U U IbM wulWw MuMMIMIW mmMUm 31mMMEMEIb Indoor BobMeuser THE SCENE Indoor events large aircraft hangar Norton Air Force Base 12 miles north main Nats activity March AFB girdered roof arched height 90 ft center covering 150 x 200 area Lamps suspended about 50-ft inter vals extended height about 60 ft Angle braces extending end walls combined arch roof limited region best flying rather small area Traffic heavy mid-air collisions frequent Saturday first day twoday Indoor competition air tur bulent several hours after 9 am starting gun Afterward except occasional puff people-door left standing open air calm drift severe Peak mid-afternoon temperatures reached 98 degrees F old home week retired Air Force Colonel Bob Randolph Norton AFB last duty station before retirement commemorate home coming placed first AMA Stick Cabin Peanut Scale placed third Paper Stick win Cabin event has held na tional record three ceiling-height categories years until recently gives him years possession historic Stout Indoor Trophy third time three wins third consecutive major wins partic Flying just about Indoor Outdoor Scale rubber-powered event book 13-yearold Francisco Barragan took first Cabin Keep eyes kid says Bobhe corner 38 Model Aviation ular models perhaps now deserve honorable retirement Junior events Marnie Meuser age 10 took first places AMA Stick Paper Stick Easy B received plaque top Junior score combined-age-group FAI Stick event did same model Novice Pennyplane version No NonCents featured June issue narrower wing used Easy B Second place three events taken Darryl Stevens thing like could sour kid women life Thirteen-year-old Francisco Barragan cousin Marisol Chavez age 14 flew virtually Rubber-Power door Outdoor Scale event book Francisco winning Indoor Cabin event Senior events two-times Na tional Champion Ken Bauer took AMA Stick Gary Stevens topped out Paper Stick event Chris Clemens won Easy B Tim Young won Pennyplane FAI Stick flown 1hour rounds cliff-hanger top three positions being determined last few minutes last round Dominas second fourth flights gave him best-two-flight total seemed good enough win half-hour left sixth final round Banks Bauer Mather contention first place still flown Bauer launched soon model hung up lamp hang er Banks flew also hung up Finally Mather went up beautiful flight managed stay clear lights until final touch-down seemed could make just 4 sec short bumping Domina off top peg although managed nudge World Champ Romak 54-sec average Darryl Stevens won Jr HI Glider Collisions lamp hangers hurt Darryl holds Outdoor HI Glider record Bill Blanchard many-times Outdoor HI Glider record holder made first stab Indoor won also won Outdoor Hand Launch third-place slot Two weeks later mina earn spot team represent US Indoor World Champs Earl Hoffman has winning local Pennyplane events disgusting regularity posted winning flight 1112 quite good 90-ft ceiling especially good light fact model never got up about 60 ft biplane Pennyplane entered built Cezar Banks About 10 seconds its first flight destroyed Scale model Curt Stevens name familiar HL Glider winners lists some 15 years ago Now kids carry family tradition Darryl won Indoor HL Glider event though six allowed nine flights hit lamp hangers later placed second Outdoor event Senior age group Gary placed second Greg Sussex other Southern Californian no surprise Bill Blanchard wins Outdoor HLG meet has doing rather consistently California contest some time suggested try hand Indoor HLG some time back said really wasnt interested Apparently changed mind Using slightly modified ver sion side-arm throwing technique put slightly undercambered 14gram Sweepette up winning score Lee Hines second place model built too light job Lee bal lasted clay took care weight strength Lee snapped wing flight rudder stab another Joe Norcross didnt too well Hand-Launch Glider topped field Hand-Launch Shoe event Hs glider landed ledge re moved shoe chucked glider knocked down glider al right shoe ledge threw second shoe first managed get stuck ledge too Oh well what good shoe anyhow seemed inordinately large number fragile microfilm models came snared closely spaced lamps remember some Chi cago meets some lamp cables collected four five models crack appalling see fliers attempt knock models loose using tethered balloons almost invar iably model destroyed process end first day 10 minutes time using 30 cents worth balsa strips rigged up Chick en Plucker see Model Aviation Septem ber 1976 page 42 Charlie Sotich Continued page 98 November1977 39 Bob Clemens flew Paper Stick model Orig inally intended beginners event consid ered demanding microfilm Gary Stevens shouW have enough gliders six allowed flights placed second last flight being recorded error Uob Clemens flew nifty first place unofficial Manhattan Formula Got nearly 6 mm Ken Bauer Senior computes electronic calculator rubber size Top Junior five events entered Marnie Meuser 10 did next flight Ken also flies Outdoor Nordic Towline Glider same model plus extra parts Holds three national records maling models again circle-towing down wind main pack fifth Bob tangled towlines another glider re-started found own lift again maxed other flier max flights Segle Senior Washing ton Isaacson thinks real comer fly-off Bob launched first circled four five times dropped model off line good lift again maxed Segle apparently didnt see Bob lift launched air less helpful contest over Tuesday noon Bill Vanderbeek put up four max flights Xenakis designed Tadpole mediocre fifth flight would put him first place A-l Towline Glider event lost model Fortunately brought along second model unfortunately never performed espe cially well test flights diverged badly towed going off right flight left next self-ap pointed four-man ad-hoc advisory com mittee agreed towhook should moved forward Y4-inch helped Bills fifth official flight lasted medi ocre 94 seconds just second too medi ocre win over Paul Stober least five Tadpoles flown A- 1 remarkable design has recently published form small three-views highly developed model has outstanding track record N ats/M euser continued page 39 used retrieve model fol lowing day used twice retrieve Pennyplane totally undamaged others used successfully also sur prising such simple effective de vice isnt used often Hot Rock/Evans continued page 44 21 Install strip aileron links ailerons cut out center-section blocks allow free movement links 22 Layout ood landing gear blocks rout out wing 5-minute epoxy gear blocks place 23 Cover wings ailerons 24 Cut out bend dural gear use screws attach gear plywood blocks 25 Install hinges make aileron torque rods fit aileron servo arms 26 Carve sand fuselage shape 27 The tail surfaces cut 3/16 sheet balsa Cut sand shape 28 Apply choice covering original covered red Solarfilm 29 Make radio engine tank instal lation shown plans hope have much satisfaction Hot Rock did prototype FF World Champs/Kaynes continued page 53 paid free-country entry Glider After five hours taken up rest glider fliers sorrow-drowning rubberband brigade everyone back routine going air field commencing flying 350 am time relieved find no rain rather less wind rather dark round 1 started USA drawn launch pole next USSR day giving us close view ap parent masters glider flying However soon after start Jim Walters proceeded give adept display towing moved across wind path circled downwind catapult launch first class air quite adequate 18 seconds short max Likewise both Charlie Markos Bob Sifleet little below magic three minutes total 24 recorded field 82 entries USSR Israel both full team scores what assumed would prove have difficult time day latter team included interest ing model flown Giora Herzberg well designed having slotted tailplane air foil among its features Russians continued manner round 2 Yugoslavs Austrians also treble maxes lat ter team notable having two mem bers equipped circle towing name ly Kraus 1976 European Champion Zach lucky contact gentle lift just before running out upwing tow ing space good tune gliders did go behind ridge causing some flights end line clocked off before landed 98 Model Aviation Designed expressly nel KJU witri plenty room iust about R/C up 4 channel miniature units Maintaining top quality simple construction inverted gull wing Balsa Plywood parts accurately die-cut Hardware Package including R/C Hardware full-size step-by-step Plans flat finish Decal sheet Major Gregory Pappy Boyingtons Lulubelle appeared after Oct 17 1943 raid Kahili Airfield Solomons Recommended engine sizes maximum performance 09 10 Minimal performance achieved stock 049 051 Tee Dee Diesel conversion suggested nrnduct review oroduct review Droduct review Axiflo Ducted Fans Designed expressly sport flier kits feature light-weight molded parts can assembled two evenings Intended use good stock engines fully throttable operate tank pressure Integral tail cone used tank First released 40 class engines followed 049 version injection molded A4D power Midwest Products Co Inc 400 South Indiana St Hobart IN 46342 product review product review product review
Edition: Model Aviation - 1977/11
Page Numbers: 38, 39, 98
U U IbM wulWw MuMMIMIW mmMUm 31mMMEMEIb Indoor BobMeuser THE SCENE Indoor events large aircraft hangar Norton Air Force Base 12 miles north main Nats activity March AFB girdered roof arched height 90 ft center covering 150 x 200 area Lamps suspended about 50-ft inter vals extended height about 60 ft Angle braces extending end walls combined arch roof limited region best flying rather small area Traffic heavy mid-air collisions frequent Saturday first day twoday Indoor competition air tur bulent several hours after 9 am starting gun Afterward except occasional puff people-door left standing open air calm drift severe Peak mid-afternoon temperatures reached 98 degrees F old home week retired Air Force Colonel Bob Randolph Norton AFB last duty station before retirement commemorate home coming placed first AMA Stick Cabin Peanut Scale placed third Paper Stick win Cabin event has held na tional record three ceiling-height categories years until recently gives him years possession historic Stout Indoor Trophy third time three wins third consecutive major wins partic Flying just about Indoor Outdoor Scale rubber-powered event book 13-yearold Francisco Barragan took first Cabin Keep eyes kid says Bobhe corner 38 Model Aviation ular models perhaps now deserve honorable retirement Junior events Marnie Meuser age 10 took first places AMA Stick Paper Stick Easy B received plaque top Junior score combined-age-group FAI Stick event did same model Novice Pennyplane version No NonCents featured June issue narrower wing used Easy B Second place three events taken Darryl Stevens thing like could sour kid women life Thirteen-year-old Francisco Barragan cousin Marisol Chavez age 14 flew virtually Rubber-Power door Outdoor Scale event book Francisco winning Indoor Cabin event Senior events two-times Na tional Champion Ken Bauer took AMA Stick Gary Stevens topped out Paper Stick event Chris Clemens won Easy B Tim Young won Pennyplane FAI Stick flown 1hour rounds cliff-hanger top three positions being determined last few minutes last round Dominas second fourth flights gave him best-two-flight total seemed good enough win half-hour left sixth final round Banks Bauer Mather contention first place still flown Bauer launched soon model hung up lamp hang er Banks flew also hung up Finally Mather went up beautiful flight managed stay clear lights until final touch-down seemed could make just 4 sec short bumping Domina off top peg although managed nudge World Champ Romak 54-sec average Darryl Stevens won Jr HI Glider Collisions lamp hangers hurt Darryl holds Outdoor HI Glider record Bill Blanchard many-times Outdoor HI Glider record holder made first stab Indoor won also won Outdoor Hand Launch third-place slot Two weeks later mina earn spot team represent US Indoor World Champs Earl Hoffman has winning local Pennyplane events disgusting regularity posted winning flight 1112 quite good 90-ft ceiling especially good light fact model never got up about 60 ft biplane Pennyplane entered built Cezar Banks About 10 seconds its first flight destroyed Scale model Curt Stevens name familiar HL Glider winners lists some 15 years ago Now kids carry family tradition Darryl won Indoor HL Glider event though six allowed nine flights hit lamp hangers later placed second Outdoor event Senior age group Gary placed second Greg Sussex other Southern Californian no surprise Bill Blanchard wins Outdoor HLG meet has doing rather consistently California contest some time suggested try hand Indoor HLG some time back said really wasnt interested Apparently changed mind Using slightly modified ver sion side-arm throwing technique put slightly undercambered 14gram Sweepette up winning score Lee Hines second place model built too light job Lee bal lasted clay took care weight strength Lee snapped wing flight rudder stab another Joe Norcross didnt too well Hand-Launch Glider topped field Hand-Launch Shoe event Hs glider landed ledge re moved shoe chucked glider knocked down glider al right shoe ledge threw second shoe first managed get stuck ledge too Oh well what good shoe anyhow seemed inordinately large number fragile microfilm models came snared closely spaced lamps remember some Chi cago meets some lamp cables collected four five models crack appalling see fliers attempt knock models loose using tethered balloons almost invar iably model destroyed process end first day 10 minutes time using 30 cents worth balsa strips rigged up Chick en Plucker see Model Aviation Septem ber 1976 page 42 Charlie Sotich Continued page 98 November1977 39 Bob Clemens flew Paper Stick model Orig inally intended beginners event consid ered demanding microfilm Gary Stevens shouW have enough gliders six allowed flights placed second last flight being recorded error Uob Clemens flew nifty first place unofficial Manhattan Formula Got nearly 6 mm Ken Bauer Senior computes electronic calculator rubber size Top Junior five events entered Marnie Meuser 10 did next flight Ken also flies Outdoor Nordic Towline Glider same model plus extra parts Holds three national records maling models again circle-towing down wind main pack fifth Bob tangled towlines another glider re-started found own lift again maxed other flier max flights Segle Senior Washing ton Isaacson thinks real comer fly-off Bob launched first circled four five times dropped model off line good lift again maxed Segle apparently didnt see Bob lift launched air less helpful contest over Tuesday noon Bill Vanderbeek put up four max flights Xenakis designed Tadpole mediocre fifth flight would put him first place A-l Towline Glider event lost model Fortunately brought along second model unfortunately never performed espe cially well test flights diverged badly towed going off right flight left next self-ap pointed four-man ad-hoc advisory com mittee agreed towhook should moved forward Y4-inch helped Bills fifth official flight lasted medi ocre 94 seconds just second too medi ocre win over Paul Stober least five Tadpoles flown A- 1 remarkable design has recently published form small three-views highly developed model has outstanding track record N ats/M euser continued page 39 used retrieve model fol lowing day used twice retrieve Pennyplane totally undamaged others used successfully also sur prising such simple effective de vice isnt used often Hot Rock/Evans continued page 44 21 Install strip aileron links ailerons cut out center-section blocks allow free movement links 22 Layout ood landing gear blocks rout out wing 5-minute epoxy gear blocks place 23 Cover wings ailerons 24 Cut out bend dural gear use screws attach gear plywood blocks 25 Install hinges make aileron torque rods fit aileron servo arms 26 Carve sand fuselage shape 27 The tail surfaces cut 3/16 sheet balsa Cut sand shape 28 Apply choice covering original covered red Solarfilm 29 Make radio engine tank instal lation shown plans hope have much satisfaction Hot Rock did prototype FF World Champs/Kaynes continued page 53 paid free-country entry Glider After five hours taken up rest glider fliers sorrow-drowning rubberband brigade everyone back routine going air field commencing flying 350 am time relieved find no rain rather less wind rather dark round 1 started USA drawn launch pole next USSR day giving us close view ap parent masters glider flying However soon after start Jim Walters proceeded give adept display towing moved across wind path circled downwind catapult launch first class air quite adequate 18 seconds short max Likewise both Charlie Markos Bob Sifleet little below magic three minutes total 24 recorded field 82 entries USSR Israel both full team scores what assumed would prove have difficult time day latter team included interest ing model flown Giora Herzberg well designed having slotted tailplane air foil among its features Russians continued manner round 2 Yugoslavs Austrians also treble maxes lat ter team notable having two mem bers equipped circle towing name ly Kraus 1976 European Champion Zach lucky contact gentle lift just before running out upwing tow ing space good tune gliders did go behind ridge causing some flights end line clocked off before landed 98 Model Aviation Designed expressly nel KJU witri plenty room iust about R/C up 4 channel miniature units Maintaining top quality simple construction inverted gull wing Balsa Plywood parts accurately die-cut Hardware Package including R/C Hardware full-size step-by-step Plans flat finish Decal sheet Major Gregory Pappy Boyingtons Lulubelle appeared after Oct 17 1943 raid Kahili Airfield Solomons Recommended engine sizes maximum performance 09 10 Minimal performance achieved stock 049 051 Tee Dee Diesel conversion suggested nrnduct review oroduct review Droduct review Axiflo Ducted Fans Designed expressly sport flier kits feature light-weight molded parts can assembled two evenings Intended use good stock engines fully throttable operate tank pressure Integral tail cone used tank First released 40 class engines followed 049 version injection molded A4D power Midwest Products Co Inc 400 South Indiana St Hobart IN 46342 product review product review product review
Edition: Model Aviation - 1977/11
Page Numbers: 38, 39, 98
U U IbM wulWw MuMMIMIW mmMUm 31mMMEMEIb Indoor BobMeuser THE SCENE Indoor events large aircraft hangar Norton Air Force Base 12 miles north main Nats activity March AFB girdered roof arched height 90 ft center covering 150 x 200 area Lamps suspended about 50-ft inter vals extended height about 60 ft Angle braces extending end walls combined arch roof limited region best flying rather small area Traffic heavy mid-air collisions frequent Saturday first day twoday Indoor competition air tur bulent several hours after 9 am starting gun Afterward except occasional puff people-door left standing open air calm drift severe Peak mid-afternoon temperatures reached 98 degrees F old home week retired Air Force Colonel Bob Randolph Norton AFB last duty station before retirement commemorate home coming placed first AMA Stick Cabin Peanut Scale placed third Paper Stick win Cabin event has held na tional record three ceiling-height categories years until recently gives him years possession historic Stout Indoor Trophy third time three wins third consecutive major wins partic Flying just about Indoor Outdoor Scale rubber-powered event book 13-yearold Francisco Barragan took first Cabin Keep eyes kid says Bobhe corner 38 Model Aviation ular models perhaps now deserve honorable retirement Junior events Marnie Meuser age 10 took first places AMA Stick Paper Stick Easy B received plaque top Junior score combined-age-group FAI Stick event did same model Novice Pennyplane version No NonCents featured June issue narrower wing used Easy B Second place three events taken Darryl Stevens thing like could sour kid women life Thirteen-year-old Francisco Barragan cousin Marisol Chavez age 14 flew virtually Rubber-Power door Outdoor Scale event book Francisco winning Indoor Cabin event Senior events two-times Na tional Champion Ken Bauer took AMA Stick Gary Stevens topped out Paper Stick event Chris Clemens won Easy B Tim Young won Pennyplane FAI Stick flown 1hour rounds cliff-hanger top three positions being determined last few minutes last round Dominas second fourth flights gave him best-two-flight total seemed good enough win half-hour left sixth final round Banks Bauer Mather contention first place still flown Bauer launched soon model hung up lamp hang er Banks flew also hung up Finally Mather went up beautiful flight managed stay clear lights until final touch-down seemed could make just 4 sec short bumping Domina off top peg although managed nudge World Champ Romak 54-sec average Darryl Stevens won Jr HI Glider Collisions lamp hangers hurt Darryl holds Outdoor HI Glider record Bill Blanchard many-times Outdoor HI Glider record holder made first stab Indoor won also won Outdoor Hand Launch third-place slot Two weeks later mina earn spot team represent US Indoor World Champs Earl Hoffman has winning local Pennyplane events disgusting regularity posted winning flight 1112 quite good 90-ft ceiling especially good light fact model never got up about 60 ft biplane Pennyplane entered built Cezar Banks About 10 seconds its first flight destroyed Scale model Curt Stevens name familiar HL Glider winners lists some 15 years ago Now kids carry family tradition Darryl won Indoor HL Glider event though six allowed nine flights hit lamp hangers later placed second Outdoor event Senior age group Gary placed second Greg Sussex other Southern Californian no surprise Bill Blanchard wins Outdoor HLG meet has doing rather consistently California contest some time suggested try hand Indoor HLG some time back said really wasnt interested Apparently changed mind Using slightly modified ver sion side-arm throwing technique put slightly undercambered 14gram Sweepette up winning score Lee Hines second place model built too light job Lee bal lasted clay took care weight strength Lee snapped wing flight rudder stab another Joe Norcross didnt too well Hand-Launch Glider topped field Hand-Launch Shoe event Hs glider landed ledge re moved shoe chucked glider knocked down glider al right shoe ledge threw second shoe first managed get stuck ledge too Oh well what good shoe anyhow seemed inordinately large number fragile microfilm models came snared closely spaced lamps remember some Chi cago meets some lamp cables collected four five models crack appalling see fliers attempt knock models loose using tethered balloons almost invar iably model destroyed process end first day 10 minutes time using 30 cents worth balsa strips rigged up Chick en Plucker see Model Aviation Septem ber 1976 page 42 Charlie Sotich Continued page 98 November1977 39 Bob Clemens flew Paper Stick model Orig inally intended beginners event consid ered demanding microfilm Gary Stevens shouW have enough gliders six allowed flights placed second last flight being recorded error Uob Clemens flew nifty first place unofficial Manhattan Formula Got nearly 6 mm Ken Bauer Senior computes electronic calculator rubber size Top Junior five events entered Marnie Meuser 10 did next flight Ken also flies Outdoor Nordic Towline Glider same model plus extra parts Holds three national records maling models again circle-towing down wind main pack fifth Bob tangled towlines another glider re-started found own lift again maxed other flier max flights Segle Senior Washing ton Isaacson thinks real comer fly-off Bob launched first circled four five times dropped model off line good lift again maxed Segle apparently didnt see Bob lift launched air less helpful contest over Tuesday noon Bill Vanderbeek put up four max flights Xenakis designed Tadpole mediocre fifth flight would put him first place A-l Towline Glider event lost model Fortunately brought along second model unfortunately never performed espe cially well test flights diverged badly towed going off right flight left next self-ap pointed four-man ad-hoc advisory com mittee agreed towhook should moved forward Y4-inch helped Bills fifth official flight lasted medi ocre 94 seconds just second too medi ocre win over Paul Stober least five Tadpoles flown A- 1 remarkable design has recently published form small three-views highly developed model has outstanding track record N ats/M euser continued page 39 used retrieve model fol lowing day used twice retrieve Pennyplane totally undamaged others used successfully also sur prising such simple effective de vice isnt used often Hot Rock/Evans continued page 44 21 Install strip aileron links ailerons cut out center-section blocks allow free movement links 22 Layout ood landing gear blocks rout out wing 5-minute epoxy gear blocks place 23 Cover wings ailerons 24 Cut out bend dural gear use screws attach gear plywood blocks 25 Install hinges make aileron torque rods fit aileron servo arms 26 Carve sand fuselage shape 27 The tail surfaces cut 3/16 sheet balsa Cut sand shape 28 Apply choice covering original covered red Solarfilm 29 Make radio engine tank instal lation shown plans hope have much satisfaction Hot Rock did prototype FF World Champs/Kaynes continued page 53 paid free-country entry Glider After five hours taken up rest glider fliers sorrow-drowning rubberband brigade everyone back routine going air field commencing flying 350 am time relieved find no rain rather less wind rather dark round 1 started USA drawn launch pole next USSR day giving us close view ap parent masters glider flying However soon after start Jim Walters proceeded give adept display towing moved across wind path circled downwind catapult launch first class air quite adequate 18 seconds short max Likewise both Charlie Markos Bob Sifleet little below magic three minutes total 24 recorded field 82 entries USSR Israel both full team scores what assumed would prove have difficult time day latter team included interest ing model flown Giora Herzberg well designed having slotted tailplane air foil among its features Russians continued manner round 2 Yugoslavs Austrians also treble maxes lat ter team notable having two mem bers equipped circle towing name ly Kraus 1976 European Champion Zach lucky contact gentle lift just before running out upwing tow ing space good tune gliders did go behind ridge causing some flights end line clocked off before landed 98 Model Aviation Designed expressly nel KJU witri plenty room iust about R/C up 4 channel miniature units Maintaining top quality simple construction inverted gull wing Balsa Plywood parts accurately die-cut Hardware Package including R/C Hardware full-size step-by-step Plans flat finish Decal sheet Major Gregory Pappy Boyingtons Lulubelle appeared after Oct 17 1943 raid Kahili Airfield Solomons Recommended engine sizes maximum performance 09 10 Minimal performance achieved stock 049 051 Tee Dee Diesel conversion suggested nrnduct review oroduct review Droduct review Axiflo Ducted Fans Designed expressly sport flier kits feature light-weight molded parts can assembled two evenings Intended use good stock engines fully throttable operate tank pressure Integral tail cone used tank First released 40 class engines followed 049 version injection molded A4D power Midwest Products Co Inc 400 South Indiana St Hobart IN 46342 product review product review product review