner Koelliker presented gold sil ver bronze FAI Medals top three pilots rather large bottle champagne given three finalists dramatic gesture Curtis Youngblood shook bottle opened showered crowd champagne Additional demon stration flights conducted spec tators 500 pm show ended Everyone associated WC headed headquarters hotel get ready closing banquet attended approximately 230 people cold buffet enjoyed After buffet before dessert final standings announced Starting last place pilot called up receive WC souvenira piece natural quartz mountains Berner Oberland region Switzerland mounted hardwood pedes October 1987 181 WORD OF M Wi Hey Nothing beats RAPIER fun flysCL Texas used CESSNA 182 train wife fly GE Colorado CALL FOR IMMEDIATE SHIPMENT ON VISA OR MASTERCARD SPECIALISTS IN CUSTOM COX TEE DEE & REED ENGINES 020S 049S 05 1S & 095 ALL CUSTOM & STOCK PARTS VAILABLE INDIVIDUALLY MANY NEW PARTS FOR OLD DISCONTINUED COX ENGINES COX PROPS & GLOW HEADS COMPETITION ACCESSORIES & CUSTOMIZED K&B ENGINES ALS COMPLETE LINE OF RACING PARTS BEE FiREBALL & KAB PLUGS SOLID LINES RACING WHEELS OWCK FILLS ETC E ALSO STOCK CARBON FiBER KLO7Z OIL LATEX9 SILICONE FUEL TUBING PEN BLADDER MATERIALS & HARDTO-FIND HARDWARE ESPECIALLY 2-569 3-48 SIZES COILS CONDENSERS NGK PLUGS SILK 12 COLORS QUALITY DOPE BRUSHES 597 LOOP RUBBER BANDS KSB SEELIG& IGNITION TIMERS GAS9 DIESEL FUEL TUBING TRANSISTOR IGNITlON SYSTEMS RESISTOR HI-TENSION LEADS 1/2A TEXACO PLA YBOY SR K 1/2A TEXACO ENGINES 9 PARTS EVERYTHING YOU NEED FOR OLD T1AERINCLUDING REPLICA OR WICK ENGINES tal FAI judges FAI Jury members also received same souvenir first- second- third-place pilots re ceived much larger version souve nir trophy close banquet mentioned attending Third FAI F3C World Championships will sponsored USA event presently scheduled part quadruple World Champion ships F3A F3B F3C F3D held NAS Virginia Beach around Octo ber 1989 hope contest will reflect same excellent organizational abilities demonstrated Swiss camaraderie amongst individual pi lots teams witnessed throughout competition terrific idea eating lunch dinner hangar day unappealing first must admit helped keep par ticipants close together resulted new friendships Swiss Aeroclub well Peter Ob erli 40 assistants congrat ulated job very well done toughest assignment contest judging very fortunate have experienced people big thank due Lucio Della Toffola Italy Pierre Pignot France Wolfgang Roth chairman Germany Henk Schoenmaker Netherlands Heinz Sutter Switzer land Thank Peter Blommaart efforts writing daily computer newspaper about WC newspaper called HelisplitterDaily Whirl pro vided entertainment us Thank Peter Studer co-workers doing outstanding job generating computer ized contest results finally thank Fredy Pluess staff serving excellent food such friendly prompt manner day Second FAI F3C World Champion ships ended same beautiful weather begun event will long remembered fortu nate enLugh have sum mer 87 fascinating indeed member FAI Jury I When responding advertisers mention thatyou readaboutthem ModelAviation cOMET COVERITE COX DUBRO EASY BUILT MODELS ENYA- FAt FLYLINE FOX- GOLDBERG- GOLDEN AGE REPRO UGENE DUBOIS- GUILLOW- K&B K&S L R MRC- OS MAX PACTRA PECK-POLYMER PERFECT RiN MODELS SEAGLEN SIG STERLING SULLIVAN SUPER TIGRE TAFFINDER TELCO TOP FLITE- TREXLER WILLIAMS & OTHERS ESTES MODEL ROCKETS Send $100 Caah Check oc Stamp toe 44 page 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