Nats Control Line: Scale

Scae THE CL SCALE competition Wright Field joy watch wide vari ety aircraft large number en tries total 36 airplanes flown mix civil military domestic foreign modern vintage aircraft provided four hours continuous ac tion two circles flight circles this year directly front HQ hangar helped increase number spectators plenty hem watch large turnout CL Scale year due largely addition Sport Scale event schedule Twenty-three airplanes submitted static judg ing 17 Open age cate gory Lyndhurst Barnstormers spon sored trophies second through fifth places both Junior Senior Sport Scale events information published until about month prior NATS Barnstormers efforts published earlier perhaps would have greater participa tion Sport Scale younger mod elers As entries AMA Scale Sport Scale Junior Senior age categories spite large number entries events ran quite smoothly once started Ralph Hoebner Event Director CL Scale assembled large experienced crew judges pull-test personnel helped keep event mov ing orderly thing really disagreeable about Scale flying weather Left Mike Sheets happy win Se nior AMA Scale Piper J-3 Cub built Sig kit total 36 airplanes flowndue addition Sport Scale Below Distinctive impressive WW Junk ers entered AMA Scale event Paula Bauer Although temperatures moderate no rain wind strong made flying rather difficult contestants wind messed up quite few landings pushed number tail draggers over nQses least two crashes resulted loss control lot lesser damage occurred models contacted ground under less-than optimum conditions entries year included four mili tary twins P-61 Grumman Skyrocket B-25 A-30 Baltimore addition four-engine Douglas C-124 As usual multi-engine models crowd pleasers models retract able landing gear variety com mercially available retract systems large point award retractable gear Sport Scale would expect see quite few models flying around gear up two Sport Scale entries retractable landing gear AMA Scale Mike Gretz took honors again year Zlin 526Athe same airplane placed fifth Scale World Champion ships Sweden earlier summer Mikes static flight scores highest day age categories Zlin refinished World Championships after being damaged slightly Lake Charles last year Mike uses two insulated lines carry sig Below Unusual GrummanJ2F Duck amphibian entered Sport Scale Ken Clodfelter would hard select unique subject 26 Model Aviation Rchard L Perry Mike Gretz back World Championships second straight Nats win Open Zlin 526A Akrobat Featured electronically con trolled gear flaps throttle photos Perry Below Hard believe magnificent Waco UMS-3 could topped Norman Skuderin got second AMA Scale event two big round engines chopped off nose Grumman Skyrocket entered Charles Bauer AMA Scale two OS Wankel 30s Bill Boss Carrier man just dropped fuel tank Sport Scale Curtiss P-40 shutter snapped Top Flite kit nals digital electronic control box decoder servos airplane electronic control allows independent functioning gear flaps throttle brakes fuel shut-off Norman Skuderin placed second model Harold Johnsons red UMS-3 Waco biplane based South Dayton Airpark Waco uses OS 80 standard three-line system throttle control Ground handling prob lems ended first flight prematurely before Norm firmly estab lished himself second place Mike Sheeks Tom Fluker both used kit airplanes take first place Senior Junior AMA Scale events demonstrating scratch-built airplanes arent necessity successful scale AboveGrumman F3F2 Navy fighter early Thirties modeled Alvah Schaeffer has just released its bombs picture model Both models well built flights demonstrated pre-Nats practice preparation neces sary winning performance Mikes Piper J-3 Club Toms Grumman F8F Bearcat both started Sig kits Entries Sport Scale event came shapes sizes ran models could have done well AMA Scale judging semi-scale stunters relied Precision Aerobatics maneuvers op tional demonstrations gain flight points Most models flown larger air planes 35 60 engines some smaller airplanes did quite well Claude Shorts PT-22 first Open category OS 25 power continued page 92 November 1976 27 Receiving EAAs award best model ama teur-built aircraft Bob Wiacher left Mark Bauer Spectators enjoyed Scale Martin A-30 Baltimore Joseph Eiben retract gear flaps Left above Only 4-engine model CL Scale Douglas C-154 Murry Gransback flew well four Supertigre 23s Left Northrop P-61 Black Widow night-fighter flown Jeff Perez Sport Scale Highly polished finish two OS 29s Left below Liberty Sport Pete Bianchini Enya 60 Sig kit Below Perry thought unusual entry Sport Scalea OH Gipsy Moth Peter Simonson Chris Nelson holding ENGINE CYLINDER HEADQUARTERS SUITABLE FOR SCALE OR STAND-OFF MODELS AVAILABLE FOR IMMEDIATE DELIVERY / hard work out radial engined models highly de ed cylinders precision molded JI high-impact styrene fea ture deep cooling fins / SIZES Whirlwind 1 1 Y2 2 scales Le Rhone 1 1 ales LE RHONE Wasp 1 11/2 2 scales4 UNIvERSAL Universal/8 les CATALOG Dept MA PAWNEE STREET SAN MARCOS CALIFORNIA 9 ALSO AVAILABLE MACHINE GUN KITS NERS E WHEELS TS PIES Nats/FF Power/Mathis continued page 3 1 nated FAI ships Rol Anderson making ten maxes win over World Power Champ Lars Olofsson Sweden highest placed non-FAI ship Sal Taibis Starduster 350 4th other power flier make ten straight maxes Larry McFarland Longview Tex Class B used Rambunctious 480your beloved reporters design did five maxes day High thrust-line designs like others definitely out fashion today no valid reason should also point out Carl Goldberg Mr Free Flight new l/2A design motor high-thrust mounted asked him said taken him long time convert pylons nothing hap pened change mind since An oid-hand freeflight circles Bob Sifleet holding sheeted FAI modei start home before C finished would bet winner Californian Doug Galbreath Cate gory record holder GYSOB sporting Cox 40 class field never know Nats weather C windy wet drift right cornfields fliers just packed up left since last day anyway Class C airplanes getting smaller smaller generally capable maxing no lift FAI Power excellent event again year high-class field highlighted presence ofQlofsson spon sored Nats through efforts Hardy Broderson Bill Northrop Model Builder Magazine donations hobby industry Olofsson wound up 4th dropping little seventh last flight flyoff 630 next morning Doug Galbreath Gil Graunke Graunke narrowly edging out few seconds think level flying FAI power has definitely improved last few years Most ships welltrimmed handled new Cox 15 also proving solid device Galbreath quite few others using including Andersons A-winning FAI Finally Payload Cargo events held Wright Field evening welcome change pace after mono tony regular AMA power events original design thought almost non-existent regular Gas classes originality runs rampant Cargo Twin motors biplanes canards exotic landing gears name someone will trying fly Especially landing gears have believe everyone has ever landing gear fetish flying Cargo Its difficult event well attended both contestants spectators really good time watching underpowered overloaded creations try take off ground inter esting Doug Joyces twin 010 canard placed second problem case Joyce noticed lack attention tuning needle valve peak output use some decidedly worn out motors Last year questioned validity Cargo Payload na tional events still question whether need both Cargo proved itself least year good fun event lots people think attraction events have shared Old Timer ROG rule Real honest-to-goodness roll-wheels-on-ground-lift-off takeoffs still fascinating especially since dont have VTO regular gas events Nats/CL Scale/Perry continued page 27 Claudes first flight sufficient gain him first place second flight successful wind caused loss line tension during wingover result ing cntsh destroyed very nice model Mark Steve Tullis placed first second Junior Sport Scale flew models quite small normal standards Marks Piper PA-12 Super Cruiser Steves Aichi Grace both flew Cox 049 engines using Cox three-line throttle systems wind made flying small models particularly challeng ing both modelers models came through ordeal good fashion Steve demonstrating touch-and-go Grace Mark Bauer contestant entered both AMA Sport Scale Flying Senior age category Mark flew P-47 Supertigre 60 power first place Sport Scale Marks AMA Scale entry modeled after red Pitts Special flown Bonnie Lou Poberezny received Experimental Aircraft Asso ciation Award best scale model amateur-built aircraft CL Scale events year well attended indicating healthy interest events trend continues com petitors transition AMA event Sport Scale should some good competition positions next US team Scale World Championships