P F3A top three accept applause L-R Wolfgang Mall Glichi Naruke Christophe Paysant-Le Roux rid U Ron Van Putte 1995 F3A World Championships WC held Kasaoka Japan August 2531 great success Japanese virtually measure contest management produced magnificent event Japanese fliers won individual team championships WC first ever held Japan contest management headed up 32 Model Aviation pionships Tsutomu Masuda produced contest 76 contestants 33 countries will very difficult top Tsugutaka Yoshioka 1973 F3A world champion F3A contest director actually two contests since F3C Helicopter event held same time adjacent field 1995 F3A world champion Giichi Naruke Following him Wolfgang Matt Liechtenstein Christophe Paysant-Le Roux France team championships decided individual team members placing after qualifying rounds basis Japanese team won team championship France second Canada third US team fifth Two questions may mind about now did Hanno Prettner 1993 world champion finish What about Chip Hyde 1991 world champion werent word got Hanno Prettner designed built three airplanes practicing heat humidity Italy simulate conditions Kasaoka collapsed hit head asphalt runway causing concussion spinal trauma longterm muscular illness prevented defense title Chip Hyde replaced US team alternate Chris Lakin Kasaoka City western end Japan north side what called Seto Inland Sea about 50 miles east Hiroshima has population about 50000 competition held Kasaoka Regional Agricultural Airport just southwest Kasaoka land reclaimed Inland Sea Except populated areas virtually flat land region set stage bit left home Fort Walton Beach Florida about 6 am Wednesday August 23 flew Memphis Detroit finally across Pacific great circle route international airport Osaka Japan via Boeing 747 arrived just after 3 pm Thursday 24th after crossing International Dateline met organizing conmiittee representative directed bus would leaving soon some others arrived Unfortunately almost four hours before mainland China F3A F3C teams Chinese F3A judge Wen Zhang Liu Australian judge Brian Green wife February 1996 33 winners models Frances Paysant-Le Roux left Japans Naruke center Liechtensteins Maft Frances Benoit Paysant-LeRoux left finished 12th brother Christophe right third F3A finals Photos author Graphic design Bill Thorebro Have ever seen Swiss RC fliers eating chopsticks Now have Swiss team placed 13th Dorothy onboard started five-hour drive Kasaoka during dropped off Chinese teams hotel Kurashiki Since left airport just after 7 pm trip mostly dark could tell terrain very hilly must have gone through 50 tunnels some long mile arrived Kasaoka Grand Hotel just before midnight underway nearly 28 hours hotel clock 14 hours ahead clock home After short nights sleep breakfast arrived judges meeting Jury Chairman Ron Chidgey 8 am As walked room greeted Hello Ron Alex Goossens Belgian judge Id met Tournament Champions TOC last fall Las Vegas addition Wen Zhang Liu Brian Green Alex Goossens other judges Wilhelm Zehethofer Austria Hans-Joachim Kunze Germany Adolf Keutschegger Liechtenstein Bengt Erik Soderstrom Sweden Peter Cappleman United Kingdom Bob Skinner South Africa exception Liu other judges knew other judged several WC events together Apparently US country policy send judge WC events once Note no Japanese judge During 1993 F3A WC Austria Japanese judge could give countrymen scores less 10 during qualifying disqualified judging Finals Japan prohibited having ajudge 1995 F3A World Championships What terrible disgrace Japan 1993 blessing disguise 1995 Nobody could claim Japanese judge anything Japanese winning individual team championships Kasaoka After judges meeting transported flying field practice session two Japanese fliers team As approached field discovered air show end runway thousands spectators hand made traffic jamsomething become familiar during returns field didnt have problems traffic during trips field because left hotel promptly 5 am am start flying Judges other contest officials fliers could get breakfast lunch portable kitchen contest organizers installed field hosts periodically apologized inconvenience poor facilities kitchen clean bright air conditioned food well prepared tasty cant think improvements except maybe metal utensils instead plastic ones kitchen great Saturday official practice day open day judges hosts arranged bus trip us Hiroshima trip confirmed hilly nautre terrain evening opening ceremony held Kasaoka Civic Center barely time shower dress after returning trip Hiroshima before leaving hotel 5 pm starting time speeches local dignitaries FAI officials welcoming reception held Kasaoka Grand Hotel five minutes away immediately after opening ceremony plenty food whiskey Sapporo beer Sapporo WC sponsor promptly 630 am Sunday warmup flight took off underway Since two flightlines half fliers flew front given set judges round scores could normalized after second fourth rounds world championships first four rounds qualifying Only top 20% involved three-flight finals 76 fliers 16 would carried finals temperature about 750 winds light First up line Site B Julio Quevedo Guatemala followed Japans Giichi Naruke put good great flight After first hour got much warmer wind speed steadily February 1996 35 Individual world champion Glichi Narukes Aurum Z aircraft Dave von Linsowe makes radio check before qualifying-round line Japanese also won team title flight Dave top American flier finishing tenth Sign Kasaoka post office Japan issued two stamps F3A/F3C WC Can imagine USPS doing increased 30 mph gusts 35 mph time Bill Cunningham first American came up 14th hot blowing gale Dave von Linsowe 31st Chris Lakin 33rd flew wasnt better three decent flights considering conditions end round could compare fliers flown same flightline Site Dave Patrick Canada Guenther Ulsamer Germany Stephan Fink Germany best scores Site B Naruke Christophe Paysant-Le Roux Wolfgang Matt top three Bill Cunningham sixth best score Site B Chris Lakin ninth Dave von Linsowe 12th wind really blew Daves big airplane around Flying finished about 130 pm after lunch field lengthy return bus trip judges officials retired comfort cool hotel plenty cold Sapporo Kiren beer slake thirst caused heat day days results already printed arrived hotel After meal hotel some conversation lobby bed about 830 pm qualifying days same schedule fell routine afraid Mondays weather would repeat Sundays because started out same However though temperature steadily increased winds very mild never approached previous days gales Since still Site B fliers switched sites didnt see US teams flights After round leamed Dave Chris acceptable flights Bill suffered low score engine went progressively rich finally quit midway through flight Christophe Paysant-Le Roux also flameout eaming throwaway score Finally scores could normalized got realistic look standings Based best normalized score two rounds Yoichiro Akiba Japan Ivan Kristensen Canada tied lead having won round Narnke third score 9994 followed Peter Erang Germany 9951 Paysant-Le Roux 9927 US team Dave tenth 9407 Chris 12th 9313 Bill 20th 9084 use windy Round 1 score very interesting Kristensen placed high since Canadian team alternate wouldnt have Kasaoka Greg Marsden hadnt decided go Ron Chidgey pointed out reason Kristensen doing well probably because Typhoon Chidgey s design Kristensen flew good windy weather airplane Quique Somenzini Argentina expected well since convincing win 1994 Tournament Champions After second round Quique eighth place bad level competition hoped much better 36 Model Aviation McClellan assists Canadas Ivan Kristensen checks made Finals Thats Quique Somenzinis dad Typhoon Ivan sixth Canadian team third white hat Quique won 1994 TOC eighth WC Lone Russian entry Victor Mandrika Vladivostok finished 63rd 76 competitors 33 countries Site Kasaoka Regional Agricultural Airport visibly upset apparent would place higher unless substantially improved flying quality Fortunately Tuesdays weather much same previous day warm temperatures mild winds Site Ivan Kristensen highest score followed Peter Erang Stephan Fink Site B best scores put Wolfgang Matt Christophe Paysant-Le Roux Bill Cunningham Dave fifth Chris 12th Site B Wednesday last day qualifying Bill Cunningham have good flight replace low second-round score get Finals Cunningham several others like Dave Patrick Australias Peter Goldsmith expected move up Lakin also needed good flight keep him top 16 finals qualifiers order Namke Matt Christophe Paysant-Le Roux Kristensen Hajime Hatta Japan Somenzini Erang von Linsowe Roland Matt Wolfgangs son Akiba Ulsamer Cunningham Benoit Paysant-Le Roux Christophes brother Fink Patrick Lakin Notable nonqualifiers Cohn Campbell Canada Peter Goldsmith Thursday have used contingency day case raln during previous four days Since hadnt rained open day everyone So guess what did rained nearly day stunned hosts since hadnt rained during time period previous ten years contrast previous days rain Friday bright clear winds mild much like last three days qualifying finals scheduled consist three roundstwo Friday Saturday since judging three rounds day considered too difficult task level competition Good thing too since judges wasted end second round Friday end first round scores totaled nonnalized Naruke won round handily followed Christophe Paysant-Le Roux 9608 Kristensen 9534 Akiba 9531 Somenzini 9482 Consequently Naruke tight hold first two 1000 scores qualifying scores counted flight determining final score needed good flight clinch title kept suspense up finishing well down list second round won Christophe Paysant-Le Roux Following closely Wolfgang Matt 9965 Hatta 9944 Roland Matt 9761 Somenzini 9733 filling out top five Since round Finals flights next day everyone allowed sleep additional two hours flying didnt start until civilized hour 830 am third round won Wolfgang NEW! THE DREAM MACHINE 40 60 Size Fun flyer 41 Fuselage vlngspan 6 Pounds Fiberglass Fuselage Core Wing Qukk& Easy Build Awsome Aerobatics 6entle Manuevers Its Choke Does Does Well Fuselage Prebullt Assembled Special introductory Price Regular Price 515900 Shbh&iluh FIUbAiiM Sd5 b REALISTIC MOTION RETRACT CONTROL VALVES have expanded range retract control valves cover needs valves work standard servos special slowspeed servos NOT required door sequencing done inside valve speed control throw away troublesome restrictors UP 1 Independent speed control & switching struts $2895 UP 2 Strut door control Mustangs Control sequence Door opens strut lowers door closes Door opens strut raises door closes $7465 UP 3 Strut door control valve P47 Control sequence Door opens strut lowers door stays open Strut raises door closes $7465 UP 4 Secondary door control valve used conjunction UP 2 valve will provide control tail wheel doors MUSTANGS secondary doors need stay open gear down though main doors closed such B25 $4495 UP 5 Spring air valve Independent speed control up down speeds $2895 UP 6 Variable pressure brake control valve braking force proportional movement control servo unit miniature pressure regulator $4995 Door cylinders 5/16 diax 1 inch stroke 8 lb thrust metal body $1900 7/16 dia x 1 inch stroke 13 lb thrust metal body $2185 Tee Fittingsmetal $525 plastic $250 pair Polyurethane airline tubing 2 x 5ft orange grey $595 ULTRA PRECISION TECHNICAL SERVICES LIMITED 1244 Honeysuckle Crescent Oakville Ontano L6H 2S8 CANADAPhone/Fax 905 842-1703 Dealer inquiries welcomeAll prices U S FundsShipping valves & cylinders $450 February 1996 37 00 Orders fall 1800-5854036 Send Chech Money Order Bulletproof Models 1099 N Military Trail West Palm Beach FL 33409 Dealer InquIrIes Welcome Patent PendIng NEED RIC ACCESSORIES FLY TO HITEC RCD FOR ALL YOUR ACCESSORY NEEDS 6 Y harness 7351# 6 Buffered Y harness 7354# Li 12 Aileron Extension 7345# 24 Aileron Extension 7346# 6 Buffered Servo Conn 7356# [iIiEI 9 Male Servo Conn 7342# 9 Female shown 7343# Switch Harness w/Battery & Clip 72 15# uI Please specify connector type ordering Part # followed Airt J Put S HitecIRCD & JR ALSO AVAILABLE 50 ft Bulk Servo Wire 3001 Rubber Ducky Antenna 1125 Flight Preserver wlVelcro 8480 hitec RCD 10729 Wheatlands Ave #C Santee CA 9207 1-2883 619 258-4940 Matt Naruke guaranteed top finish 9972 followed Akiba 9866 Christophe Paysant-Le Roux 9772 Hatta 9739 Hatta moved up fifth Akiba vaulted five fliers moving up tenth pushed past Kristensen moving him fourth sixth Dave von Linsowe qualified eighth finished 10th Bill Cunningham went 12th 13th Chris Lakin started Finals 16th finished 15th disappointing finish American fliers may feel differently judge feel finished about deserved based saw fly Wolfgang Matts second-place finish another great accomplishment sparkling career F3A world champion 1975 1979 except 1991 has placed top five WC since 1971 Fortunately progeny lucky inherited genes accomplishments F3A WC equaled Hanno Prettner has won seven times placed top five 11 times since 1971 Jury Chairman Ron Chidgey asked scorers run judge evaluation mainly assess presence bias qualifying scores showed judge strongly favored countrymen good news judge cannot significantly affect results since high low scores maneuver discarded five judges used Ron intends use results perform complete judge analysis including judge saw fliers ranking versus consensus ranking assume consensus correct picking ranking think thats better evaluation judges ability after event has already concluded Most judges WC will judging future world championship Ron wants know judges around world compare judging panels can made up future events Shortly after last flight workers converted contest Site awards ceremony site details obviously thoroughly planned THE LITTLEST MINI MIRACLE OF THE WORKSHOP W practiced just like everything else relative WC interpreters PA system give Japanese English versions phases ceremony Thousands happy Japanese spectators watched countrymen presented F3A individual team awards 1995 F3A/F3C World Championships capped banquet aboard ship Sounds Seto ship accommodated everyone ease left New Kasaoka Port just after 5 pm cruised Seto Sea three hours served some really good food including crab claws shrimp sushi dont knock havent tried Sapporo beer also plentiful supply US team sat right next Japanese team joined watching celebration Japanese team supporters couldnt stand longer politely invited champion outside onto adjacent deck doused him beer great evening next morning started back US After 28-hour journey homevery tired wonderful memories will last lifetime expensive go world championships especially expensive US team would have enough money actions Steve Helms Al Glenn Through contacts Futaba Steve able arrange US F3A F3C teams stay hotel Fukuyama paid $55 per room per day versus $200 other teams paid Kurashiki hotel 30 minutes flying site versus 11/2 hours other fliers Steve also arranged price break rented team vans Al Glenn works Federal Express arranged have fliers model boxes picked up homes flown Japan processed through Customs delivered hotel reverse done return Federal Express donated expenses including duty fees Van Putte 111 Sleepy Oaks Rd Fort Walton Beach FL 32548 Ever-taut adjustable sanding belt paper saver Patented outing ~pIe. snaps taut Makes squae inch usable No waste finger pull ingenious fastening dip Fits sniat age ouncave resses Use cornparion MiniStrips assorted I. Over small age beads grits wet dry Buy readymade belts Knife-edge sides own 6 beits standad sheet Sands dose right angle fittings Sturdy cunstruciton High impad plastic APPLIED DESIGN CORP Padded body est quality foani rubber Tough enough p 0 Box 3384 Conforms variations surface heaviest worfi hobbyist 10 L Mfrs houseyrelder Add2 foS&H Torrance CA 90510 Mini-Glue Tips Sta y-Tra y Tee Bar Mini-Saw Ruff -Stuff & Jewel Stripes 38 Model Aviation
Edition: Model Aviation - 1996/02
Page Numbers: 32, 33, 35, 36, 37, 38
P F3A top three accept applause L-R Wolfgang Mall Glichi Naruke Christophe Paysant-Le Roux rid U Ron Van Putte 1995 F3A World Championships WC held Kasaoka Japan August 2531 great success Japanese virtually measure contest management produced magnificent event Japanese fliers won individual team championships WC first ever held Japan contest management headed up 32 Model Aviation pionships Tsutomu Masuda produced contest 76 contestants 33 countries will very difficult top Tsugutaka Yoshioka 1973 F3A world champion F3A contest director actually two contests since F3C Helicopter event held same time adjacent field 1995 F3A world champion Giichi Naruke Following him Wolfgang Matt Liechtenstein Christophe Paysant-Le Roux France team championships decided individual team members placing after qualifying rounds basis Japanese team won team championship France second Canada third US team fifth Two questions may mind about now did Hanno Prettner 1993 world champion finish What about Chip Hyde 1991 world champion werent word got Hanno Prettner designed built three airplanes practicing heat humidity Italy simulate conditions Kasaoka collapsed hit head asphalt runway causing concussion spinal trauma longterm muscular illness prevented defense title Chip Hyde replaced US team alternate Chris Lakin Kasaoka City western end Japan north side what called Seto Inland Sea about 50 miles east Hiroshima has population about 50000 competition held Kasaoka Regional Agricultural Airport just southwest Kasaoka land reclaimed Inland Sea Except populated areas virtually flat land region set stage bit left home Fort Walton Beach Florida about 6 am Wednesday August 23 flew Memphis Detroit finally across Pacific great circle route international airport Osaka Japan via Boeing 747 arrived just after 3 pm Thursday 24th after crossing International Dateline met organizing conmiittee representative directed bus would leaving soon some others arrived Unfortunately almost four hours before mainland China F3A F3C teams Chinese F3A judge Wen Zhang Liu Australian judge Brian Green wife February 1996 33 winners models Frances Paysant-Le Roux left Japans Naruke center Liechtensteins Maft Frances Benoit Paysant-LeRoux left finished 12th brother Christophe right third F3A finals Photos author Graphic design Bill Thorebro Have ever seen Swiss RC fliers eating chopsticks Now have Swiss team placed 13th Dorothy onboard started five-hour drive Kasaoka during dropped off Chinese teams hotel Kurashiki Since left airport just after 7 pm trip mostly dark could tell terrain very hilly must have gone through 50 tunnels some long mile arrived Kasaoka Grand Hotel just before midnight underway nearly 28 hours hotel clock 14 hours ahead clock home After short nights sleep breakfast arrived judges meeting Jury Chairman Ron Chidgey 8 am As walked room greeted Hello Ron Alex Goossens Belgian judge Id met Tournament Champions TOC last fall Las Vegas addition Wen Zhang Liu Brian Green Alex Goossens other judges Wilhelm Zehethofer Austria Hans-Joachim Kunze Germany Adolf Keutschegger Liechtenstein Bengt Erik Soderstrom Sweden Peter Cappleman United Kingdom Bob Skinner South Africa exception Liu other judges knew other judged several WC events together Apparently US country policy send judge WC events once Note no Japanese judge During 1993 F3A WC Austria Japanese judge could give countrymen scores less 10 during qualifying disqualified judging Finals Japan prohibited having ajudge 1995 F3A World Championships What terrible disgrace Japan 1993 blessing disguise 1995 Nobody could claim Japanese judge anything Japanese winning individual team championships Kasaoka After judges meeting transported flying field practice session two Japanese fliers team As approached field discovered air show end runway thousands spectators hand made traffic jamsomething become familiar during returns field didnt have problems traffic during trips field because left hotel promptly 5 am am start flying Judges other contest officials fliers could get breakfast lunch portable kitchen contest organizers installed field hosts periodically apologized inconvenience poor facilities kitchen clean bright air conditioned food well prepared tasty cant think improvements except maybe metal utensils instead plastic ones kitchen great Saturday official practice day open day judges hosts arranged bus trip us Hiroshima trip confirmed hilly nautre terrain evening opening ceremony held Kasaoka Civic Center barely time shower dress after returning trip Hiroshima before leaving hotel 5 pm starting time speeches local dignitaries FAI officials welcoming reception held Kasaoka Grand Hotel five minutes away immediately after opening ceremony plenty food whiskey Sapporo beer Sapporo WC sponsor promptly 630 am Sunday warmup flight took off underway Since two flightlines half fliers flew front given set judges round scores could normalized after second fourth rounds world championships first four rounds qualifying Only top 20% involved three-flight finals 76 fliers 16 would carried finals temperature about 750 winds light First up line Site B Julio Quevedo Guatemala followed Japans Giichi Naruke put good great flight After first hour got much warmer wind speed steadily February 1996 35 Individual world champion Glichi Narukes Aurum Z aircraft Dave von Linsowe makes radio check before qualifying-round line Japanese also won team title flight Dave top American flier finishing tenth Sign Kasaoka post office Japan issued two stamps F3A/F3C WC Can imagine USPS doing increased 30 mph gusts 35 mph time Bill Cunningham first American came up 14th hot blowing gale Dave von Linsowe 31st Chris Lakin 33rd flew wasnt better three decent flights considering conditions end round could compare fliers flown same flightline Site Dave Patrick Canada Guenther Ulsamer Germany Stephan Fink Germany best scores Site B Naruke Christophe Paysant-Le Roux Wolfgang Matt top three Bill Cunningham sixth best score Site B Chris Lakin ninth Dave von Linsowe 12th wind really blew Daves big airplane around Flying finished about 130 pm after lunch field lengthy return bus trip judges officials retired comfort cool hotel plenty cold Sapporo Kiren beer slake thirst caused heat day days results already printed arrived hotel After meal hotel some conversation lobby bed about 830 pm qualifying days same schedule fell routine afraid Mondays weather would repeat Sundays because started out same However though temperature steadily increased winds very mild never approached previous days gales Since still Site B fliers switched sites didnt see US teams flights After round leamed Dave Chris acceptable flights Bill suffered low score engine went progressively rich finally quit midway through flight Christophe Paysant-Le Roux also flameout eaming throwaway score Finally scores could normalized got realistic look standings Based best normalized score two rounds Yoichiro Akiba Japan Ivan Kristensen Canada tied lead having won round Narnke third score 9994 followed Peter Erang Germany 9951 Paysant-Le Roux 9927 US team Dave tenth 9407 Chris 12th 9313 Bill 20th 9084 use windy Round 1 score very interesting Kristensen placed high since Canadian team alternate wouldnt have Kasaoka Greg Marsden hadnt decided go Ron Chidgey pointed out reason Kristensen doing well probably because Typhoon Chidgey s design Kristensen flew good windy weather airplane Quique Somenzini Argentina expected well since convincing win 1994 Tournament Champions After second round Quique eighth place bad level competition hoped much better 36 Model Aviation McClellan assists Canadas Ivan Kristensen checks made Finals Thats Quique Somenzinis dad Typhoon Ivan sixth Canadian team third white hat Quique won 1994 TOC eighth WC Lone Russian entry Victor Mandrika Vladivostok finished 63rd 76 competitors 33 countries Site Kasaoka Regional Agricultural Airport visibly upset apparent would place higher unless substantially improved flying quality Fortunately Tuesdays weather much same previous day warm temperatures mild winds Site Ivan Kristensen highest score followed Peter Erang Stephan Fink Site B best scores put Wolfgang Matt Christophe Paysant-Le Roux Bill Cunningham Dave fifth Chris 12th Site B Wednesday last day qualifying Bill Cunningham have good flight replace low second-round score get Finals Cunningham several others like Dave Patrick Australias Peter Goldsmith expected move up Lakin also needed good flight keep him top 16 finals qualifiers order Namke Matt Christophe Paysant-Le Roux Kristensen Hajime Hatta Japan Somenzini Erang von Linsowe Roland Matt Wolfgangs son Akiba Ulsamer Cunningham Benoit Paysant-Le Roux Christophes brother Fink Patrick Lakin Notable nonqualifiers Cohn Campbell Canada Peter Goldsmith Thursday have used contingency day case raln during previous four days Since hadnt rained open day everyone So guess what did rained nearly day stunned hosts since hadnt rained during time period previous ten years contrast previous days rain Friday bright clear winds mild much like last three days qualifying finals scheduled consist three roundstwo Friday Saturday since judging three rounds day considered too difficult task level competition Good thing too since judges wasted end second round Friday end first round scores totaled nonnalized Naruke won round handily followed Christophe Paysant-Le Roux 9608 Kristensen 9534 Akiba 9531 Somenzini 9482 Consequently Naruke tight hold first two 1000 scores qualifying scores counted flight determining final score needed good flight clinch title kept suspense up finishing well down list second round won Christophe Paysant-Le Roux Following closely Wolfgang Matt 9965 Hatta 9944 Roland Matt 9761 Somenzini 9733 filling out top five Since round Finals flights next day everyone allowed sleep additional two hours flying didnt start until civilized hour 830 am third round won Wolfgang NEW! THE DREAM MACHINE 40 60 Size Fun flyer 41 Fuselage vlngspan 6 Pounds Fiberglass Fuselage Core Wing Qukk& Easy Build Awsome Aerobatics 6entle Manuevers Its Choke Does Does Well Fuselage Prebullt Assembled Special introductory Price Regular Price 515900 Shbh&iluh FIUbAiiM Sd5 b REALISTIC MOTION RETRACT CONTROL VALVES have expanded range retract control valves cover needs valves work standard servos special slowspeed servos NOT required door sequencing done inside valve speed control throw away troublesome restrictors UP 1 Independent speed control & switching struts $2895 UP 2 Strut door control Mustangs Control sequence Door opens strut lowers door closes Door opens strut raises door closes $7465 UP 3 Strut door control valve P47 Control sequence Door opens strut lowers door stays open Strut raises door closes $7465 UP 4 Secondary door control valve used conjunction UP 2 valve will provide control tail wheel doors MUSTANGS secondary doors need stay open gear down though main doors closed such B25 $4495 UP 5 Spring air valve Independent speed control up down speeds $2895 UP 6 Variable pressure brake control valve braking force proportional movement control servo unit miniature pressure regulator $4995 Door cylinders 5/16 diax 1 inch stroke 8 lb thrust metal body $1900 7/16 dia x 1 inch stroke 13 lb thrust metal body $2185 Tee Fittingsmetal $525 plastic $250 pair Polyurethane airline tubing 2 x 5ft orange grey $595 ULTRA PRECISION TECHNICAL SERVICES LIMITED 1244 Honeysuckle Crescent Oakville Ontano L6H 2S8 CANADAPhone/Fax 905 842-1703 Dealer inquiries welcomeAll prices U S FundsShipping valves & cylinders $450 February 1996 37 00 Orders fall 1800-5854036 Send Chech Money Order Bulletproof Models 1099 N Military Trail West Palm Beach FL 33409 Dealer InquIrIes Welcome Patent PendIng NEED RIC ACCESSORIES FLY TO HITEC RCD FOR ALL YOUR ACCESSORY NEEDS 6 Y harness 7351# 6 Buffered Y harness 7354# Li 12 Aileron Extension 7345# 24 Aileron Extension 7346# 6 Buffered Servo Conn 7356# [iIiEI 9 Male Servo Conn 7342# 9 Female shown 7343# Switch Harness w/Battery & Clip 72 15# uI Please specify connector type ordering Part # followed Airt J Put S HitecIRCD & JR ALSO AVAILABLE 50 ft Bulk Servo Wire 3001 Rubber Ducky Antenna 1125 Flight Preserver wlVelcro 8480 hitec RCD 10729 Wheatlands Ave #C Santee CA 9207 1-2883 619 258-4940 Matt Naruke guaranteed top finish 9972 followed Akiba 9866 Christophe Paysant-Le Roux 9772 Hatta 9739 Hatta moved up fifth Akiba vaulted five fliers moving up tenth pushed past Kristensen moving him fourth sixth Dave von Linsowe qualified eighth finished 10th Bill Cunningham went 12th 13th Chris Lakin started Finals 16th finished 15th disappointing finish American fliers may feel differently judge feel finished about deserved based saw fly Wolfgang Matts second-place finish another great accomplishment sparkling career F3A world champion 1975 1979 except 1991 has placed top five WC since 1971 Fortunately progeny lucky inherited genes accomplishments F3A WC equaled Hanno Prettner has won seven times placed top five 11 times since 1971 Jury Chairman Ron Chidgey asked scorers run judge evaluation mainly assess presence bias qualifying scores showed judge strongly favored countrymen good news judge cannot significantly affect results since high low scores maneuver discarded five judges used Ron intends use results perform complete judge analysis including judge saw fliers ranking versus consensus ranking assume consensus correct picking ranking think thats better evaluation judges ability after event has already concluded Most judges WC will judging future world championship Ron wants know judges around world compare judging panels can made up future events Shortly after last flight workers converted contest Site awards ceremony site details obviously thoroughly planned THE LITTLEST MINI MIRACLE OF THE WORKSHOP W practiced just like everything else relative WC interpreters PA system give Japanese English versions phases ceremony Thousands happy Japanese spectators watched countrymen presented F3A individual team awards 1995 F3A/F3C World Championships capped banquet aboard ship Sounds Seto ship accommodated everyone ease left New Kasaoka Port just after 5 pm cruised Seto Sea three hours served some really good food including crab claws shrimp sushi dont knock havent tried Sapporo beer also plentiful supply US team sat right next Japanese team joined watching celebration Japanese team supporters couldnt stand longer politely invited champion outside onto adjacent deck doused him beer great evening next morning started back US After 28-hour journey homevery tired wonderful memories will last lifetime expensive go world championships especially expensive US team would have enough money actions Steve Helms Al Glenn Through contacts Futaba Steve able arrange US F3A F3C teams stay hotel Fukuyama paid $55 per room per day versus $200 other teams paid Kurashiki hotel 30 minutes flying site versus 11/2 hours other fliers Steve also arranged price break rented team vans Al Glenn works Federal Express arranged have fliers model boxes picked up homes flown Japan processed through Customs delivered hotel reverse done return Federal Express donated expenses including duty fees Van Putte 111 Sleepy Oaks Rd Fort Walton Beach FL 32548 Ever-taut adjustable sanding belt paper saver Patented outing ~pIe. snaps taut Makes squae inch usable No waste finger pull ingenious fastening dip Fits sniat age ouncave resses Use cornparion MiniStrips assorted I. Over small age beads grits wet dry Buy readymade belts Knife-edge sides own 6 beits standad sheet Sands dose right angle fittings Sturdy cunstruciton High impad plastic APPLIED DESIGN CORP Padded body est quality foani rubber Tough enough p 0 Box 3384 Conforms variations surface heaviest worfi hobbyist 10 L Mfrs houseyrelder Add2 foS&H Torrance CA 90510 Mini-Glue Tips Sta y-Tra y Tee Bar Mini-Saw Ruff -Stuff & Jewel Stripes 38 Model Aviation
Edition: Model Aviation - 1996/02
Page Numbers: 32, 33, 35, 36, 37, 38
P F3A top three accept applause L-R Wolfgang Mall Glichi Naruke Christophe Paysant-Le Roux rid U Ron Van Putte 1995 F3A World Championships WC held Kasaoka Japan August 2531 great success Japanese virtually measure contest management produced magnificent event Japanese fliers won individual team championships WC first ever held Japan contest management headed up 32 Model Aviation pionships Tsutomu Masuda produced contest 76 contestants 33 countries will very difficult top Tsugutaka Yoshioka 1973 F3A world champion F3A contest director actually two contests since F3C Helicopter event held same time adjacent field 1995 F3A world champion Giichi Naruke Following him Wolfgang Matt Liechtenstein Christophe Paysant-Le Roux France team championships decided individual team members placing after qualifying rounds basis Japanese team won team championship France second Canada third US team fifth Two questions may mind about now did Hanno Prettner 1993 world champion finish What about Chip Hyde 1991 world champion werent word got Hanno Prettner designed built three airplanes practicing heat humidity Italy simulate conditions Kasaoka collapsed hit head asphalt runway causing concussion spinal trauma longterm muscular illness prevented defense title Chip Hyde replaced US team alternate Chris Lakin Kasaoka City western end Japan north side what called Seto Inland Sea about 50 miles east Hiroshima has population about 50000 competition held Kasaoka Regional Agricultural Airport just southwest Kasaoka land reclaimed Inland Sea Except populated areas virtually flat land region set stage bit left home Fort Walton Beach Florida about 6 am Wednesday August 23 flew Memphis Detroit finally across Pacific great circle route international airport Osaka Japan via Boeing 747 arrived just after 3 pm Thursday 24th after crossing International Dateline met organizing conmiittee representative directed bus would leaving soon some others arrived Unfortunately almost four hours before mainland China F3A F3C teams Chinese F3A judge Wen Zhang Liu Australian judge Brian Green wife February 1996 33 winners models Frances Paysant-Le Roux left Japans Naruke center Liechtensteins Maft Frances Benoit Paysant-LeRoux left finished 12th brother Christophe right third F3A finals Photos author Graphic design Bill Thorebro Have ever seen Swiss RC fliers eating chopsticks Now have Swiss team placed 13th Dorothy onboard started five-hour drive Kasaoka during dropped off Chinese teams hotel Kurashiki Since left airport just after 7 pm trip mostly dark could tell terrain very hilly must have gone through 50 tunnels some long mile arrived Kasaoka Grand Hotel just before midnight underway nearly 28 hours hotel clock 14 hours ahead clock home After short nights sleep breakfast arrived judges meeting Jury Chairman Ron Chidgey 8 am As walked room greeted Hello Ron Alex Goossens Belgian judge Id met Tournament Champions TOC last fall Las Vegas addition Wen Zhang Liu Brian Green Alex Goossens other judges Wilhelm Zehethofer Austria Hans-Joachim Kunze Germany Adolf Keutschegger Liechtenstein Bengt Erik Soderstrom Sweden Peter Cappleman United Kingdom Bob Skinner South Africa exception Liu other judges knew other judged several WC events together Apparently US country policy send judge WC events once Note no Japanese judge During 1993 F3A WC Austria Japanese judge could give countrymen scores less 10 during qualifying disqualified judging Finals Japan prohibited having ajudge 1995 F3A World Championships What terrible disgrace Japan 1993 blessing disguise 1995 Nobody could claim Japanese judge anything Japanese winning individual team championships Kasaoka After judges meeting transported flying field practice session two Japanese fliers team As approached field discovered air show end runway thousands spectators hand made traffic jamsomething become familiar during returns field didnt have problems traffic during trips field because left hotel promptly 5 am am start flying Judges other contest officials fliers could get breakfast lunch portable kitchen contest organizers installed field hosts periodically apologized inconvenience poor facilities kitchen clean bright air conditioned food well prepared tasty cant think improvements except maybe metal utensils instead plastic ones kitchen great Saturday official practice day open day judges hosts arranged bus trip us Hiroshima trip confirmed hilly nautre terrain evening opening ceremony held Kasaoka Civic Center barely time shower dress after returning trip Hiroshima before leaving hotel 5 pm starting time speeches local dignitaries FAI officials welcoming reception held Kasaoka Grand Hotel five minutes away immediately after opening ceremony plenty food whiskey Sapporo beer Sapporo WC sponsor promptly 630 am Sunday warmup flight took off underway Since two flightlines half fliers flew front given set judges round scores could normalized after second fourth rounds world championships first four rounds qualifying Only top 20% involved three-flight finals 76 fliers 16 would carried finals temperature about 750 winds light First up line Site B Julio Quevedo Guatemala followed Japans Giichi Naruke put good great flight After first hour got much warmer wind speed steadily February 1996 35 Individual world champion Glichi Narukes Aurum Z aircraft Dave von Linsowe makes radio check before qualifying-round line Japanese also won team title flight Dave top American flier finishing tenth Sign Kasaoka post office Japan issued two stamps F3A/F3C WC Can imagine USPS doing increased 30 mph gusts 35 mph time Bill Cunningham first American came up 14th hot blowing gale Dave von Linsowe 31st Chris Lakin 33rd flew wasnt better three decent flights considering conditions end round could compare fliers flown same flightline Site Dave Patrick Canada Guenther Ulsamer Germany Stephan Fink Germany best scores Site B Naruke Christophe Paysant-Le Roux Wolfgang Matt top three Bill Cunningham sixth best score Site B Chris Lakin ninth Dave von Linsowe 12th wind really blew Daves big airplane around Flying finished about 130 pm after lunch field lengthy return bus trip judges officials retired comfort cool hotel plenty cold Sapporo Kiren beer slake thirst caused heat day days results already printed arrived hotel After meal hotel some conversation lobby bed about 830 pm qualifying days same schedule fell routine afraid Mondays weather would repeat Sundays because started out same However though temperature steadily increased winds very mild never approached previous days gales Since still Site B fliers switched sites didnt see US teams flights After round leamed Dave Chris acceptable flights Bill suffered low score engine went progressively rich finally quit midway through flight Christophe Paysant-Le Roux also flameout eaming throwaway score Finally scores could normalized got realistic look standings Based best normalized score two rounds Yoichiro Akiba Japan Ivan Kristensen Canada tied lead having won round Narnke third score 9994 followed Peter Erang Germany 9951 Paysant-Le Roux 9927 US team Dave tenth 9407 Chris 12th 9313 Bill 20th 9084 use windy Round 1 score very interesting Kristensen placed high since Canadian team alternate wouldnt have Kasaoka Greg Marsden hadnt decided go Ron Chidgey pointed out reason Kristensen doing well probably because Typhoon Chidgey s design Kristensen flew good windy weather airplane Quique Somenzini Argentina expected well since convincing win 1994 Tournament Champions After second round Quique eighth place bad level competition hoped much better 36 Model Aviation McClellan assists Canadas Ivan Kristensen checks made Finals Thats Quique Somenzinis dad Typhoon Ivan sixth Canadian team third white hat Quique won 1994 TOC eighth WC Lone Russian entry Victor Mandrika Vladivostok finished 63rd 76 competitors 33 countries Site Kasaoka Regional Agricultural Airport visibly upset apparent would place higher unless substantially improved flying quality Fortunately Tuesdays weather much same previous day warm temperatures mild winds Site Ivan Kristensen highest score followed Peter Erang Stephan Fink Site B best scores put Wolfgang Matt Christophe Paysant-Le Roux Bill Cunningham Dave fifth Chris 12th Site B Wednesday last day qualifying Bill Cunningham have good flight replace low second-round score get Finals Cunningham several others like Dave Patrick Australias Peter Goldsmith expected move up Lakin also needed good flight keep him top 16 finals qualifiers order Namke Matt Christophe Paysant-Le Roux Kristensen Hajime Hatta Japan Somenzini Erang von Linsowe Roland Matt Wolfgangs son Akiba Ulsamer Cunningham Benoit Paysant-Le Roux Christophes brother Fink Patrick Lakin Notable nonqualifiers Cohn Campbell Canada Peter Goldsmith Thursday have used contingency day case raln during previous four days Since hadnt rained open day everyone So guess what did rained nearly day stunned hosts since hadnt rained during time period previous ten years contrast previous days rain Friday bright clear winds mild much like last three days qualifying finals scheduled consist three roundstwo Friday Saturday since judging three rounds day considered too difficult task level competition Good thing too since judges wasted end second round Friday end first round scores totaled nonnalized Naruke won round handily followed Christophe Paysant-Le Roux 9608 Kristensen 9534 Akiba 9531 Somenzini 9482 Consequently Naruke tight hold first two 1000 scores qualifying scores counted flight determining final score needed good flight clinch title kept suspense up finishing well down list second round won Christophe Paysant-Le Roux Following closely Wolfgang Matt 9965 Hatta 9944 Roland Matt 9761 Somenzini 9733 filling out top five Since round Finals flights next day everyone allowed sleep additional two hours flying didnt start until civilized hour 830 am third round won Wolfgang NEW! THE DREAM MACHINE 40 60 Size Fun flyer 41 Fuselage vlngspan 6 Pounds Fiberglass Fuselage Core Wing Qukk& Easy Build Awsome Aerobatics 6entle Manuevers Its Choke Does Does Well Fuselage Prebullt Assembled Special introductory Price Regular Price 515900 Shbh&iluh FIUbAiiM Sd5 b REALISTIC MOTION RETRACT CONTROL VALVES have expanded range retract control valves cover needs valves work standard servos special slowspeed servos NOT required door sequencing done inside valve speed control throw away troublesome restrictors UP 1 Independent speed control & switching struts $2895 UP 2 Strut door control Mustangs Control sequence Door opens strut lowers door closes Door opens strut raises door closes $7465 UP 3 Strut door control valve P47 Control sequence Door opens strut lowers door stays open Strut raises door closes $7465 UP 4 Secondary door control valve used conjunction UP 2 valve will provide control tail wheel doors MUSTANGS secondary doors need stay open gear down though main doors closed such B25 $4495 UP 5 Spring air valve Independent speed control up down speeds $2895 UP 6 Variable pressure brake control valve braking force proportional movement control servo unit miniature pressure regulator $4995 Door cylinders 5/16 diax 1 inch stroke 8 lb thrust metal body $1900 7/16 dia x 1 inch stroke 13 lb thrust metal body $2185 Tee Fittingsmetal $525 plastic $250 pair Polyurethane airline tubing 2 x 5ft orange grey $595 ULTRA PRECISION TECHNICAL SERVICES LIMITED 1244 Honeysuckle Crescent Oakville Ontano L6H 2S8 CANADAPhone/Fax 905 842-1703 Dealer inquiries welcomeAll prices U S FundsShipping valves & cylinders $450 February 1996 37 00 Orders fall 1800-5854036 Send Chech Money Order Bulletproof Models 1099 N Military Trail West Palm Beach FL 33409 Dealer InquIrIes Welcome Patent PendIng NEED RIC ACCESSORIES FLY TO HITEC RCD FOR ALL YOUR ACCESSORY NEEDS 6 Y harness 7351# 6 Buffered Y harness 7354# Li 12 Aileron Extension 7345# 24 Aileron Extension 7346# 6 Buffered Servo Conn 7356# [iIiEI 9 Male Servo Conn 7342# 9 Female shown 7343# Switch Harness w/Battery & Clip 72 15# uI Please specify connector type ordering Part # followed Airt J Put S HitecIRCD & JR ALSO AVAILABLE 50 ft Bulk Servo Wire 3001 Rubber Ducky Antenna 1125 Flight Preserver wlVelcro 8480 hitec RCD 10729 Wheatlands Ave #C Santee CA 9207 1-2883 619 258-4940 Matt Naruke guaranteed top finish 9972 followed Akiba 9866 Christophe Paysant-Le Roux 9772 Hatta 9739 Hatta moved up fifth Akiba vaulted five fliers moving up tenth pushed past Kristensen moving him fourth sixth Dave von Linsowe qualified eighth finished 10th Bill Cunningham went 12th 13th Chris Lakin started Finals 16th finished 15th disappointing finish American fliers may feel differently judge feel finished about deserved based saw fly Wolfgang Matts second-place finish another great accomplishment sparkling career F3A world champion 1975 1979 except 1991 has placed top five WC since 1971 Fortunately progeny lucky inherited genes accomplishments F3A WC equaled Hanno Prettner has won seven times placed top five 11 times since 1971 Jury Chairman Ron Chidgey asked scorers run judge evaluation mainly assess presence bias qualifying scores showed judge strongly favored countrymen good news judge cannot significantly affect results since high low scores maneuver discarded five judges used Ron intends use results perform complete judge analysis including judge saw fliers ranking versus consensus ranking assume consensus correct picking ranking think thats better evaluation judges ability after event has already concluded Most judges WC will judging future world championship Ron wants know judges around world compare judging panels can made up future events Shortly after last flight workers converted contest Site awards ceremony site details obviously thoroughly planned THE LITTLEST MINI MIRACLE OF THE WORKSHOP W practiced just like everything else relative WC interpreters PA system give Japanese English versions phases ceremony Thousands happy Japanese spectators watched countrymen presented F3A individual team awards 1995 F3A/F3C World Championships capped banquet aboard ship Sounds Seto ship accommodated everyone ease left New Kasaoka Port just after 5 pm cruised Seto Sea three hours served some really good food including crab claws shrimp sushi dont knock havent tried Sapporo beer also plentiful supply US team sat right next Japanese team joined watching celebration Japanese team supporters couldnt stand longer politely invited champion outside onto adjacent deck doused him beer great evening next morning started back US After 28-hour journey homevery tired wonderful memories will last lifetime expensive go world championships especially expensive US team would have enough money actions Steve Helms Al Glenn Through contacts Futaba Steve able arrange US F3A F3C teams stay hotel Fukuyama paid $55 per room per day versus $200 other teams paid Kurashiki hotel 30 minutes flying site versus 11/2 hours other fliers Steve also arranged price break rented team vans Al Glenn works Federal Express arranged have fliers model boxes picked up homes flown Japan processed through Customs delivered hotel reverse done return Federal Express donated expenses including duty fees Van Putte 111 Sleepy Oaks Rd Fort Walton Beach FL 32548 Ever-taut adjustable sanding belt paper saver Patented outing ~pIe. snaps taut Makes squae inch usable No waste finger pull ingenious fastening dip Fits sniat age ouncave resses Use cornparion MiniStrips assorted I. Over small age beads grits wet dry Buy readymade belts Knife-edge sides own 6 beits standad sheet Sands dose right angle fittings Sturdy cunstruciton High impad plastic APPLIED DESIGN CORP Padded body est quality foani rubber Tough enough p 0 Box 3384 Conforms variations surface heaviest worfi hobbyist 10 L Mfrs houseyrelder Add2 foS&H Torrance CA 90510 Mini-Glue Tips Sta y-Tra y Tee Bar Mini-Saw Ruff -Stuff & Jewel Stripes 38 Model Aviation
Edition: Model Aviation - 1996/02
Page Numbers: 32, 33, 35, 36, 37, 38
P F3A top three accept applause L-R Wolfgang Mall Glichi Naruke Christophe Paysant-Le Roux rid U Ron Van Putte 1995 F3A World Championships WC held Kasaoka Japan August 2531 great success Japanese virtually measure contest management produced magnificent event Japanese fliers won individual team championships WC first ever held Japan contest management headed up 32 Model Aviation pionships Tsutomu Masuda produced contest 76 contestants 33 countries will very difficult top Tsugutaka Yoshioka 1973 F3A world champion F3A contest director actually two contests since F3C Helicopter event held same time adjacent field 1995 F3A world champion Giichi Naruke Following him Wolfgang Matt Liechtenstein Christophe Paysant-Le Roux France team championships decided individual team members placing after qualifying rounds basis Japanese team won team championship France second Canada third US team fifth Two questions may mind about now did Hanno Prettner 1993 world champion finish What about Chip Hyde 1991 world champion werent word got Hanno Prettner designed built three airplanes practicing heat humidity Italy simulate conditions Kasaoka collapsed hit head asphalt runway causing concussion spinal trauma longterm muscular illness prevented defense title Chip Hyde replaced US team alternate Chris Lakin Kasaoka City western end Japan north side what called Seto Inland Sea about 50 miles east Hiroshima has population about 50000 competition held Kasaoka Regional Agricultural Airport just southwest Kasaoka land reclaimed Inland Sea Except populated areas virtually flat land region set stage bit left home Fort Walton Beach Florida about 6 am Wednesday August 23 flew Memphis Detroit finally across Pacific great circle route international airport Osaka Japan via Boeing 747 arrived just after 3 pm Thursday 24th after crossing International Dateline met organizing conmiittee representative directed bus would leaving soon some others arrived Unfortunately almost four hours before mainland China F3A F3C teams Chinese F3A judge Wen Zhang Liu Australian judge Brian Green wife February 1996 33 winners models Frances Paysant-Le Roux left Japans Naruke center Liechtensteins Maft Frances Benoit Paysant-LeRoux left finished 12th brother Christophe right third F3A finals Photos author Graphic design Bill Thorebro Have ever seen Swiss RC fliers eating chopsticks Now have Swiss team placed 13th Dorothy onboard started five-hour drive Kasaoka during dropped off Chinese teams hotel Kurashiki Since left airport just after 7 pm trip mostly dark could tell terrain very hilly must have gone through 50 tunnels some long mile arrived Kasaoka Grand Hotel just before midnight underway nearly 28 hours hotel clock 14 hours ahead clock home After short nights sleep breakfast arrived judges meeting Jury Chairman Ron Chidgey 8 am As walked room greeted Hello Ron Alex Goossens Belgian judge Id met Tournament Champions TOC last fall Las Vegas addition Wen Zhang Liu Brian Green Alex Goossens other judges Wilhelm Zehethofer Austria Hans-Joachim Kunze Germany Adolf Keutschegger Liechtenstein Bengt Erik Soderstrom Sweden Peter Cappleman United Kingdom Bob Skinner South Africa exception Liu other judges knew other judged several WC events together Apparently US country policy send judge WC events once Note no Japanese judge During 1993 F3A WC Austria Japanese judge could give countrymen scores less 10 during qualifying disqualified judging Finals Japan prohibited having ajudge 1995 F3A World Championships What terrible disgrace Japan 1993 blessing disguise 1995 Nobody could claim Japanese judge anything Japanese winning individual team championships Kasaoka After judges meeting transported flying field practice session two Japanese fliers team As approached field discovered air show end runway thousands spectators hand made traffic jamsomething become familiar during returns field didnt have problems traffic during trips field because left hotel promptly 5 am am start flying Judges other contest officials fliers could get breakfast lunch portable kitchen contest organizers installed field hosts periodically apologized inconvenience poor facilities kitchen clean bright air conditioned food well prepared tasty cant think improvements except maybe metal utensils instead plastic ones kitchen great Saturday official practice day open day judges hosts arranged bus trip us Hiroshima trip confirmed hilly nautre terrain evening opening ceremony held Kasaoka Civic Center barely time shower dress after returning trip Hiroshima before leaving hotel 5 pm starting time speeches local dignitaries FAI officials welcoming reception held Kasaoka Grand Hotel five minutes away immediately after opening ceremony plenty food whiskey Sapporo beer Sapporo WC sponsor promptly 630 am Sunday warmup flight took off underway Since two flightlines half fliers flew front given set judges round scores could normalized after second fourth rounds world championships first four rounds qualifying Only top 20% involved three-flight finals 76 fliers 16 would carried finals temperature about 750 winds light First up line Site B Julio Quevedo Guatemala followed Japans Giichi Naruke put good great flight After first hour got much warmer wind speed steadily February 1996 35 Individual world champion Glichi Narukes Aurum Z aircraft Dave von Linsowe makes radio check before qualifying-round line Japanese also won team title flight Dave top American flier finishing tenth Sign Kasaoka post office Japan issued two stamps F3A/F3C WC Can imagine USPS doing increased 30 mph gusts 35 mph time Bill Cunningham first American came up 14th hot blowing gale Dave von Linsowe 31st Chris Lakin 33rd flew wasnt better three decent flights considering conditions end round could compare fliers flown same flightline Site Dave Patrick Canada Guenther Ulsamer Germany Stephan Fink Germany best scores Site B Naruke Christophe Paysant-Le Roux Wolfgang Matt top three Bill Cunningham sixth best score Site B Chris Lakin ninth Dave von Linsowe 12th wind really blew Daves big airplane around Flying finished about 130 pm after lunch field lengthy return bus trip judges officials retired comfort cool hotel plenty cold Sapporo Kiren beer slake thirst caused heat day days results already printed arrived hotel After meal hotel some conversation lobby bed about 830 pm qualifying days same schedule fell routine afraid Mondays weather would repeat Sundays because started out same However though temperature steadily increased winds very mild never approached previous days gales Since still Site B fliers switched sites didnt see US teams flights After round leamed Dave Chris acceptable flights Bill suffered low score engine went progressively rich finally quit midway through flight Christophe Paysant-Le Roux also flameout eaming throwaway score Finally scores could normalized got realistic look standings Based best normalized score two rounds Yoichiro Akiba Japan Ivan Kristensen Canada tied lead having won round Narnke third score 9994 followed Peter Erang Germany 9951 Paysant-Le Roux 9927 US team Dave tenth 9407 Chris 12th 9313 Bill 20th 9084 use windy Round 1 score very interesting Kristensen placed high since Canadian team alternate wouldnt have Kasaoka Greg Marsden hadnt decided go Ron Chidgey pointed out reason Kristensen doing well probably because Typhoon Chidgey s design Kristensen flew good windy weather airplane Quique Somenzini Argentina expected well since convincing win 1994 Tournament Champions After second round Quique eighth place bad level competition hoped much better 36 Model Aviation McClellan assists Canadas Ivan Kristensen checks made Finals Thats Quique Somenzinis dad Typhoon Ivan sixth Canadian team third white hat Quique won 1994 TOC eighth WC Lone Russian entry Victor Mandrika Vladivostok finished 63rd 76 competitors 33 countries Site Kasaoka Regional Agricultural Airport visibly upset apparent would place higher unless substantially improved flying quality Fortunately Tuesdays weather much same previous day warm temperatures mild winds Site Ivan Kristensen highest score followed Peter Erang Stephan Fink Site B best scores put Wolfgang Matt Christophe Paysant-Le Roux Bill Cunningham Dave fifth Chris 12th Site B Wednesday last day qualifying Bill Cunningham have good flight replace low second-round score get Finals Cunningham several others like Dave Patrick Australias Peter Goldsmith expected move up Lakin also needed good flight keep him top 16 finals qualifiers order Namke Matt Christophe Paysant-Le Roux Kristensen Hajime Hatta Japan Somenzini Erang von Linsowe Roland Matt Wolfgangs son Akiba Ulsamer Cunningham Benoit Paysant-Le Roux Christophes brother Fink Patrick Lakin Notable nonqualifiers Cohn Campbell Canada Peter Goldsmith Thursday have used contingency day case raln during previous four days Since hadnt rained open day everyone So guess what did rained nearly day stunned hosts since hadnt rained during time period previous ten years contrast previous days rain Friday bright clear winds mild much like last three days qualifying finals scheduled consist three roundstwo Friday Saturday since judging three rounds day considered too difficult task level competition Good thing too since judges wasted end second round Friday end first round scores totaled nonnalized Naruke won round handily followed Christophe Paysant-Le Roux 9608 Kristensen 9534 Akiba 9531 Somenzini 9482 Consequently Naruke tight hold first two 1000 scores qualifying scores counted flight determining final score needed good flight clinch title kept suspense up finishing well down list second round won Christophe Paysant-Le Roux Following closely Wolfgang Matt 9965 Hatta 9944 Roland Matt 9761 Somenzini 9733 filling out top five Since round Finals flights next day everyone allowed sleep additional two hours flying didnt start until civilized hour 830 am third round won Wolfgang NEW! THE DREAM MACHINE 40 60 Size Fun flyer 41 Fuselage vlngspan 6 Pounds Fiberglass Fuselage Core Wing Qukk& Easy Build Awsome Aerobatics 6entle Manuevers Its Choke Does Does Well Fuselage Prebullt Assembled Special introductory Price Regular Price 515900 Shbh&iluh FIUbAiiM Sd5 b REALISTIC MOTION RETRACT CONTROL VALVES have expanded range retract control valves cover needs valves work standard servos special slowspeed servos NOT required door sequencing done inside valve speed control throw away troublesome restrictors UP 1 Independent speed control & switching struts $2895 UP 2 Strut door control Mustangs Control sequence Door opens strut lowers door closes Door opens strut raises door closes $7465 UP 3 Strut door control valve P47 Control sequence Door opens strut lowers door stays open Strut raises door closes $7465 UP 4 Secondary door control valve used conjunction UP 2 valve will provide control tail wheel doors MUSTANGS secondary doors need stay open gear down though main doors closed such B25 $4495 UP 5 Spring air valve Independent speed control up down speeds $2895 UP 6 Variable pressure brake control valve braking force proportional movement control servo unit miniature pressure regulator $4995 Door cylinders 5/16 diax 1 inch stroke 8 lb thrust metal body $1900 7/16 dia x 1 inch stroke 13 lb thrust metal body $2185 Tee Fittingsmetal $525 plastic $250 pair Polyurethane airline tubing 2 x 5ft orange grey $595 ULTRA PRECISION TECHNICAL SERVICES LIMITED 1244 Honeysuckle Crescent Oakville Ontano L6H 2S8 CANADAPhone/Fax 905 842-1703 Dealer inquiries welcomeAll prices U S FundsShipping valves & cylinders $450 February 1996 37 00 Orders fall 1800-5854036 Send Chech Money Order Bulletproof Models 1099 N Military Trail West Palm Beach FL 33409 Dealer InquIrIes Welcome Patent PendIng NEED RIC ACCESSORIES FLY TO HITEC RCD FOR ALL YOUR ACCESSORY NEEDS 6 Y harness 7351# 6 Buffered Y harness 7354# Li 12 Aileron Extension 7345# 24 Aileron Extension 7346# 6 Buffered Servo Conn 7356# [iIiEI 9 Male Servo Conn 7342# 9 Female shown 7343# Switch Harness w/Battery & Clip 72 15# uI Please specify connector type ordering Part # followed Airt J Put S HitecIRCD & JR ALSO AVAILABLE 50 ft Bulk Servo Wire 3001 Rubber Ducky Antenna 1125 Flight Preserver wlVelcro 8480 hitec RCD 10729 Wheatlands Ave #C Santee CA 9207 1-2883 619 258-4940 Matt Naruke guaranteed top finish 9972 followed Akiba 9866 Christophe Paysant-Le Roux 9772 Hatta 9739 Hatta moved up fifth Akiba vaulted five fliers moving up tenth pushed past Kristensen moving him fourth sixth Dave von Linsowe qualified eighth finished 10th Bill Cunningham went 12th 13th Chris Lakin started Finals 16th finished 15th disappointing finish American fliers may feel differently judge feel finished about deserved based saw fly Wolfgang Matts second-place finish another great accomplishment sparkling career F3A world champion 1975 1979 except 1991 has placed top five WC since 1971 Fortunately progeny lucky inherited genes accomplishments F3A WC equaled Hanno Prettner has won seven times placed top five 11 times since 1971 Jury Chairman Ron Chidgey asked scorers run judge evaluation mainly assess presence bias qualifying scores showed judge strongly favored countrymen good news judge cannot significantly affect results since high low scores maneuver discarded five judges used Ron intends use results perform complete judge analysis including judge saw fliers ranking versus consensus ranking assume consensus correct picking ranking think thats better evaluation judges ability after event has already concluded Most judges WC will judging future world championship Ron wants know judges around world compare judging panels can made up future events Shortly after last flight workers converted contest Site awards ceremony site details obviously thoroughly planned THE LITTLEST MINI MIRACLE OF THE WORKSHOP W practiced just like everything else relative WC interpreters PA system give Japanese English versions phases ceremony Thousands happy Japanese spectators watched countrymen presented F3A individual team awards 1995 F3A/F3C World Championships capped banquet aboard ship Sounds Seto ship accommodated everyone ease left New Kasaoka Port just after 5 pm cruised Seto Sea three hours served some really good food including crab claws shrimp sushi dont knock havent tried Sapporo beer also plentiful supply US team sat right next Japanese team joined watching celebration Japanese team supporters couldnt stand longer politely invited champion outside onto adjacent deck doused him beer great evening next morning started back US After 28-hour journey homevery tired wonderful memories will last lifetime expensive go world championships especially expensive US team would have enough money actions Steve Helms Al Glenn Through contacts Futaba Steve able arrange US F3A F3C teams stay hotel Fukuyama paid $55 per room per day versus $200 other teams paid Kurashiki hotel 30 minutes flying site versus 11/2 hours other fliers Steve also arranged price break rented team vans Al Glenn works Federal Express arranged have fliers model boxes picked up homes flown Japan processed through Customs delivered hotel reverse done return Federal Express donated expenses including duty fees Van Putte 111 Sleepy Oaks Rd Fort Walton Beach FL 32548 Ever-taut adjustable sanding belt paper saver Patented outing ~pIe. snaps taut Makes squae inch usable No waste finger pull ingenious fastening dip Fits sniat age ouncave resses Use cornparion MiniStrips assorted I. Over small age beads grits wet dry Buy readymade belts Knife-edge sides own 6 beits standad sheet Sands dose right angle fittings Sturdy cunstruciton High impad plastic APPLIED DESIGN CORP Padded body est quality foani rubber Tough enough p 0 Box 3384 Conforms variations surface heaviest worfi hobbyist 10 L Mfrs houseyrelder Add2 foS&H Torrance CA 90510 Mini-Glue Tips Sta y-Tra y Tee Bar Mini-Saw Ruff -Stuff & Jewel Stripes 38 Model Aviation
Edition: Model Aviation - 1996/02
Page Numbers: 32, 33, 35, 36, 37, 38
P F3A top three accept applause L-R Wolfgang Mall Glichi Naruke Christophe Paysant-Le Roux rid U Ron Van Putte 1995 F3A World Championships WC held Kasaoka Japan August 2531 great success Japanese virtually measure contest management produced magnificent event Japanese fliers won individual team championships WC first ever held Japan contest management headed up 32 Model Aviation pionships Tsutomu Masuda produced contest 76 contestants 33 countries will very difficult top Tsugutaka Yoshioka 1973 F3A world champion F3A contest director actually two contests since F3C Helicopter event held same time adjacent field 1995 F3A world champion Giichi Naruke Following him Wolfgang Matt Liechtenstein Christophe Paysant-Le Roux France team championships decided individual team members placing after qualifying rounds basis Japanese team won team championship France second Canada third US team fifth Two questions may mind about now did Hanno Prettner 1993 world champion finish What about Chip Hyde 1991 world champion werent word got Hanno Prettner designed built three airplanes practicing heat humidity Italy simulate conditions Kasaoka collapsed hit head asphalt runway causing concussion spinal trauma longterm muscular illness prevented defense title Chip Hyde replaced US team alternate Chris Lakin Kasaoka City western end Japan north side what called Seto Inland Sea about 50 miles east Hiroshima has population about 50000 competition held Kasaoka Regional Agricultural Airport just southwest Kasaoka land reclaimed Inland Sea Except populated areas virtually flat land region set stage bit left home Fort Walton Beach Florida about 6 am Wednesday August 23 flew Memphis Detroit finally across Pacific great circle route international airport Osaka Japan via Boeing 747 arrived just after 3 pm Thursday 24th after crossing International Dateline met organizing conmiittee representative directed bus would leaving soon some others arrived Unfortunately almost four hours before mainland China F3A F3C teams Chinese F3A judge Wen Zhang Liu Australian judge Brian Green wife February 1996 33 winners models Frances Paysant-Le Roux left Japans Naruke center Liechtensteins Maft Frances Benoit Paysant-LeRoux left finished 12th brother Christophe right third F3A finals Photos author Graphic design Bill Thorebro Have ever seen Swiss RC fliers eating chopsticks Now have Swiss team placed 13th Dorothy onboard started five-hour drive Kasaoka during dropped off Chinese teams hotel Kurashiki Since left airport just after 7 pm trip mostly dark could tell terrain very hilly must have gone through 50 tunnels some long mile arrived Kasaoka Grand Hotel just before midnight underway nearly 28 hours hotel clock 14 hours ahead clock home After short nights sleep breakfast arrived judges meeting Jury Chairman Ron Chidgey 8 am As walked room greeted Hello Ron Alex Goossens Belgian judge Id met Tournament Champions TOC last fall Las Vegas addition Wen Zhang Liu Brian Green Alex Goossens other judges Wilhelm Zehethofer Austria Hans-Joachim Kunze Germany Adolf Keutschegger Liechtenstein Bengt Erik Soderstrom Sweden Peter Cappleman United Kingdom Bob Skinner South Africa exception Liu other judges knew other judged several WC events together Apparently US country policy send judge WC events once Note no Japanese judge During 1993 F3A WC Austria Japanese judge could give countrymen scores less 10 during qualifying disqualified judging Finals Japan prohibited having ajudge 1995 F3A World Championships What terrible disgrace Japan 1993 blessing disguise 1995 Nobody could claim Japanese judge anything Japanese winning individual team championships Kasaoka After judges meeting transported flying field practice session two Japanese fliers team As approached field discovered air show end runway thousands spectators hand made traffic jamsomething become familiar during returns field didnt have problems traffic during trips field because left hotel promptly 5 am am start flying Judges other contest officials fliers could get breakfast lunch portable kitchen contest organizers installed field hosts periodically apologized inconvenience poor facilities kitchen clean bright air conditioned food well prepared tasty cant think improvements except maybe metal utensils instead plastic ones kitchen great Saturday official practice day open day judges hosts arranged bus trip us Hiroshima trip confirmed hilly nautre terrain evening opening ceremony held Kasaoka Civic Center barely time shower dress after returning trip Hiroshima before leaving hotel 5 pm starting time speeches local dignitaries FAI officials welcoming reception held Kasaoka Grand Hotel five minutes away immediately after opening ceremony plenty food whiskey Sapporo beer Sapporo WC sponsor promptly 630 am Sunday warmup flight took off underway Since two flightlines half fliers flew front given set judges round scores could normalized after second fourth rounds world championships first four rounds qualifying Only top 20% involved three-flight finals 76 fliers 16 would carried finals temperature about 750 winds light First up line Site B Julio Quevedo Guatemala followed Japans Giichi Naruke put good great flight After first hour got much warmer wind speed steadily February 1996 35 Individual world champion Glichi Narukes Aurum Z aircraft Dave von Linsowe makes radio check before qualifying-round line Japanese also won team title flight Dave top American flier finishing tenth Sign Kasaoka post office Japan issued two stamps F3A/F3C WC Can imagine USPS doing increased 30 mph gusts 35 mph time Bill Cunningham first American came up 14th hot blowing gale Dave von Linsowe 31st Chris Lakin 33rd flew wasnt better three decent flights considering conditions end round could compare fliers flown same flightline Site Dave Patrick Canada Guenther Ulsamer Germany Stephan Fink Germany best scores Site B Naruke Christophe Paysant-Le Roux Wolfgang Matt top three Bill Cunningham sixth best score Site B Chris Lakin ninth Dave von Linsowe 12th wind really blew Daves big airplane around Flying finished about 130 pm after lunch field lengthy return bus trip judges officials retired comfort cool hotel plenty cold Sapporo Kiren beer slake thirst caused heat day days results already printed arrived hotel After meal hotel some conversation lobby bed about 830 pm qualifying days same schedule fell routine afraid Mondays weather would repeat Sundays because started out same However though temperature steadily increased winds very mild never approached previous days gales Since still Site B fliers switched sites didnt see US teams flights After round leamed Dave Chris acceptable flights Bill suffered low score engine went progressively rich finally quit midway through flight Christophe Paysant-Le Roux also flameout eaming throwaway score Finally scores could normalized got realistic look standings Based best normalized score two rounds Yoichiro Akiba Japan Ivan Kristensen Canada tied lead having won round Narnke third score 9994 followed Peter Erang Germany 9951 Paysant-Le Roux 9927 US team Dave tenth 9407 Chris 12th 9313 Bill 20th 9084 use windy Round 1 score very interesting Kristensen placed high since Canadian team alternate wouldnt have Kasaoka Greg Marsden hadnt decided go Ron Chidgey pointed out reason Kristensen doing well probably because Typhoon Chidgey s design Kristensen flew good windy weather airplane Quique Somenzini Argentina expected well since convincing win 1994 Tournament Champions After second round Quique eighth place bad level competition hoped much better 36 Model Aviation McClellan assists Canadas Ivan Kristensen checks made Finals Thats Quique Somenzinis dad Typhoon Ivan sixth Canadian team third white hat Quique won 1994 TOC eighth WC Lone Russian entry Victor Mandrika Vladivostok finished 63rd 76 competitors 33 countries Site Kasaoka Regional Agricultural Airport visibly upset apparent would place higher unless substantially improved flying quality Fortunately Tuesdays weather much same previous day warm temperatures mild winds Site Ivan Kristensen highest score followed Peter Erang Stephan Fink Site B best scores put Wolfgang Matt Christophe Paysant-Le Roux Bill Cunningham Dave fifth Chris 12th Site B Wednesday last day qualifying Bill Cunningham have good flight replace low second-round score get Finals Cunningham several others like Dave Patrick Australias Peter Goldsmith expected move up Lakin also needed good flight keep him top 16 finals qualifiers order Namke Matt Christophe Paysant-Le Roux Kristensen Hajime Hatta Japan Somenzini Erang von Linsowe Roland Matt Wolfgangs son Akiba Ulsamer Cunningham Benoit Paysant-Le Roux Christophes brother Fink Patrick Lakin Notable nonqualifiers Cohn Campbell Canada Peter Goldsmith Thursday have used contingency day case raln during previous four days Since hadnt rained open day everyone So guess what did rained nearly day stunned hosts since hadnt rained during time period previous ten years contrast previous days rain Friday bright clear winds mild much like last three days qualifying finals scheduled consist three roundstwo Friday Saturday since judging three rounds day considered too difficult task level competition Good thing too since judges wasted end second round Friday end first round scores totaled nonnalized Naruke won round handily followed Christophe Paysant-Le Roux 9608 Kristensen 9534 Akiba 9531 Somenzini 9482 Consequently Naruke tight hold first two 1000 scores qualifying scores counted flight determining final score needed good flight clinch title kept suspense up finishing well down list second round won Christophe Paysant-Le Roux Following closely Wolfgang Matt 9965 Hatta 9944 Roland Matt 9761 Somenzini 9733 filling out top five Since round Finals flights next day everyone allowed sleep additional two hours flying didnt start until civilized hour 830 am third round won Wolfgang NEW! THE DREAM MACHINE 40 60 Size Fun flyer 41 Fuselage vlngspan 6 Pounds Fiberglass Fuselage Core Wing Qukk& Easy Build Awsome Aerobatics 6entle Manuevers Its Choke Does Does Well Fuselage Prebullt Assembled Special introductory Price Regular Price 515900 Shbh&iluh FIUbAiiM Sd5 b REALISTIC MOTION RETRACT CONTROL VALVES have expanded range retract control valves cover needs valves work standard servos special slowspeed servos NOT required door sequencing done inside valve speed control throw away troublesome restrictors UP 1 Independent speed control & switching struts $2895 UP 2 Strut door control Mustangs Control sequence Door opens strut lowers door closes Door opens strut raises door closes $7465 UP 3 Strut door control valve P47 Control sequence Door opens strut lowers door stays open Strut raises door closes $7465 UP 4 Secondary door control valve used conjunction UP 2 valve will provide control tail wheel doors MUSTANGS secondary doors need stay open gear down though main doors closed such B25 $4495 UP 5 Spring air valve Independent speed control up down speeds $2895 UP 6 Variable pressure brake control valve braking force proportional movement control servo unit miniature pressure regulator $4995 Door cylinders 5/16 diax 1 inch stroke 8 lb thrust metal body $1900 7/16 dia x 1 inch stroke 13 lb thrust metal body $2185 Tee Fittingsmetal $525 plastic $250 pair Polyurethane airline tubing 2 x 5ft orange grey $595 ULTRA PRECISION TECHNICAL SERVICES LIMITED 1244 Honeysuckle Crescent Oakville Ontano L6H 2S8 CANADAPhone/Fax 905 842-1703 Dealer inquiries welcomeAll prices U S FundsShipping valves & cylinders $450 February 1996 37 00 Orders fall 1800-5854036 Send Chech Money Order Bulletproof Models 1099 N Military Trail West Palm Beach FL 33409 Dealer InquIrIes Welcome Patent PendIng NEED RIC ACCESSORIES FLY TO HITEC RCD FOR ALL YOUR ACCESSORY NEEDS 6 Y harness 7351# 6 Buffered Y harness 7354# Li 12 Aileron Extension 7345# 24 Aileron Extension 7346# 6 Buffered Servo Conn 7356# [iIiEI 9 Male Servo Conn 7342# 9 Female shown 7343# Switch Harness w/Battery & Clip 72 15# uI Please specify connector type ordering Part # followed Airt J Put S HitecIRCD & JR ALSO AVAILABLE 50 ft Bulk Servo Wire 3001 Rubber Ducky Antenna 1125 Flight Preserver wlVelcro 8480 hitec RCD 10729 Wheatlands Ave #C Santee CA 9207 1-2883 619 258-4940 Matt Naruke guaranteed top finish 9972 followed Akiba 9866 Christophe Paysant-Le Roux 9772 Hatta 9739 Hatta moved up fifth Akiba vaulted five fliers moving up tenth pushed past Kristensen moving him fourth sixth Dave von Linsowe qualified eighth finished 10th Bill Cunningham went 12th 13th Chris Lakin started Finals 16th finished 15th disappointing finish American fliers may feel differently judge feel finished about deserved based saw fly Wolfgang Matts second-place finish another great accomplishment sparkling career F3A world champion 1975 1979 except 1991 has placed top five WC since 1971 Fortunately progeny lucky inherited genes accomplishments F3A WC equaled Hanno Prettner has won seven times placed top five 11 times since 1971 Jury Chairman Ron Chidgey asked scorers run judge evaluation mainly assess presence bias qualifying scores showed judge strongly favored countrymen good news judge cannot significantly affect results since high low scores maneuver discarded five judges used Ron intends use results perform complete judge analysis including judge saw fliers ranking versus consensus ranking assume consensus correct picking ranking think thats better evaluation judges ability after event has already concluded Most judges WC will judging future world championship Ron wants know judges around world compare judging panels can made up future events Shortly after last flight workers converted contest Site awards ceremony site details obviously thoroughly planned THE LITTLEST MINI MIRACLE OF THE WORKSHOP W practiced just like everything else relative WC interpreters PA system give Japanese English versions phases ceremony Thousands happy Japanese spectators watched countrymen presented F3A individual team awards 1995 F3A/F3C World Championships capped banquet aboard ship Sounds Seto ship accommodated everyone ease left New Kasaoka Port just after 5 pm cruised Seto Sea three hours served some really good food including crab claws shrimp sushi dont knock havent tried Sapporo beer also plentiful supply US team sat right next Japanese team joined watching celebration Japanese team supporters couldnt stand longer politely invited champion outside onto adjacent deck doused him beer great evening next morning started back US After 28-hour journey homevery tired wonderful memories will last lifetime expensive go world championships especially expensive US team would have enough money actions Steve Helms Al Glenn Through contacts Futaba Steve able arrange US F3A F3C teams stay hotel Fukuyama paid $55 per room per day versus $200 other teams paid Kurashiki hotel 30 minutes flying site versus 11/2 hours other fliers Steve also arranged price break rented team vans Al Glenn works Federal Express arranged have fliers model boxes picked up homes flown Japan processed through Customs delivered hotel reverse done return Federal Express donated expenses including duty fees Van Putte 111 Sleepy Oaks Rd Fort Walton Beach FL 32548 Ever-taut adjustable sanding belt paper saver Patented outing ~pIe. snaps taut Makes squae inch usable No waste finger pull ingenious fastening dip Fits sniat age ouncave resses Use cornparion MiniStrips assorted I. Over small age beads grits wet dry Buy readymade belts Knife-edge sides own 6 beits standad sheet Sands dose right angle fittings Sturdy cunstruciton High impad plastic APPLIED DESIGN CORP Padded body est quality foani rubber Tough enough p 0 Box 3384 Conforms variations surface heaviest worfi hobbyist 10 L Mfrs houseyrelder Add2 foS&H Torrance CA 90510 Mini-Glue Tips Sta y-Tra y Tee Bar Mini-Saw Ruff -Stuff & Jewel Stripes 38 Model Aviation
Edition: Model Aviation - 1996/02
Page Numbers: 32, 33, 35, 36, 37, 38
P F3A top three accept applause L-R Wolfgang Mall Glichi Naruke Christophe Paysant-Le Roux rid U Ron Van Putte 1995 F3A World Championships WC held Kasaoka Japan August 2531 great success Japanese virtually measure contest management produced magnificent event Japanese fliers won individual team championships WC first ever held Japan contest management headed up 32 Model Aviation pionships Tsutomu Masuda produced contest 76 contestants 33 countries will very difficult top Tsugutaka Yoshioka 1973 F3A world champion F3A contest director actually two contests since F3C Helicopter event held same time adjacent field 1995 F3A world champion Giichi Naruke Following him Wolfgang Matt Liechtenstein Christophe Paysant-Le Roux France team championships decided individual team members placing after qualifying rounds basis Japanese team won team championship France second Canada third US team fifth Two questions may mind about now did Hanno Prettner 1993 world champion finish What about Chip Hyde 1991 world champion werent word got Hanno Prettner designed built three airplanes practicing heat humidity Italy simulate conditions Kasaoka collapsed hit head asphalt runway causing concussion spinal trauma longterm muscular illness prevented defense title Chip Hyde replaced US team alternate Chris Lakin Kasaoka City western end Japan north side what called Seto Inland Sea about 50 miles east Hiroshima has population about 50000 competition held Kasaoka Regional Agricultural Airport just southwest Kasaoka land reclaimed Inland Sea Except populated areas virtually flat land region set stage bit left home Fort Walton Beach Florida about 6 am Wednesday August 23 flew Memphis Detroit finally across Pacific great circle route international airport Osaka Japan via Boeing 747 arrived just after 3 pm Thursday 24th after crossing International Dateline met organizing conmiittee representative directed bus would leaving soon some others arrived Unfortunately almost four hours before mainland China F3A F3C teams Chinese F3A judge Wen Zhang Liu Australian judge Brian Green wife February 1996 33 winners models Frances Paysant-Le Roux left Japans Naruke center Liechtensteins Maft Frances Benoit Paysant-LeRoux left finished 12th brother Christophe right third F3A finals Photos author Graphic design Bill Thorebro Have ever seen Swiss RC fliers eating chopsticks Now have Swiss team placed 13th Dorothy onboard started five-hour drive Kasaoka during dropped off Chinese teams hotel Kurashiki Since left airport just after 7 pm trip mostly dark could tell terrain very hilly must have gone through 50 tunnels some long mile arrived Kasaoka Grand Hotel just before midnight underway nearly 28 hours hotel clock 14 hours ahead clock home After short nights sleep breakfast arrived judges meeting Jury Chairman Ron Chidgey 8 am As walked room greeted Hello Ron Alex Goossens Belgian judge Id met Tournament Champions TOC last fall Las Vegas addition Wen Zhang Liu Brian Green Alex Goossens other judges Wilhelm Zehethofer Austria Hans-Joachim Kunze Germany Adolf Keutschegger Liechtenstein Bengt Erik Soderstrom Sweden Peter Cappleman United Kingdom Bob Skinner South Africa exception Liu other judges knew other judged several WC events together Apparently US country policy send judge WC events once Note no Japanese judge During 1993 F3A WC Austria Japanese judge could give countrymen scores less 10 during qualifying disqualified judging Finals Japan prohibited having ajudge 1995 F3A World Championships What terrible disgrace Japan 1993 blessing disguise 1995 Nobody could claim Japanese judge anything Japanese winning individual team championships Kasaoka After judges meeting transported flying field practice session two Japanese fliers team As approached field discovered air show end runway thousands spectators hand made traffic jamsomething become familiar during returns field didnt have problems traffic during trips field because left hotel promptly 5 am am start flying Judges other contest officials fliers could get breakfast lunch portable kitchen contest organizers installed field hosts periodically apologized inconvenience poor facilities kitchen clean bright air conditioned food well prepared tasty cant think improvements except maybe metal utensils instead plastic ones kitchen great Saturday official practice day open day judges hosts arranged bus trip us Hiroshima trip confirmed hilly nautre terrain evening opening ceremony held Kasaoka Civic Center barely time shower dress after returning trip Hiroshima before leaving hotel 5 pm starting time speeches local dignitaries FAI officials welcoming reception held Kasaoka Grand Hotel five minutes away immediately after opening ceremony plenty food whiskey Sapporo beer Sapporo WC sponsor promptly 630 am Sunday warmup flight took off underway Since two flightlines half fliers flew front given set judges round scores could normalized after second fourth rounds world championships first four rounds qualifying Only top 20% involved three-flight finals 76 fliers 16 would carried finals temperature about 750 winds light First up line Site B Julio Quevedo Guatemala followed Japans Giichi Naruke put good great flight After first hour got much warmer wind speed steadily February 1996 35 Individual world champion Glichi Narukes Aurum Z aircraft Dave von Linsowe makes radio check before qualifying-round line Japanese also won team title flight Dave top American flier finishing tenth Sign Kasaoka post office Japan issued two stamps F3A/F3C WC Can imagine USPS doing increased 30 mph gusts 35 mph time Bill Cunningham first American came up 14th hot blowing gale Dave von Linsowe 31st Chris Lakin 33rd flew wasnt better three decent flights considering conditions end round could compare fliers flown same flightline Site Dave Patrick Canada Guenther Ulsamer Germany Stephan Fink Germany best scores Site B Naruke Christophe Paysant-Le Roux Wolfgang Matt top three Bill Cunningham sixth best score Site B Chris Lakin ninth Dave von Linsowe 12th wind really blew Daves big airplane around Flying finished about 130 pm after lunch field lengthy return bus trip judges officials retired comfort cool hotel plenty cold Sapporo Kiren beer slake thirst caused heat day days results already printed arrived hotel After meal hotel some conversation lobby bed about 830 pm qualifying days same schedule fell routine afraid Mondays weather would repeat Sundays because started out same However though temperature steadily increased winds very mild never approached previous days gales Since still Site B fliers switched sites didnt see US teams flights After round leamed Dave Chris acceptable flights Bill suffered low score engine went progressively rich finally quit midway through flight Christophe Paysant-Le Roux also flameout eaming throwaway score Finally scores could normalized got realistic look standings Based best normalized score two rounds Yoichiro Akiba Japan Ivan Kristensen Canada tied lead having won round Narnke third score 9994 followed Peter Erang Germany 9951 Paysant-Le Roux 9927 US team Dave tenth 9407 Chris 12th 9313 Bill 20th 9084 use windy Round 1 score very interesting Kristensen placed high since Canadian team alternate wouldnt have Kasaoka Greg Marsden hadnt decided go Ron Chidgey pointed out reason Kristensen doing well probably because Typhoon Chidgey s design Kristensen flew good windy weather airplane Quique Somenzini Argentina expected well since convincing win 1994 Tournament Champions After second round Quique eighth place bad level competition hoped much better 36 Model Aviation McClellan assists Canadas Ivan Kristensen checks made Finals Thats Quique Somenzinis dad Typhoon Ivan sixth Canadian team third white hat Quique won 1994 TOC eighth WC Lone Russian entry Victor Mandrika Vladivostok finished 63rd 76 competitors 33 countries Site Kasaoka Regional Agricultural Airport visibly upset apparent would place higher unless substantially improved flying quality Fortunately Tuesdays weather much same previous day warm temperatures mild winds Site Ivan Kristensen highest score followed Peter Erang Stephan Fink Site B best scores put Wolfgang Matt Christophe Paysant-Le Roux Bill Cunningham Dave fifth Chris 12th Site B Wednesday last day qualifying Bill Cunningham have good flight replace low second-round score get Finals Cunningham several others like Dave Patrick Australias Peter Goldsmith expected move up Lakin also needed good flight keep him top 16 finals qualifiers order Namke Matt Christophe Paysant-Le Roux Kristensen Hajime Hatta Japan Somenzini Erang von Linsowe Roland Matt Wolfgangs son Akiba Ulsamer Cunningham Benoit Paysant-Le Roux Christophes brother Fink Patrick Lakin Notable nonqualifiers Cohn Campbell Canada Peter Goldsmith Thursday have used contingency day case raln during previous four days Since hadnt rained open day everyone So guess what did rained nearly day stunned hosts since hadnt rained during time period previous ten years contrast previous days rain Friday bright clear winds mild much like last three days qualifying finals scheduled consist three roundstwo Friday Saturday since judging three rounds day considered too difficult task level competition Good thing too since judges wasted end second round Friday end first round scores totaled nonnalized Naruke won round handily followed Christophe Paysant-Le Roux 9608 Kristensen 9534 Akiba 9531 Somenzini 9482 Consequently Naruke tight hold first two 1000 scores qualifying scores counted flight determining final score needed good flight clinch title kept suspense up finishing well down list second round won Christophe Paysant-Le Roux Following closely Wolfgang Matt 9965 Hatta 9944 Roland Matt 9761 Somenzini 9733 filling out top five Since round Finals flights next day everyone allowed sleep additional two hours flying didnt start until civilized hour 830 am third round won Wolfgang NEW! THE DREAM MACHINE 40 60 Size Fun flyer 41 Fuselage vlngspan 6 Pounds Fiberglass Fuselage Core Wing Qukk& Easy Build Awsome Aerobatics 6entle Manuevers Its Choke Does Does Well Fuselage Prebullt Assembled Special introductory Price Regular Price 515900 Shbh&iluh FIUbAiiM Sd5 b REALISTIC MOTION RETRACT CONTROL VALVES have expanded range retract control valves cover needs valves work standard servos special slowspeed servos NOT required door sequencing done inside valve speed control throw away troublesome restrictors UP 1 Independent speed control & switching struts $2895 UP 2 Strut door control Mustangs Control sequence Door opens strut lowers door closes Door opens strut raises door closes $7465 UP 3 Strut door control valve P47 Control sequence Door opens strut lowers door stays open Strut raises door closes $7465 UP 4 Secondary door control valve used conjunction UP 2 valve will provide control tail wheel doors MUSTANGS secondary doors need stay open gear down though main doors closed such B25 $4495 UP 5 Spring air valve Independent speed control up down speeds $2895 UP 6 Variable pressure brake control valve braking force proportional movement control servo unit miniature pressure regulator $4995 Door cylinders 5/16 diax 1 inch stroke 8 lb thrust metal body $1900 7/16 dia x 1 inch stroke 13 lb thrust metal body $2185 Tee Fittingsmetal $525 plastic $250 pair Polyurethane airline tubing 2 x 5ft orange grey $595 ULTRA PRECISION TECHNICAL SERVICES LIMITED 1244 Honeysuckle Crescent Oakville Ontano L6H 2S8 CANADAPhone/Fax 905 842-1703 Dealer inquiries welcomeAll prices U S FundsShipping valves & cylinders $450 February 1996 37 00 Orders fall 1800-5854036 Send Chech Money Order Bulletproof Models 1099 N Military Trail West Palm Beach FL 33409 Dealer InquIrIes Welcome Patent PendIng NEED RIC ACCESSORIES FLY TO HITEC RCD FOR ALL YOUR ACCESSORY NEEDS 6 Y harness 7351# 6 Buffered Y harness 7354# Li 12 Aileron Extension 7345# 24 Aileron Extension 7346# 6 Buffered Servo Conn 7356# [iIiEI 9 Male Servo Conn 7342# 9 Female shown 7343# Switch Harness w/Battery & Clip 72 15# uI Please specify connector type ordering Part # followed Airt J Put S HitecIRCD & JR ALSO AVAILABLE 50 ft Bulk Servo Wire 3001 Rubber Ducky Antenna 1125 Flight Preserver wlVelcro 8480 hitec RCD 10729 Wheatlands Ave #C Santee CA 9207 1-2883 619 258-4940 Matt Naruke guaranteed top finish 9972 followed Akiba 9866 Christophe Paysant-Le Roux 9772 Hatta 9739 Hatta moved up fifth Akiba vaulted five fliers moving up tenth pushed past Kristensen moving him fourth sixth Dave von Linsowe qualified eighth finished 10th Bill Cunningham went 12th 13th Chris Lakin started Finals 16th finished 15th disappointing finish American fliers may feel differently judge feel finished about deserved based saw fly Wolfgang Matts second-place finish another great accomplishment sparkling career F3A world champion 1975 1979 except 1991 has placed top five WC since 1971 Fortunately progeny lucky inherited genes accomplishments F3A WC equaled Hanno Prettner has won seven times placed top five 11 times since 1971 Jury Chairman Ron Chidgey asked scorers run judge evaluation mainly assess presence bias qualifying scores showed judge strongly favored countrymen good news judge cannot significantly affect results since high low scores maneuver discarded five judges used Ron intends use results perform complete judge analysis including judge saw fliers ranking versus consensus ranking assume consensus correct picking ranking think thats better evaluation judges ability after event has already concluded Most judges WC will judging future world championship Ron wants know judges around world compare judging panels can made up future events Shortly after last flight workers converted contest Site awards ceremony site details obviously thoroughly planned THE LITTLEST MINI MIRACLE OF THE WORKSHOP W practiced just like everything else relative WC interpreters PA system give Japanese English versions phases ceremony Thousands happy Japanese spectators watched countrymen presented F3A individual team awards 1995 F3A/F3C World Championships capped banquet aboard ship Sounds Seto ship accommodated everyone ease left New Kasaoka Port just after 5 pm cruised Seto Sea three hours served some really good food including crab claws shrimp sushi dont knock havent tried Sapporo beer also plentiful supply US team sat right next Japanese team joined watching celebration Japanese team supporters couldnt stand longer politely invited champion outside onto adjacent deck doused him beer great evening next morning started back US After 28-hour journey homevery tired wonderful memories will last lifetime expensive go world championships especially expensive US team would have enough money actions Steve Helms Al Glenn Through contacts Futaba Steve able arrange US F3A F3C teams stay hotel Fukuyama paid $55 per room per day versus $200 other teams paid Kurashiki hotel 30 minutes flying site versus 11/2 hours other fliers Steve also arranged price break rented team vans Al Glenn works Federal Express arranged have fliers model boxes picked up homes flown Japan processed through Customs delivered hotel reverse done return Federal Express donated expenses including duty fees Van Putte 111 Sleepy Oaks Rd Fort Walton Beach FL 32548 Ever-taut adjustable sanding belt paper saver Patented outing ~pIe. snaps taut Makes squae inch usable No waste finger pull ingenious fastening dip Fits sniat age ouncave resses Use cornparion MiniStrips assorted I. Over small age beads grits wet dry Buy readymade belts Knife-edge sides own 6 beits standad sheet Sands dose right angle fittings Sturdy cunstruciton High impad plastic APPLIED DESIGN CORP Padded body est quality foani rubber Tough enough p 0 Box 3384 Conforms variations surface heaviest worfi hobbyist 10 L Mfrs houseyrelder Add2 foS&H Torrance CA 90510 Mini-Glue Tips Sta y-Tra y Tee Bar Mini-Saw Ruff -Stuff & Jewel Stripes 38 Model Aviation