THE MAIN CONCERN freeflight contestants before meet adequacy Springfield Airport As turned out fears unwarranted since field couple miles long wind-drift situations some problems cornfields air port few com plaints about main free-flight site grumbling about fact some free-flight events also scheduled 30-minute drive away Wright Field Dayton So would fly early morning Springfield until 400 evening te base re-opened full-scale tra lic pack up go Wright fly events did require much space such Scale Payload etcuntil 900 reasoning behind split-site Dck Mothis arrangement clear events held Wright Dayton very interesting enjoyable lots spec tators relaxed ambiance contrast intense competitive atmosphere prevailed Springfield weather definite negative fac tor freak cold wave hitting Ohio produce record cold temperatures wind rain after first two days beautiful still too events supposed cover 27 events counting unofficial events like Rubber Speed Jim Lewis about 60 mph ROW Flying Ace Rubber Manhattan Coupe Elec tric Free Flight have forgot ten official up until now Ill bet no noticedRocket have no photos Rocket because still too wet make run before leave same day Class C gas last day need eliminate some old out moded official events like Rocket make official some new events have run unofficially last few years such Electric Free Flight very good free-flight Na tionals despite weather think AMA after provided fairly freeflight enthusiasts although missed central hangar/workshop fellowship welcome change however pre sentation trophies immediately after days flying site Power have reduced motor runs over years keep performance within bounds todays restricted flying sites has led very little reduction climb performance since engines have got ten hotter airplanes have gotten small er has really messed up gliding ability aircraft Most airplanes did get thermal did make max fly power event take care pick good air will well especially important flyofis motor run goes 5 seconds also important current Category II rules operate motor-run timer pre cisely adjust needle valve carefully have good power-glide transition obviously still plenty challenge flying gas free flight Nationals though some still lamenting change five-minute maxes Nats three minutes thought occurred early todays Unlimited gas models per forming well should later born out first three places Open Class won FAI shipsshouldnt way need some serious rethinking about shortengine-run free-flight design general lack performance very evident Above Dave Sugden Canada flips impressive looking FAI job ap pears have auto everything Below Bill Jordan wasnt wearing garb ROW eventit raining ROW Unofficial event Right C Gassie Tom Kerr interesting planform Launching record holding Class C GYSOB Doug Galbreath Powered Cox 40 l/2A day drizzled day few thermals l/2As generally very anemic consider ing bad conditions Most 1/2As entered over 300 contestants kits MiniPearls Satellites popu lar think Dick Covalt Open winner flew Pearl-type design Bill Burkes runner-up flew Galaxy Junior winner Steve Spence flew Jetco Tor nado also won used bubbles pick lift very effectively Others used streamers cattail fluffies worked well wasnt windy Class mentioned above domi continued page 92 V. Left Gracing 02 Payload Susan Brown Above With impressive 10 maxes Larry McFarland won Senior Class B Gas Top R New Skyrocket Carl Goldberg 1/2A de sign Right Dick Swenson launches FAI gassie Above Cargo brought out usual number radical de signs Doug Joyce releases twin 010 total 0201 canard Below World Champion Lars Oloisson Sweden flew FAI model second place attended e special guest several groups 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
Edition: Model Aviation - 1976/11
Page Numbers: 30, 31, 92
Edition: Model Aviation - 1976/11
Page Numbers: 30, 31, 92
THE MAIN CONCERN freeflight contestants before meet adequacy Springfield Airport As turned out fears unwarranted since field couple miles long wind-drift situations some problems cornfields air port few com plaints about main free-flight site grumbling about fact some free-flight events also scheduled 30-minute drive away Wright Field Dayton So would fly early morning Springfield until 400 evening te base re-opened full-scale tra lic pack up go Wright fly events did require much space such Scale Payload etcuntil 900 reasoning behind split-site Dck Mothis arrangement clear events held Wright Dayton very interesting enjoyable lots spec tators relaxed ambiance contrast intense competitive atmosphere prevailed Springfield weather definite negative fac tor freak cold wave hitting Ohio produce record cold temperatures wind rain after first two days beautiful still too events supposed cover 27 events counting unofficial events like Rubber Speed Jim Lewis about 60 mph ROW Flying Ace Rubber Manhattan Coupe Elec tric Free Flight have forgot ten official up until now Ill bet no noticedRocket have no photos Rocket because still too wet make run before leave same day Class C gas last day need eliminate some old out moded official events like Rocket make official some new events have run unofficially last few years such Electric Free Flight very good free-flight Na tionals despite weather think AMA after provided fairly freeflight enthusiasts although missed central hangar/workshop fellowship welcome change however pre sentation trophies immediately after days flying site Power have reduced motor runs over years keep performance within bounds todays restricted flying sites has led very little reduction climb performance since engines have got ten hotter airplanes have gotten small er has really messed up gliding ability aircraft Most airplanes did get thermal did make max fly power event take care pick good air will well especially important flyofis motor run goes 5 seconds also important current Category II rules operate motor-run timer pre cisely adjust needle valve carefully have good power-glide transition obviously still plenty challenge flying gas free flight Nationals though some still lamenting change five-minute maxes Nats three minutes thought occurred early todays Unlimited gas models per forming well should later born out first three places Open Class won FAI shipsshouldnt way need some serious rethinking about shortengine-run free-flight design general lack performance very evident Above Dave Sugden Canada flips impressive looking FAI job ap pears have auto everything Below Bill Jordan wasnt wearing garb ROW eventit raining ROW Unofficial event Right C Gassie Tom Kerr interesting planform Launching record holding Class C GYSOB Doug Galbreath Powered Cox 40 l/2A day drizzled day few thermals l/2As generally very anemic consider ing bad conditions Most 1/2As entered over 300 contestants kits MiniPearls Satellites popu lar think Dick Covalt Open winner flew Pearl-type design Bill Burkes runner-up flew Galaxy Junior winner Steve Spence flew Jetco Tor nado also won used bubbles pick lift very effectively Others used streamers cattail fluffies worked well wasnt windy Class mentioned above domi continued page 92 V. Left Gracing 02 Payload Susan Brown Above With impressive 10 maxes Larry McFarland won Senior Class B Gas Top R New Skyrocket Carl Goldberg 1/2A de sign Right Dick Swenson launches FAI gassie Above Cargo brought out usual number radical de signs Doug Joyce releases twin 010 total 0201 canard Below World Champion Lars Oloisson Sweden flew FAI model second place attended e special guest several groups 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
Edition: Model Aviation - 1976/11
Page Numbers: 30, 31, 92
THE MAIN CONCERN freeflight contestants before meet adequacy Springfield Airport As turned out fears unwarranted since field couple miles long wind-drift situations some problems cornfields air port few com plaints about main free-flight site grumbling about fact some free-flight events also scheduled 30-minute drive away Wright Field Dayton So would fly early morning Springfield until 400 evening te base re-opened full-scale tra lic pack up go Wright fly events did require much space such Scale Payload etcuntil 900 reasoning behind split-site Dck Mothis arrangement clear events held Wright Dayton very interesting enjoyable lots spec tators relaxed ambiance contrast intense competitive atmosphere prevailed Springfield weather definite negative fac tor freak cold wave hitting Ohio produce record cold temperatures wind rain after first two days beautiful still too events supposed cover 27 events counting unofficial events like Rubber Speed Jim Lewis about 60 mph ROW Flying Ace Rubber Manhattan Coupe Elec tric Free Flight have forgot ten official up until now Ill bet no noticedRocket have no photos Rocket because still too wet make run before leave same day Class C gas last day need eliminate some old out moded official events like Rocket make official some new events have run unofficially last few years such Electric Free Flight very good free-flight Na tionals despite weather think AMA after provided fairly freeflight enthusiasts although missed central hangar/workshop fellowship welcome change however pre sentation trophies immediately after days flying site Power have reduced motor runs over years keep performance within bounds todays restricted flying sites has led very little reduction climb performance since engines have got ten hotter airplanes have gotten small er has really messed up gliding ability aircraft Most airplanes did get thermal did make max fly power event take care pick good air will well especially important flyofis motor run goes 5 seconds also important current Category II rules operate motor-run timer pre cisely adjust needle valve carefully have good power-glide transition obviously still plenty challenge flying gas free flight Nationals though some still lamenting change five-minute maxes Nats three minutes thought occurred early todays Unlimited gas models per forming well should later born out first three places Open Class won FAI shipsshouldnt way need some serious rethinking about shortengine-run free-flight design general lack performance very evident Above Dave Sugden Canada flips impressive looking FAI job ap pears have auto everything Below Bill Jordan wasnt wearing garb ROW eventit raining ROW Unofficial event Right C Gassie Tom Kerr interesting planform Launching record holding Class C GYSOB Doug Galbreath Powered Cox 40 l/2A day drizzled day few thermals l/2As generally very anemic consider ing bad conditions Most 1/2As entered over 300 contestants kits MiniPearls Satellites popu lar think Dick Covalt Open winner flew Pearl-type design Bill Burkes runner-up flew Galaxy Junior winner Steve Spence flew Jetco Tor nado also won used bubbles pick lift very effectively Others used streamers cattail fluffies worked well wasnt windy Class mentioned above domi continued page 92 V. Left Gracing 02 Payload Susan Brown Above With impressive 10 maxes Larry McFarland won Senior Class B Gas Top R New Skyrocket Carl Goldberg 1/2A de sign Right Dick Swenson launches FAI gassie Above Cargo brought out usual number radical de signs Doug Joyce releases twin 010 total 0201 canard Below World Champion Lars Oloisson Sweden flew FAI model second place attended e special guest several groups 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
