U I Uwww ww mum Scale Bob Meuser Vt SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA mere handful hot-beds FF Scale ac tivity country would therefore expect unusually large quantity high quality models entered quantity disappointingly low local scale modelers absorbed judging officiating apparently others unable disinclined attend quality models entered superb least equal seen previous Nats number FF Scale events has creased steadily over past decade now includes five Indoor Outdoor Peanut Scale Indoor Outdoor Rub ber-Power Scale Outdoor Gas Scale addition several unofficial outdoor scale events including two classes Thompson Trophy racer models flown flight duration Scale rubberpower speed event sponsored Cleveland Free Flight Society Navy Scale models nations Navy planes held however Although optimum Indoor model lighter built survive rigors outdoor flying same models flown both Indoor Outdoor Rubber-Power Scale both Indoor Outdoor Peanut Scale Gas Power Scale predicted trend toward alternative methods propulsion electric CO-2 motorshad indeed occurred top three models pow ered such motors trend has its own excitements also has its disap pointments few large heavy gas models such flown Warner Stark McCracken among others models entered Gas Scale could mistaken rubber-power models indeed identical except powerplants though gas models judged flight quality rubber-power models judged flight duration rubber-power flying scale events clear rules-of-play accentu ate flying rather scale aspect events exception models placed top three overall did place top three static judg ing placing top three static judging top three overall Bob Randolphs winning Indoor Peanut Scale model received lowest static score model entered its flight duration score high would have won static score zero Indoor AMA Scale top two models exceeded 100-sec max good certainly outstanding static scores intended cri ticism merely observation As usual wide-chord Fikes La ceys popular Peanut events Fikes flown Fessler Roberti 40 Model Aviation ww ww mm IhI interesting entries rubber-powered Scale Comper Swift Bob Clemens Chris Clemens tiring up rubber-powered Peanut Scale Lacey Note slick winding stooge Tiny replicas Thompson Trophy presented Cleveland Free Flight Soci sty winners colorful special event Cnargmng up nis CO2-powered Corben Baby Ace Bob Peck took 2nd gas Scale Both form power electric power permissable Caudron Racer entered unofficial Thompson Trophy competition Clarence Mather age wonder womanoriginated French author Georges Chaulet shared research chores Bill Bills larger rub ber- CO-2-powered models equipped whittled likeness Lucien Bussoutrot Farmans chief pilot time Moustique built Detail exposed engine truly superb Bob Clemens neatly built Aristocrat Outdoor Peanut model received 90 out possible 100 static judging Bobs hopes Aristocrat itself con siderably shattered contestant tried run through Bobs rubber motor model being wound Somehow Bob got shattered remains back piece took second place overall average flight time 73 seconds Cla rence Mathers Davis DA-2A5 topped event Mulligans Wittman Tailwind placed third Don Srulls fine World War II Heinkel 1 OOD won Outdoor Rubber Scale barely nosing out Clarence Mathers Fairchild PT-19 Bob Clemens Comper Swift placed third Earlier Mather Srull entered same models Indoor Scale placing first third respectively Dan Dominas Piper Cub Special taking first place Srulls indoor flight time 80 sec extremely good what appeared rather heavy model short 100-sec maxes achieved Mather Domina Bill Stromans electric-powered ASL Valkyrie featured September issue Flying Models extremely popular spectators photographers Lack sufficient horsepower takeoff neces sitated hand launching resulting poor flight score relegated third place Gas Scale Hannans barracks-built CO-2-powered Farman won Peck-Pardoe team Corbin Baby Ace also CO-2 powered taking second Ken Johnson took second third fourth places under Randolphs Nesmith Cougar Indoor otherwise vari ety aircraft modeled refreshing Bill Hannan seems have Farman Moustique occasion has built seven far last built dorms Nats surprising con sidering tremendous amount re search has done aircraft Peanut Scale version features profile cut out Fantomettea sort French teenNovember1977 41 Granger Williams celebrated Williams Brothers prolific designer Scale mod els Flew Mister Smoothie Scale Speed Bill Stroman leans toward models pre-1920 aircraft little chap picture drove electric-powered ASL Valkyrie pusher canard
Edition: Model Aviation - 1977/11
Page Numbers: 40, 41
U I Uwww ww mum Scale Bob Meuser Vt SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA mere handful hot-beds FF Scale ac tivity country would therefore expect unusually large quantity high quality models entered quantity disappointingly low local scale modelers absorbed judging officiating apparently others unable disinclined attend quality models entered superb least equal seen previous Nats number FF Scale events has creased steadily over past decade now includes five Indoor Outdoor Peanut Scale Indoor Outdoor Rub ber-Power Scale Outdoor Gas Scale addition several unofficial outdoor scale events including two classes Thompson Trophy racer models flown flight duration Scale rubberpower speed event sponsored Cleveland Free Flight Society Navy Scale models nations Navy planes held however Although optimum Indoor model lighter built survive rigors outdoor flying same models flown both Indoor Outdoor Rubber-Power Scale both Indoor Outdoor Peanut Scale Gas Power Scale predicted trend toward alternative methods propulsion electric CO-2 motorshad indeed occurred top three models pow ered such motors trend has its own excitements also has its disap pointments few large heavy gas models such flown Warner Stark McCracken among others models entered Gas Scale could mistaken rubber-power models indeed identical except powerplants though gas models judged flight quality rubber-power models judged flight duration rubber-power flying scale events clear rules-of-play accentu ate flying rather scale aspect events exception models placed top three overall did place top three static judg ing placing top three static judging top three overall Bob Randolphs winning Indoor Peanut Scale model received lowest static score model entered its flight duration score high would have won static score zero Indoor AMA Scale top two models exceeded 100-sec max good certainly outstanding static scores intended cri ticism merely observation As usual wide-chord Fikes La ceys popular Peanut events Fikes flown Fessler Roberti 40 Model Aviation ww ww mm IhI interesting entries rubber-powered Scale Comper Swift Bob Clemens Chris Clemens tiring up rubber-powered Peanut Scale Lacey Note slick winding stooge Tiny replicas Thompson Trophy presented Cleveland Free Flight Soci sty winners colorful special event Cnargmng up nis CO2-powered Corben Baby Ace Bob Peck took 2nd gas Scale Both form power electric power permissable Caudron Racer entered unofficial Thompson Trophy competition Clarence Mather age wonder womanoriginated French author Georges Chaulet shared research chores Bill Bills larger rub ber- CO-2-powered models equipped whittled likeness Lucien Bussoutrot Farmans chief pilot time Moustique built Detail exposed engine truly superb Bob Clemens neatly built Aristocrat Outdoor Peanut model received 90 out possible 100 static judging Bobs hopes Aristocrat itself con siderably shattered contestant tried run through Bobs rubber motor model being wound Somehow Bob got shattered remains back piece took second place overall average flight time 73 seconds Cla rence Mathers Davis DA-2A5 topped event Mulligans Wittman Tailwind placed third Don Srulls fine World War II Heinkel 1 OOD won Outdoor Rubber Scale barely nosing out Clarence Mathers Fairchild PT-19 Bob Clemens Comper Swift placed third Earlier Mather Srull entered same models Indoor Scale placing first third respectively Dan Dominas Piper Cub Special taking first place Srulls indoor flight time 80 sec extremely good what appeared rather heavy model short 100-sec maxes achieved Mather Domina Bill Stromans electric-powered ASL Valkyrie featured September issue Flying Models extremely popular spectators photographers Lack sufficient horsepower takeoff neces sitated hand launching resulting poor flight score relegated third place Gas Scale Hannans barracks-built CO-2-powered Farman won Peck-Pardoe team Corbin Baby Ace also CO-2 powered taking second Ken Johnson took second third fourth places under Randolphs Nesmith Cougar Indoor otherwise vari ety aircraft modeled refreshing Bill Hannan seems have Farman Moustique occasion has built seven far last built dorms Nats surprising con sidering tremendous amount re search has done aircraft Peanut Scale version features profile cut out Fantomettea sort French teenNovember1977 41 Granger Williams celebrated Williams Brothers prolific designer Scale mod els Flew Mister Smoothie Scale Speed Bill Stroman leans toward models pre-1920 aircraft little chap picture drove electric-powered ASL Valkyrie pusher canard